“I speak not in the defence of any lascivious shows, scurrilous jests or scandalous invectives. If there be any such, I banish them quite from my patronage.”

A limit drawn between honest playing and abuse of the stage · An Apology for Actors, 1612

• Morality
• Restraint
• Theatre

“Briefly, there is neither tragedy, history, comedy, moral or pastoral, from which an infinite use cannot be gathered.”

Drama defended as a school of conduct in every genre · An Apology for Actors, 1612

• Morality
• Theatre
• Use