Introduction
Jeremy Collier (1650–1726) was a clergyman who refused to swear allegiance to William III and Mary II after the revolution of 1688. In 1696 he was outlawed for publicly absolving two prisoners involved in a plot to assassinate William III. But he is remembered most for his Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, in which he attacked writers such as William Congreve, William Wycherley, and John Dryden for their stage characters' sexual freedom and profane dialogue.
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