PROCEEDS OF AMATEUR PERFORMANCE
IVOR NOVELLO’S “FRESH FIELDS” DECLINED BY VICAR 'United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Received Ist April, 12.20 p.m.) LONDON, 31st Alarcjn Bishop Headlam, of Gloucester, j(ias approved of the action of the Rev. ;T. H. Jupp, vicar of Churchdown, in declining to accept the proceeds of an amateur performance of Ivor Noveljo’s “Fresh Fields,”' because it contained undesirable innuendoes subversive ’ to Christian morals and decency. .; Air Harold Sydney, the producer, defended the play, but the parish council supported the vicar. J The Bishop says he was shocked to think that most of the parishioners were prepared to defend the play. The Bishop adds that the risky conversations and situations in the play testify to dramatic incapacity and bad art. A capable dramatist could make the production interesting and amusing without recourse to such methods. Y
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 1 April 1936, Page 5
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