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Licensing Act 1737: Measurement, Forerunner & Examiner of Plays

The Licensing Act 1737 (10 Geo. 2. c. 28) or the Theatrical Licensing Act 1737, Stage Licensing Act 1737 or Plays Act 1736, was an act in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a pivotal moment in British theatrical history. Its purpose was to control and censor what was being said about the British government through theatre. The act was repealed by the…

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Licensing Act 1737 topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Forerunner and Examiner of Plays as prominent areas in the source structure around Licensing Act 1737.

Related topics
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Source areas
4
Connected nodes
28
Extracted relationships
8
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
28

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Forerunner · 8 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Examiner of Plays · 5 topics
Purpose of the act · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Amends
Vagrants Act 1713
Citation
10 Geo. 2. c. 28
Commencement
24 June 1737[a]
Long title
An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled, "An Act for reducing the Laws relating to Rogues, Vagabonds, sturdy…
Repealed
22 August 1843
Repealed by
Theatres Act 1843

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Forerunner

Purpose of the act

Examiner of Plays

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Licensing Act 1737 connects Entity context

The extracted context around Licensing Act 1737 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Licensing Act 1737 → Vagrants Act 1713 Another extracted example is Licensing Act 1737 → 10 Geo. 2. c. 28. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Licensing Act 1737

Top relations

Amends · 1
Licensing Act 1737 → Vagrants Act 1713
Citation · 1
Licensing Act 1737 → 10 Geo. 2. c. 28
Commencement · 1
Licensing Act 1737 → 24 June 1737[a]
Long title · 1
Licensing Act 1737 → An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled, "An Act for reducing the Laws relating to Rogues, Vagabonds, sturdy…
Repealed · 1
Licensing Act 1737 → 22 August 1843
Repealed by · 1
Licensing Act 1737 → Theatres Act 1843
Royal assent · 1
Licensing Act 1737 → 21 June 1737
Territorial extent · 1
Licensing Act 1737 → Great Britain

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

act plays theatre lord 1737 chamberlain licensing examiner theatres office british also stage government 10 geo great britain censor 1968

Licensing Act 1737 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 8 structured relationships around Licensing Act 1737. Examples in this analysis include Licensing Act 1737 → Amends → Vagrants Act 1713 and Licensing Act 1737 → Citation → 10 Geo. 2. c. 28. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Licensing Act 1737AmendsVagrants Act 17131.00infobox
Licensing Act 1737Citation10 Geo. 2. c. 281.00infobox
Licensing Act 1737Commencement24 June 1737[a]1.00infobox
Licensing Act 1737Long titleAn Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled, "An Act for reducing the Laws relating to Rogues, Vagabonds, sturdy…1.00infobox
Licensing Act 1737Repealed22 August 18431.00infobox
Licensing Act 1737Repealed byTheatres Act 18431.00infobox
Licensing Act 1737Royal assent21 June 17371.00infobox
Licensing Act 1737Territorial extentGreat Britain1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Licensing Act 1737 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Licensing, Britain and Great. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Licensing Act 1737
    • Licensing
    • Britain
    • Great
    • Theatres
    • Also
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    • Repealed
    • Censorship
    • Theatre
    • Cases
    • History
    • Kingdom
  • licensing act 1737
    • Licensing
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    • Theatres
    • Also
    • Plays
    • Created
    • Repealed
    • Censorship
    • Examiner
    • Theatre
    • Cases
  • act
    • Licensing
    • Britain
    • Great
    • Theatres
    • Plays
    • Created
    • Repealed
    • Censorship
    • Also
    • Examiner
    • Control
    • History
  • theatres act 1843
    • Repealed
    • Licensing
    • Britain
    • Great
    • Act
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    • Plays
    • Censorship
    • Chamberlain's
    • Created
    • Revels
    • Also
  • theatres act 1968
    • Repealed
    • Licensing
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    • Great
    • Act
    • Theatres
    • Plays
    • Censorship
    • Chamberlain's
    • Created
    • Revels
    • Also
  • stage plays were prohibited
    • Lord
    • Chamberlain
    • Examiner
    • Examiners
    • History
    • Kingdom
    • Plays
    • Stage
    • Britain
    • Great
    • Press
    • Revels
  • purpose of the act
    • Licensing
    • Britain
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    • Theatres
    • Also
    • Examiner
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  • examiner of plays
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    • Examiner
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    • Cases
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    • Also
    • Censor

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Licensing Act 1737, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Licensing Act 1737 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Licensing Act 1737Overview · splits 20 ⟂ 9
Licensing Act 1737Forerunner · splits 20 ⟂ 9
Licensing Act 1737Examiner of Plays · splits 23 ⟂ 6
Licensing Act 1737Purpose of the act · splits 25 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Licensing Act 1737

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples8
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Licensing Act 1737 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement, Forerunner & Examiner of Plays, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Licensing Act 1737 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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