청교도주의와 1642년 극장폐쇄령
The Parliamentary Order of 1642 and Puritanism
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The closing of public theaters by the order of parliament in 1642has often been cited one of the most visible historical examples that signify the culmination of Puritans’ anti-theatrical movement over the decades. Contesting this conventional understanding of the 1642 order, this paper revisits the historical contexts of the year to reveal that the order should be better viewed as part of the efforts of the authorities to put growing explosive political situations in the approaching shadow of the civil war under control. To discredit the traditional view of the order (the view that the order was primarily fuelled by Puritans’ long-standing repugnance against stage-playing), the paper includes several examples in which the Puritan power during the civil wars and the Interregnum took advantage of theatrical performances for their political gains. What is evident through this study, then, is that the Puritan authorities during the middle of the seventeenth century were more flexible and experimental with theatrical events and activities than they have been depicted in the standard accounts of drama history.
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The closing of public theaters by the order of parliament in 1642has often been cited one of the most visible historical examples that signify the culmination of Puritans’ anti-theatrical movement over the decades. Contesting this conventional understanding of the 1642 order, this paper revisits the historical contexts of the year to reveal that the order should be better viewed as part of the efforts of the authorities to put growing explosive political situations in the approaching shadow of the civil war under control. To discredit the traditional view of the order (the view that the order was primarily fuelled by Puritans’ long-standing repugnance against stage-playing), the paper includes several examples in which the Puritan power during the civil wars and the Interregnum took advantage of theatrical performances for their political gains. What is evident through this study, then, is that the Puritan authorities during the middle of the seventeenth century were more flexible and experimental with theatrical events and activities than they have been depicted in the standard accounts of drama history.
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