Drawing on material from previously secret archives, this study explores how theatre was censored in the GDR from 1961 to 1989. By examining a range of case studies, from banned stagings to those that met with official approval, the book reveals the shifting patterns of cooperation and conflict that shaped the space for theatrical experimentation. Laura Bradley's book about theatre censorship in East Germany is fascinating, not least because it is about something which official did not exist. ... Bradley's approach is sound. She looks at a number of metropolitan and regional theatres between 1961 and 1989 and discusses a number of instances of censorship with a particular interest in how theatre practicioners and officials negotiated crisis points.