1. The Irish mastership of the revels, 1638-1830
2. Regulation in Britain, 1737-1843
3.Regulating the Dublin stage: the abortive plan of 1779
4. The Bill of 1785: the opposition outflanked
5. The passing of the Dublin Stage Regulation Act, 1786
6. Performances within the reach of control
7. Theatre in the provinces
8. Dublin theatre patents: the first hundred years and more
9. Dublin theatre patents: countdown to abolition
10. Health and safety
11. Refreshments for patrons
12. Performers and managers
13. Disruption and riot
14. Censorship
15. The dramatic author's performing right.
The Irish stage : a legal history by W. N. Osborough. ISBN 9781846825286. Published by Four Courts Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.