REALISM IN MELODRAMA
AIA TTF.R OF PUBLIC TA STD 7 ■' (Aust. and N.Z. Cable). XReceived Dec. 22, 2 p.m.) London, Dec. 21. Questioned in the House concerning the recent stage performance representing the execution of Charles Peace, in which. John Ellis, the former executioner appeared, Sir Joynson Hicks said executioners wero employed by the Sheriffs and be was not empowered 'to make conditions. Any bow, these did not apply to executioners after their retirement. Such scenes in melodramas must be left to public taste. 1
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Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1287, 22 December 1927, Page 8
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