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en-wikipedia-org-8197		Licensing Act 1737 - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1684	252	73	First page of the Licensing Act of 1737, which established the office of Examiner of Plays The Examiner read all plays which were to be publicly performed, produced a synopsis and recommended them for licence, consulting the Lord Chamberlain in cases of doubt. Tylney and his successor, George Buck, also exercised the power to censor plays for publication.[1][2] The Master of the Revels, who normally reported to the Lord Chamberlain, continued to perform the function until, with the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, stage plays were prohibited.[3] Stage plays did not return to England until the Restoration in 1660.[4] During the creation of the Licensing of 1737, Robert Walpole was the standing Master of the Revels[5]:4 ^ "September 1642: Order for Stage-plays to cease", British History Online, accessed 6 November 2014	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8197.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8197.txt