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Education Moral Compositions — New Drama Nov 17 1794

Of moral compositions.
Of compositions
of a moral
cast — Of a nature
to exercise
an influence over
moral conduct
1 — by example in the way with
or without precept
Exhibitions real
or given as real

1. Lives — i:e: histories
of lives

2. Characters: i:e.
descriptions of characters

3. Histories — which
are combinations of
lives and with or without characters.

Exhibitions fictitious
and given as fictitious

1. Novels
2. Romances
3. Epic Poems

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Inferiority of the
Epic Poem to the
Romance — [in point
of entertainment as well
as instruction
— of the Romance
to the Novel

Advantages and
disadvantages of
the Novel in comparison
of the Drama

Disadvantage of
the Drama that in
point of beauty &
other ingredients of
personal appearance
you are confined to
the such Actors as
the stage times happen to
present — Whereas
in the Novel the
ideas of the hero
heroine and other
favourite characters
are taken from the
most accomplished
of your acquaintance
and not from any
one only, but from
all together, exhibiting
in a cluster the
united perfections & accomplishments
of
all.

Disadvantages of
the Drama which are merely factitious:
being the result
of the prejudices exuberance
with respect
to the what are called
the .

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Idea of a new
and improved
Drama — taken
from a novel
and exhibiting
the whole contents
of the Novel
without regard to
the

The number of
the Acts not to be
regarded — no more
than that of the
scenes as at present.

A separate Act
to be wherever
there is a considerable
interval
of time.

Between the Acts,
be there ever so
many, Music
or Dancing as at present, to
favour the illusion
in respect of time.

Even between the
scenes, where the
distance in point
of place is considerable,
or draws
with it a distance
in point of time
perhaps a short
Music might be of
use.

The transportation
of the stuctates from
place to place, tho'
like that of light
roped to an extreme
ought however to
take up some little
time.

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Number of persons
as well as of Acts
and times as
intimated as
in the Novel
limited only by
the number of the
Actors capable of
filling the parts

This Drama to be
taken from one
of Miss Burneys
or Mrs Saville's
novels — for instance
Emmelene. It
might occupy the
whole time of the
present play and
entertainment — with
Music and Dancing
in increased quantity
between the Acts.

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Date_1	1794-11-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	014	Main Headings
Folio number	014	Info in main headings field	education moral compositions - new drama
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