EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Line Cut From ‘Fringe’ Show IN Z Press Assn —Copvnoht) LONDON. Aug. 19 The "Daily Telegraph" reported today that the Lord Chamberlain had objected to a line m an independent ■fringe” production due to >pen tonight at the Edinburgh Festival The production is “The Bubonic Plague Show,” by Charles Lewson set in a germ warfare station In a retort to a speech making out a case for the necessity for international spies. a character says: “This is my beloved secret agent in whom I am well pleased ” This line has been deleted as blasphemous, though aporoved by Church of Scotland authorities The festival got off to an exciting start last night with Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust ” The first of the French composer’s major works on which this festival and the next are to concentrate, it was given a splendidly dramatic performance under the baton of Georg Solti.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630820.2.116
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CII, Issue 30214, 20 August 1963, Page 13
Word Count
150EDINBURGH FESTIVAL Press, Volume CII, Issue 30214, 20 August 1963, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.