Item Description: | Against the restriction of the number of playhouses; compares the freedom of the stage to the freedom of the press. - Anonymous. By Henry Fielding. - Arnott, J. F. Engl. theatrical lit, 171. - Author attribution and suggested publication date from: Lockwood, Thomas, "A new essay by Fielding", Modern Philology 78, no. 1 (August 1980): pp. 48-58. Attribution accepted by Battestin, who includes this essay in his New essays by Henry Fielding (Charlottesville, Va. : University Press of Virginia, 1989). - Dated 1737 by Lockwood, and 1735 by Arnott. - Drop-head title. - English Short Title Catalog, N37024. - Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. - With a docket title |