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Waterbury Democrat
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
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Turkish government prohibits Rostand's play 'Cyrano de Bergerac' in Constantinople, deeming it revolutionary; censors replace royalty depictions with princes or dukes in theater, affecting even Italian operas.
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A Constantinople correspondent
says that the Turkish government
has prohibited the performance of
Rostand's play, 'Cyrano de Bergerac,"
declaring it to be of a revolutionary
character. The Turkish censor is
very particular that no royalty is pre-
sented on the stage, and in all pieces
the king is replaced by a prince or a
duke. The comic effect of replacing
a monosyllable by a longer word in
Italian opera, which alone is per-
formed in Constantinople, may readi-
ly be imagined. Most certainly no
imputation of encouraging high trea-
son can be brought against the Turk-
ish censor.
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Constantinople
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prohibition of rostand's play 'cyrano de bergerac' for revolutionary character; replacement of kings with princes or dukes in stage productions.
Event Details
Turkish government prohibits performance of Rostand's 'Cyrano de Bergerac' in Constantinople, declaring it revolutionary. Censor ensures no royalty on stage, replacing kings with princes or dukes; this affects Italian operas performed there, creating comic effects from word substitutions.