UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
INTRODUCED IN A PLAY. CONTROVERSY IN BRITAIN'. (Per Press Association.) LONDON, September 30. A controversy has arisen over the censor passing for exhibition a play entitled “The Eternal Flame,” introducing the Unknown Soldier. It is being produced at Leamington before coming to London. The last scene is at the graveside at Westminster Abbey. The author, Mr Watson C. Mill, says that the characters kneel and read the inscription, then there is darkness, and an invisible choir sings. As the voices fade the figure of the Unknown Soldier, in trench kit and steel helmet, is seen standing n&ir the tomb, but his features are completely shrouded. Sir lan Hamilton, Sir Edwin Lutyens and others disapprove, but the author says the incident has been treated with deep reverence and the words put in the mouth of the Unknown Soldier had the enthusiastic approval of the Vicar of Leamington. —Australian Press Association.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 297, 1 October 1928, Page 8
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