Harry Potter and the full frontal dilemma
Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe is performing in a West End production of Equus, including some fully nude scenes.
David Pugh, the producer of a new production of Peter Shaffer's Equus, which stars a fully naked Radcliffe, has insisted he will not ban children from any of the performances.
The lack of a ban is likely to prove highly controversial and is in stark contrast to the policy adopted by other theatres in the West End.
Children under the age of seven are discouraged from attending performances of Mary Poppins for fear it is too frightening.
Mr Pugh told The Sunday -Telegraph: "We will offer parental guidance and we will point out that some scenes in Equus are unsuitable for children. But there will not be a ban on them attending the performance. Every child is different and they will react to the play differently.
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"I saw the play at 14 and it changed my life. If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't be producing it now."
This raises several questions in my mind:
- given the arrests of online casino execs etc., would the producers etc. be subject to arrest in the US on child pornography charges if they set foot on US soil? (Radcliffe is only 17.)
- how about people who see the play?
- anyone know what airfare to London is running these days?
David Pugh, the producer of a new production of Peter Shaffer's Equus, which stars a fully naked Radcliffe, has insisted he will not ban children from any of the performances.
The lack of a ban is likely to prove highly controversial and is in stark contrast to the policy adopted by other theatres in the West End.
Children under the age of seven are discouraged from attending performances of Mary Poppins for fear it is too frightening.
Mr Pugh told The Sunday -Telegraph: "We will offer parental guidance and we will point out that some scenes in Equus are unsuitable for children. But there will not be a ban on them attending the performance. Every child is different and they will react to the play differently.
[...]
"I saw the play at 14 and it changed my life. If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't be producing it now."
This raises several questions in my mind:
- given the arrests of online casino execs etc., would the producers etc. be subject to arrest in the US on child pornography charges if they set foot on US soil? (Radcliffe is only 17.)
- how about people who see the play?
- anyone know what airfare to London is running these days?