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Court Factions and Plays Stir London Debate
A narrator laments court factions corrupting law and arbitrariness, condemns who aid them, and urges self reliance. The dialogue discusses Lord Mayor orders on plays at Smithfield, fear of public debauchery, and the imagined social cost of theatre, likening it to a rise in crime and moral decline.
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Lurtens
Grahams
Rubin Stevens
Smithfield
Marshalls
Watch
London
Smithfield Fair
Bath
Lam
Citizens Sons
Cloyters
Char
Smithfeld