The puritans would read books, go to church, and fish.
Everything that was even remotely fun, including smiling...
Puritans believed that anything fun was banned You couldn't play sports, listens to music, dance, or drink because it was 'sinful'. The miserable puritans even banned Christmas.
The Puritans were protestant extremists and thought the theatre was depraved, well they thought anything fun was depraved.They opposed the idea of people being on stage and pretending to be someone else, they compared it to lying. Theatres were also a place where 'orange girls', would congregate looking for business and the Puritans wanted to stop that.Theatres were also blamed for spreading the plague, they were never opened in summer just in case. But that was thought before the Puritans put a ban on fun.
Most puritans had different jobs, so they did different things. If you were a fisherman and you loved to fish but you sold the fish, you would be fishing for fun AND for a job.
The Puritans were extremists and thought the theatre was depraved (they thought any fun was depraved). They opposed the idea of people being on stage and pretending to be someone else, they have compared it to lying. Theatres were also a place where "orange girls", would congregate looking for business and the Puritans wanted to stop them. ( I think these people are desperate for something) Theatres were also blamed for spreading the plague, they were never opened in summer just in case. But that was thought before the Puritans had put a ban on the fun the people were having.
Puritans weren't allowed to have any fun. Including singing, dancing, going to the theater, and they wore dark clothing. Their lives were totally devoted to God, and they lived their lives according to the bible.
The Puritans watched each other for signs of sinful behavior.
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No. It was the Parliamentarians who were Puritans.
The theater grew out of the tradition of enacting religious dramas. By the time of the Puritans, it was heavily secular, most of the material had nothing to do with religion. Theaters were seen in the same light as public houses, worldly music and dancing. They were magnets for vice, drunkenness, gambling, and prostitution. And they were fun. All this made them distractions from the pursuit of a higher, moral society pursued by the Puritans
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