THE PRINCE OF WALES
RIDICULED 1H ENGLISH REVUE PRODUCER WITHDRAWS ROYAL NAME Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 12. (Received February 13, at 10.30 a.m.) Tho producer of the revue has withdrawn the Prince of Wales’s j ’me. He explains that the comedian did not pretend to be the Prince, although his entry followed mention of the Prince’s name. [A previous message stated; The ‘ Daily Mail ’ says that the Lord Chamberlain ordered an inquiry, following complaints made against a revue staged in a Midland town, in which it was alleged that a comedian, appearing as the Prince of Wales, was grotesque in dress and deportment. During a burlesque inspection of a liner’s crew be made vulgar and ridiculous remarks. Tho Lord Chamberlain’s office states that impersonation of living member r" the Royal Family will m ' be permitted. The revue, when submitted for license, did nob contain the alleged objectionable passage, the interpolation of which would render the company liable to mosccution.]
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Evening Star, Issue 19789, 13 February 1928, Page 5
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160THE PRINCE OF WALES Evening Star, Issue 19789, 13 February 1928, Page 5
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