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William Marshall <[log in to unmask]>
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- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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"In fact, I don't know of a single country in which Pound has actually been
banned.  Does anyone?"

I don't know of any countries which have banned Pound, but I do know my own
experience with my play about Pound - SIXTEEN WORDS FOR WATER - has met with
powerful opposition from some quarters in the US and elsewhere. For example,
I was paid a hefty advance by the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1993 so that
it could produce the play in 1994. To this day, the play has NEVER been
produced by that company, despite an advance payment to me in the thousands
of dollars. I must be the only Australian playwright in that country's
history that has been paid NOT to have my play produced, And this from a
major, government subsidised company.

A similar thing happened in 1991, when a NYC producer was extremely keen to
produce the play in NYC, then at the behest of five friends (not all of them
Jewish) pulled the plug on the project owing largely to his fears (fueled by
these same friends) that the play would be boycotted and that prospective
audience members wouldn't be able to penetrate the picket lines, etc.  So is
Pound banned? You tell me.

Billy Marshall Stoneking
http://ezrapound.cjb.net

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