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BG.731.002
18-25 Jan 1731:21 (578)
Paris, November 14. . . One Mademoiselle Pelissier,
fancying herself touch'd at a new piece that was play'd
here, entitled, The Triumph of Interest; she complained to a
magistrate of it, and desired that he would stop the farther
representation of the play. But the magistrate was a wise
man, and well became the dignity of his post: The answer he
made to the lady, was this: Madam, the business of comedy is
to correct the manners of the age; if that play has made you
sensible of your faults, begin to correct them; and when
that is done, you will find that the representation can no
longer give you pain.
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