1 Jan 1606 Jahr - Act to Restrain the Abuses of the Players

Beschreibung:

- theatre players were forbidden to take the Lord's name in vain
- even in wholly pious contexts this would incur a £10 fine
- replaced these with the miniature metaphor of using 'Jove' or 'Jupiter' instead of the Christian God

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