ABSTRACT
As well as having to contend with economic problems for much of the century, the theatres also had to cope with pressure from the state in the form of censorship. Most of the time censorship was a sort of ongoing nuisance, which probably had a far more serious and inhibiting effect on the Comédie-Française than it did on the popular theatres. With each revolution censorship was abolished, and in each case was re-established within a few years.
