On 23 August 1960, the typescript Wanted Woman was sent to the Censorship Services of the Spectacles Inspectorate and given the registration number 6163. A few days later, on 6 September, it received the "Approved" decision, even though it had been cut out in red pencil and blue pen, and stamped with the decision "Spectacle for Adults".

Submitting the play to the censorship services was a normal procedure, in accordance with the legal procedures established for the control of texts to be put on stage