Police Stop Play
A performance on Sunday of a new play, “Early Morning,” which depicts Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale as lesbians, was cancelled because of -threat of police prosecution for obscenity, says a cable message fronFLondon, The Royal Court Theatre's director, William Gaskill, was interviewed last week by police officers after a complaint was received about it. It includes. scenes in which human limbs have to be eaten on stage. The play was first shown the Sunday before last at a private performance after it was refused a licence by the Lord Chamberlain. It was written by Edward Bond whose play, “saved.” caused controversy in London three years ago over a scene in which a baby was stoned' to death in its pram. |
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31672, 7 May 1968, Page 21
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124Police Stop Play Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31672, 7 May 1968, Page 21
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