Censor Objects
G. B. Shaw’s Adjective, Refused in Divorce Play DISLIKE OF THE WORD “GOD” "Fetters,” a divorce drama by Vivian Tidmarsh, which was produced at the “Q” Theatre, London, recently, was cut in many places by order of the Lord Chamberlain. The play deals with the question of whether a wife is justified in refusing to divorce her unfaithful husband. Jack de Leon, managing director of the "Q” Theatre, was called to the Censor’s office to discuss the script before the issue of the licence. He was accompanied by the author. Mr. Tidmarsh explained that he was surprised to learn that exception had been taken by the Lord Chamberlain to various parts of the script. “What surprised me most,” he said, “was that the censor forbade me to use a word employed by Gaorge Bernard Shaw in ‘Pygmalion.’ “Why should it be permitted in one play and knocked out of another? “The censor also appears to have taken an intense dislike to the use of the word ‘God’ on the stage. Apparently there are exceptions if the word is used under the stress of emotion. but I gather it must not be employed too many times.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 514, 17 November 1928, Page 22
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197Censor Objects Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 514, 17 November 1928, Page 22
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