Mrs. Mine Stopes' Vectia Banned Play and a Preface on
the Censorship, John Bane, Sons and Danielsson, 5s.) is about a beautiful woman whose wretched husband could not give her a baby. The plot is not without interest and cer- tainly not immoral, but we can understand that the Censor might consider the theme unsuitable for the stage. Our dramatic critic read the play and reported unfavourably on its acting quality_: we find, however, that the author has anticipated the objections of "a certain type of critic" by saying that although her scenes lack action they are cast along new lines. Our views on the Censorship, briefly, arc that while it serves a useful purpose, the ban should be remov- able if the producer is prepared to risk police prosecution. In this case there would probably be no prosecution, and no profit, for the public would yawn at the play.
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