Among the c. 3,050 items, most of which are books in manuscript, that comprise the collection known as the Theater-Bibliothek of Hamburg’s city and university library, 136 items contain censorship entries from the years when Hamburg was part of the Napoleonic Empire (1811–1814). Remarks in multiple hands make suggestions and negotiate how to avoid referring to the occupying forces, the English enemy, oppression, or upheaval. The prompt book for the 1812 revival of Hamburg’s famous 1770s production of King Lear is particularly memorable in the ways a simplified adaptation (that was staged long after the occupation ended) is produced by the complex interactions of various hands.