> In England last month the Merseyside Left Theatre Club produced Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty. From the play the Lord Chamberlain (official censor) had struck outas profanethe line: "They'll tear Christ from his bleeding cross." When the Merseysiders used the line anyhow, an uproar followed. The manager banged down the curtain. Ten of the club's actors and officials were ordered arrested.
Pleading guilty last week to using the lineand also to presenting another Odets play, I Can't Sleepwithout authorization, all ten were fined $7.50, put on probation for a year.
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