The Licensing Act of 1737 was enacted by the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain in order to control and censor what was being said about the British government in the theatre. Prior to the Licensing Act, rules regulating what could be said in plays were not really enforced. The theatre became a threat to the government by spreading ideas of revolution. The Lord Chamberlain, assisted by the Examiner, decided which plays could be publicly performed until the Theatres Act of 1968 abolished censorship of the stage.
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