Catherine O’Leary is Professor of Spanish at the University of St Andrews.Michael Thompson is Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Studies at Durham University.

• AcknowledgementsList of illustrationsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1. The Evolution of Theatre Censorship in Spain from the 1830s to the 1930s2. Un teatro de ida y vuelta: All Change and No Change in the Second Republic and the Civil WarCase Study: Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús, by Vicente Mena Pérez3. The Franco Dictatorship: Censorship as ‘Propaganda’, ‘Education’ and ‘Information’Case Study: La casa de Bernarda Alba, by Federico García Lorca4. The Pervasiveness of Censorship during the Dictatorship: Right-Wing Triumphalism, Commercial Theatre,Revistas and Catalan TheatreCase Study: La Infanzona, by Jacinto Benavente5. The Realist Generation: A Spotlight on the Margins of SocietyCase Study: Escuadra hacia la muerte, by Alfonso Sastre6. Experimental, Avant-Garde and Independent Theatre: Pushing the BoundariesCase Study: Castañuela 70, by Tábano and Las Madres del Cordero7. The Censorship of Foreign Theatre: From Taming the Text to Disruptive DramaCase Study: El círculo de tiza caucasiano, by Bertolt Brecht8. Dénouement: Dismantling the Apparatus during the Transition to DemocracyCase Study: La torna, by Els Joglars/Albert BoadellaConclusionBibliography:Archival sourcesLegislationOther sourcesIndex