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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 11, 1775
Page
4
A historical debate excerpt argues against theatre licenses regulating performance. It warns country towns could adopt licentious acts, linking theatre to moral decline and factory disruption in Manchester. The discussion cites London abuses, legal notes, and political motives, with witnesses and schedules recorded.
The House met before three, cleared much private business and sent several items to the Lords for concurrence. A Bill to explain and amend an act for guiding a workhouse and employing the poor at Shoreditch was reported with explanations by Mr Mackworth, and amendments were ordered. Mr Gilbert reported resolutions from the Committee on the poor laws, ordered to be printed.
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