Fatal Curiosity

Fatal Curiosity is a 1737 tragedy by the British writer George Lillo. It is also known by the alternative title Guilt Its Own Punishment.
The original cast included Thomas [Davies (bookseller)|Thomas Davies] and Charlotte Charke.
Implicitly, the work attacks the government and Imperial strategy of Robert Walpole, who had then been prime minister for over a decade. It was shown with Henry Fielding's The [Historical Register for the Year 1736|The Historical Register] as an afterpiece. Soon afterwards Walpole brought forward a Licensing Act 1737 to clamp down on theatrical criticism of the government.