The School of Abuse is a book written by Stephen Gosson in 1579, during the Elizabethan era. The book is a scathing critique of the theater of the time, which Gosson believed was corrupting the morals of the people. The book is divided into two parts; the first part is a detailed attack on the theater and its practitioners, while the second part is a defense of the book itself and its author.In the first part of the book, Gosson argues that the theater...