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Wednesday 17 March 2010, by
The Lord Chamberlain grants a licence to the play subject to the following
conditions :
(i)
The corpse is inanimate and not played by an actress.
(ii) On page 79 the casket is wiped with a handkerchief. The Lord Chamberlain
is particularly anxious that no stain shall appear on the handerchief.
The following alterations to the text are required:
Page 21 ’Run by a woman who was connected with the Royal Family
Act One :
one time . ’ For ’Royal Family’ substitute ’ Empire Loyalists ’ .
Page 22 ’Under that picture of the Sacred Heart .’
For ’ Sacred Heart’ substitute ’ Infant Samuel ’ .
Page 36 ’ While Jesus pointed to his Sacred Heart, you pointed to yours.
I never point . It’ s rude ’ must be cut.
Page 39 For ’ Consummatum Est’ substitute ’ Kingdom Come ’ .
Page 51 For ’ buggery ’ substitute ’ beggary’.
Act Two : Page 79 ’ Run by three Pakistanis aged between ten and fifteen.
They do it for sweets . Part of their religion . ’ For ’ Pakistanis ’
substitute ’ kids ’ . ’ Part of their religion ’ must be cut.
Page 85 For ’fucking’ substitute ’bleeding’.