BAN LIFTED FROM PLAYS ABOUT VICTORIA
A statement was issned by the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Cromer, that, By percaission of the King, plays dealing with the life of Queen Victoria can be considered for production after June 20, 1937. This date has been selected-as being the centenary of Queen Victoria 's accession to the Throne. The announeement will he welcomed in stage circles as paving the way for the public production' in Britain of several brilliant plays dealing with Queen Victoria which have lxitherto boen forbidden. Most promineat femong these is "Victoria Kegina,".by Laurence Housman (the author of . a series of Victoria plays which have so far been performed only privately), wEich for some time has been one of the biggest theatrical successes in New York, where the censorship restrictions do not ap plyThe Lord Chamberlain 's previouE ruling was that no British monarcl might be portrayed on the stage during his or her lifetime or the lifetime oi the sons and daughters. Three of Queen Victoria 'a childrei are living — Princess Louise, Duchess oi Argyll, Princess Beatrice, and the Duko of Connaught. Four years ago Mr. Housmai avoided the censorship with one of his plays — ' 1 The Queen 7a Progress ' b] producing it near his home in Street Somerset, and inviting pe'ople to see it at tho-village hall free of chargo
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 31, 20 February 1937, Page 18
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224BAN LIFTED FROM PLAYS ABOUT VICTORIA Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 31, 20 February 1937, Page 18
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