The opera The Dragon of Wantley and the personal attack Pasquin triggered this legislation, which was passed after "His (*) Robinocracy" was personally attacked by John Gay and Henry Fielding.
This law was partially revoked by an 1843 Act, which removed the Patent Monopoly held by the government. It resulted in the Gustavus Vasa being disseminated in print and was probably passed as a result of an anonymously published work called The Golden Rump incensing its readers. The opera The Dragon of Wantley and the personal attack Pasquin triggered this legislation, which was passed after "His (*) Robinocracy" was personally attacked by John Gay and Henry Fielding. Repealed by the Theatres Act of 1968, this is, for 10 points, what act that allowed the Lord Chamberlain to censor any play before it was performed in England?
This law was partially revoked by an 1843 Act, which removed the Patent Monopoly held by the government.
Licensing Act of 1737