INSULT TO GREAT BRITAIN
; ASSASSINATION OF PRINCE’ NAPOLEON THE FOURTH PLAY FRENCH PUBLIC IRRITATED By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Sept. 23, 5.5 p.m. United Service. Paris, Sept. 21. Maurice Rostand’S new play, “Napoleon the Fourth,” has aroused strong criticism owing to the suggestion that Napoleon the Third’s only son, who was killed in Zululand in 1879, was really assassinated by the British officers’ forsaking him when the natives attacked. The play also suggests that Queen Victoria was privy to the plot to put the Prince Imperial out of the way. Despite the sympathy of the first night audience with the anti-English tirades, the public is becoming irritated and is demanding the withdrawal of the play, as it is a gratuitous insult to England. There was a demonstration against the play last night sueh as necessitated police intervention to restore order.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1928, Page 9
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