David O'Shaughnessy, associate professor of English at Trinity College Dublin, presents closing remarks for the "Censorship of British Theater" conference.

Julie Carlson, professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, presents on the censorship of infamous playwright Thomas Holcroft.

Kristina Straub, Director of Literacy and Cultural Studies at Carnegie Mellon University, presents on the role the Universities Act in quarantining England's ruling class from the theater.

Kate Newey, Chair of Theatre History at the University of Exeter, presents on playwright Mary Russell Mitford and her use of the subjunctive in her tragedies.

Daniel O'Quinn, professor of English and theater studies at the University of Guelph, presents on comedies and self-imposed censorship of playwright Hannah Cowley.

Gillian Russell, professor of 18th-century literature at the University of York, presents on the relationship between the crimes and "melodrama" in everyday life of 18th-century Britain and the censorship and criticism of real-crime dramatization.

Jim Davis, professor of theater studies at the University of Warwick, presents about how playwrights and actors evaded censorship of the stage through satire in the 19th century.

David Taylor, professor of English at the University of Warwick, presents on the effects of politics on the aesthetics of theatrical performance in 19th-century Brittain.

David O'Shaughnessy, associate professor of English at Trinity College Dublin, presents on the criticisms and censorship of Irish playwright and actor Charles Macklin.

Bridget Orr, associate professor of English at Vanderbilt University, presents on theatricalization and censorship of Britain's colonial and imperialist actions on the stage.

Thomas Lockwood, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Washington, presents on the effect of licensing of theaters and press during early 19th-century Brittain.