BANNED GERMAN PALY.
KAISER DISPLEASED WITH STAGE
VERSION OF SEA BATTLE.
' AMsraßi*AM, Feb; 13.
A report from Dresden speaks J of a re-' markable play written by Reitihardt 3 Geering, entitled. "The . Stea * Battje." Tlie scene is laid -m the interior- of a : battleship during the Sfcagerack fight. •; The last act contains'^representation. of an armoured tower m, th 6 ship,thei characters being, seven sailors,- "«yn6 v :are^ supposed to bo firing guns. . The climax; comes wheu an English 'bbmb- containing asphyxiating, gas . destroys' the toyer. and; kills all seven gunners. •.•'"" ' The dialogue is said to be 'm the' harshest strain against the present naval, administration. Hence the ■ Dresden; Commandant forbade the t public performance, which was tnking' nlaca 'before: a number of . guests., The play has also been banned m Berlin by. the -Kaiser's 'order. ,'. .- : ' ■■■'■ ■■'' ■■'' ?V . j
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14590, 27 April 1918, Page 8
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137BANNED GERMAN PALY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14590, 27 April 1918, Page 8
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