Revival of "Hamlet"
"Injurious to Public "Morals" Excuse Tokyo, Nov. 9.
On the ground that its presentation may be "injurious to public morals" the Osaka police have banned a contemplated revival of "Hamlet" the first of Shakespeare's plays to be translated into Japanese.
Exactly how public morals müght possibly be endangered is mot mentioned by the police, but it is believed that the ban was imposed ior two principal reasons: the. portrayal of royalty in an unfavourable light, and Hamlet's "dangerous thoughts."
For a long time "Hamlet" has been the most popular of Shakespeare's plays among the Japanese public. edited by an Englishman "ends is An English-language nei
report on the ban with a quotation from the play:—"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."—Reuter.
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