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Subject: Re: "An Act to restrain abuses of players" came into force
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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 11:44:15 -0700
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On 5/29/2024 3:38 AM, Ross Clark wrote:
> "For the preuenting and auoyding of the great abuse of the holy Name of 
> God in Stage-playes, Interludes, Maygames, Shews and such like..."
> 
> Censorship directed, as it says, towards profane use of the name of God, 
> "or of Christ Jesus, or of the holy Ghost, or of the Trinitie...", 
> including expressions such as "Zounds!" (< God's wounds), which 
> technically do not actually contain the name.
> 
> Shakespeare was in his prime. Apparently this act helps to explain many 
> textual differences between pre-1606 quarto editions of his plays and 
> the 1623 (posthumous) First Folio.



there was an interesting  re-Creation of this in the PBS show....


             They used  Scarlet-Letter   patches,  etc.


Colonial House (TV series)

                 https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Colonial_House_(TV_...

It aired on PBS in the United States and on Channel 4 in the United 
Kingdom in 2004.

Colonial House. Also known as, Pioneer House. Genre, Reality. Directed 
by ...