Book Description

Excerpt from History and Illustrations of the London Theatres: Comprising an Account of the Origin and Progress of the Drama in England, With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres Royal, Covent Garden, Drury Lane, Haymarket, English Opera House, and Royal Amphitheatre The earliest Dramatic entertainments in England were exhibited at the beginning of the twelfth century. They were of a religious kind, called Mysteries, or Miracles, founded upon the stories and miracles contained in both the Old and New Testaments, and were sometimes framed upon the most sacred mysteries themselves! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.