A defence of the stage, or An inquiry into the real qualities of theatrical entertainments, their scope and tendency. Being a reply to a sermon entitled "The evil of theatrical amusements stated and illustrated" lately published in Dublin, and preached in the Weslyan Methodist Chapel in Lower Abbey Street, on sunday, november 4th, 1838, by the Rev. Dr. John B. Bennett. Including an examination of the authorities on which that sermon is founded.