4.
THE ONLY WHOLEHEARTED DEFENCE OF THE VALIDITY
OF THE PLAY'S SUBJECT MATTER WAS MADE BY THE DIRECTOR
OF THE GREENWICH YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE, MISS JUNE MITCHELL,
AND WALTER EASEY AND ROY PORTER REPRESENTING THE HONG KONG
RESEARCH PROJECT.
5.
MISS MITCHELL SAID THAT WHEN MATERIAL WAS BEING
GATHERED FOR THE PLAY, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THEATRE
COLLECTED LITERATURE FROM THE LIBRARY OF THIS OFFICE, BUT
DID NOT REVEAL THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH.
MISS MITCHELL
NOW THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN A MISTAKE NOT TO TAKE THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE INTO THEIR CONFIDENCE FROM THE
OUTSET. I WILL SEND YOU WITT'S REPORT BY EXPRESS AIRMAIL.
ON WEDNESDAY, BOXALL SPOKE TO MRS. JANET HARLAND, CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF GREENWICH YOUNG PEOPLE'S
THEATRE, AND FOUND HER TO BE OBVIOUSLY DISTURBED AT WHAT
HAS BEEN GOING ON. SHE INVITED US TO PRESENT OUR VIEWS,
то
IN WRITING AR A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF THE THEATRE ON
IN WRITING,
18 JULY.
6.
BOXALL ALSO SPOKE AGAIN TO EWAN HOOPER, DIRECTOR
YOUNG
HOOPER WAS ALSO
OF THE GREENWICH THEATRE, OF WHICH THE GREENWICH
PEOPLE'S THEATRE IS A SUBSIDIARY.
CRITICAL OF THE PRODUCTION BOTH ON EDUCATIONAL AND THEATRICAL
GROUNDS. NEITHER MRS. HARLAND NOR HOOPER WAS PRESENT AT
TUESDAY'S MEETING. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING, SO FAR WITHOUT
SUCCESS, TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MR. GEOFFREY HODSON, DRAMA INSPECTER
A
ADVISER OF THE INNER LONDON EDUCATION AUTHORITY, WHO WAS
AT THE MEETING, TO TRY TO FIND OUT THE ATTITUDE OF THE
ILEA (WHICH PROVIDES THE BULK OF THE GREENWICH YOUNG
PEOPLE'S THEATRE'S FUNDS) TOWARDS THE PLAY, BUT HE HAŞ
NOT BEEN =AVAILABLE.“ WE UNDERSTAND FROM STEWART THAT THE
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