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Dateline: 8th August, 2004
No Nudity? Naughty! Heart Productions found themselves asking these questions when a letter came from the Advertising Standards Authority after the first previews of their new play Romeo & Juliet For All Time in Buxton a few weeks back. Apparently the ASA had received a letter of complaint from someone who saw the poster, went to see the show - and was most disappointed to find there was no full-frontal nudity! The writer of the play, Frank Bramwell, is at a loss to understand this crazy phenomenon: "The picture, commissioned weeks in advance of casting, shows two unclad people wearing masks, with a sinister monk hovering in the background. The play deals with the famous lovers trapped in a tomb, in the course of which they have to 'bare' their souls before they can earn their redemption, as well as shed articles of clothing because of the heat in the tomb. What I find most disappointing is that in future, because of one person who come to the theatre looking for cheap thrills, we now have to censor our creative imaginations for all our future marketing. This is an important issue for everyone in the Arts, one that has profound implications. Unfortunately it's yet more evidence of the upside down world we now live in!" Romeo & Juliet For All Time is being performed at venue 124, the Zoo, in week 1 of the Edinburgh Fringe, from Monday to Saturday at 7.15 p.m. People who come to see the show will be asked whether they feel the poster is inappropriate, and the results of this 'mini survey' will be sent to the Advertising Standards Authority. People wishing to express their views on this matter are welcome to contact Heart Productions at heart@fsmail.net. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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