Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001884, Mon, 24 Mar 1997 13:16:53 -0800

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"Lolita" Play Banned in Volgograd (fwd)
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From: Sergey Il'yn <isb@glas.apc.org>
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Radio "Ekho Moskvy" ("Moscow's Echo") reported today that the Volgograd
City Council banned the performance of "Lolita" at the local
"Young People's Theatre (a left-over from the Soviet theater system) on
the grounds that it would corrupt youth.

Sergey B. Il'in
<isb@glas.apc.org>
Moscow

Nashe delo veseloe.