DEGENERACY OF THE STAGE
COMPLAINT OF “ LANGUAGE.” Pji'Tetcicrapb—Press Association—Copjrlebt "Times" and Sydney "San" Sorrioen. LONDON, May 17. Mr Sydney Grnndy, the welbknowu dramatic author, in a letter to the /press, . sayst—“ The language systematically used upon the contemporary stage is a scandal. Indignation is burning, hut is gagged. You might 4s 'well gag a volcano; sooner or later even dramatic critics will be shamed Unto doing their duty.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8736, 19 May 1914, Page 6
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68DEGENERACY OF THE STAGE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8736, 19 May 1914, Page 6
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