MUCH-DISCUSSED PLAY
Packed Audience Sees u The Eternal Flame." "UNKNOWN SOLDIER" SCENE. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.! LONDON, October 2. Long queues at Leamington awaited the first performance of the much-dis-cussed play, "The Eternal Flame," by Mr. Watson C. Mill. A packed audience watched the appearance of the "Unknown Soldier" in deep silence. When the play ended the applause lasted a quarter of an hour. However, the piece is very long and discursive. The characters include the shades of Darwin and Huxley.
A former cable stated that a controversy had arisen over the censor's passing of the play, entitled "The Eternal Flame," which introduces the ''Unknown Soldier." The last scene is at the graveside in Westminster Abbey. The author, Mr. Watson C. Mill, says the characters kneel and read the inscription on the grave. Then in the darkness an invisible choir sings. As the voices fade the figure of the "Unknown Soldier," in trench kit and with steel helmet, is seen standing near
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 234, 3 October 1928, Page 7
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