“FALLEN ANGELS.”
A WOMAN’S PROTEST. LONDON, Sept. 3. When the curtain fell last night on the second act of Noel Coward’s play ; “Fallen Angles,” a woman rose and excitedly shouted; “As a member of the public 1 protect; ” Her words were drowned in a storm of boos, hisses, and shouts, of “Sit down!” The objector, however, persisted, and declared that the piay was degrading_ The audience continued its booing, and applauded a man, clad in an even, ing-dress suit, who, standing on a chair, requested the woman to leave if she objected to the play. : The woman, still continued her attempts to- speak until the hissing finally silenced her. The objector, it transpired, was Mrs. Hornibrook, a member of the Public Morality Council, wbo made her public protest for the purpose of forcing the provision of a more vigorous theatre censorship. Amid the counter-demonstration of the audience, she denounced the play as indecent, demoralising, and abominable. “
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 12 September 1925, Page 12
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