Download or read book Theatre Censorship written by David Thomas and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using previously unpublished material from the National Archives, this book provides a thoroughgoing account of the introduction and abolition of theatre censorship in England, from Sir Robert Walpole's Licensing Act of 1737 to the successful campaign to abolish theatre censorship in 1968. It concludes with an exploration of possible new forms of covert censorship.