ABSTRACT
I should be sorry if the mistaken Gravity of any of my Readers of a more rigid Cast of Mind than the rest shou’d suppose me too frequent in my Theatric Animadversions. Persons of this gloomy Disposition have not allow’d themselves to reflect how diffusively powerful the Influence of the Stage has in all Ages been found, and of what universal Good Consequence it wou’d be cou’d [I] promise myself such Improvement as I wish from the Success of my disinterested Endeavours.
