The author recounts the creation, rehearsal, and repeated censorship of an early one-act play, describing efforts to stage it at various Parisian theatres and private venues, responses from fellow artists and critics, and the bureaucratic route that produced its prohibition. He narrates performances given in experimental settings and abroad, outlines audience and reviewer reactions, and analyzes the censorship apparatus that interceded. The account combines production anecdotes with a public reading of a contested act, reflecting on artistic compromise, evolving public taste, and the constraints imposed by official and informal arbiters of theatrical morality.