Politics in the Playhouse.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7, 14 August 1912, Page 54

Politics in the Playhouse.

The Portuguese seem to take their polities with them everywhere, even to the playhouse.' The" other Hight, at Braga, for instance, in the Theatre Vicente, a slight political discussion arose between a Republican officer of the army and a Monarchist Councillor, which led to the officer boxing the Councillor's ears and the Councillor breaking his walkingstick over the officer's head. Thereupon the officer's friends took up the argument, opposed by the Councillor’s, swords were freely used, mid " bullets Hew in all directions." The fire-hose was then brought into play for an hour, and when everyone was drenched and the wounded were removed, the theatre, wo presume, was emptied and closed for the evening. The “Daily News” correspondent, who records the scene, says nothing of the play. Were the actors, too, joining in the fray? We trust none of them was among the “ twenty-two wounded, nine seriously." j ,