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TIL The Golden Rump was a satirical play so obnoxious that it led to the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737. The author is unknown, no complete copies of the play exist or may have ever existed. Sir Robert Walpole may have made up a fake play to push his Licensing Act.

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