Title
Plain Talk About the Theater
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Description
This book contains two works, “Plain Talk About the Theater” and “Plainer Talk About the Theater.” We do not know when (or even whether) they were spoken before an audience. The titles, however, suggest that they were intended for oral delivery, as does this passage from the first work: “It would be easily possible to declaim, in a denunciatory way, and to fill the hour with a great zeal and vehemence of talk about the dreadfulness of the influence of dramatic performance. But I invite you, rather, to a test with me of the worth of the stage in the light of history, of reason, of Christian morals and of common sense” (p. 7). It is on the basis of this description that these pieces are included in the Library.
Publication Date
1882
Publisher
F. H. Revell
City
Chicago, IL
Keywords
Appalachia, Pennsylvania, Herrick Johnson, Presbyterian Church, Sermons
Disciplines
Appalachian Studies | Digital Humanities | Other Religion | Rhetoric
Type
article
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Herrick, "Plain Talk About the Theater" (1882). Johnson, Herrick, 1832-1913. 9.
https://mds.marshall.edu/johnson_herrick/9
Comments
Marshall does not own this book; according to WorldCat, the nearest physical copy is at The College of Wooster in Ohio. Like all other books published in the United States in the 19th century, it is in the public domain.