The Recreation Department of Philadelphia cancelled an open-air performance of Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” which was scheduled to be given in a plaza opposite City Hall tonight.
The action was taken on the advice of Wayne B. Barr, chief of the municipal public information bureau, who noted that the play had a history of controversy and that it was the policy of his office to advise against the use of city property for anything of a controversial nature. City officials said that there had not been any complaints against presentation of the play.
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