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Eight Men Speak is a Canadian play written in 1933 by a committee of Oscar Ryan, E. Cecil-Smith, Frank Love and Mildred Goldberg. The play made only one performance in its initial run then was suppressed by the Canadian government. Its suppression became a political embarrassment for Prime Minister R. B. Bennett. The publicity helped cause the release of the eight imprisoned Communist Party leaders of the play's title.

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rdfs:comment	Eight Men Speak is a Canadian play written in 1933 by a committee of Oscar Ryan, E. Cecil-Smith, Frank Love and Mildred Goldberg. The play made only one performance in its initial run then was suppressed by the Canadian government. Its suppression became a political embarrassment for Prime Minister R. B. Bennett. The publicity helped cause the release of the eight imprisoned Communist Party leaders of the play's title. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Communism in Canada Censorship in Canada Play (theatre) Censorship in the arts Theatre controversies Criminal Code (Canada) 1933 in Canada Agitprop Toronto Albert Edward Smith Canadian plays Censorship 1933 plays R. B. Bennett Sedition Section 98 Standard Theatre (Toronto) Prison riot Joe Zuken dbr:Progressive_Arts_Club
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.grubstreetbooks.ca/essays/timbuck2.html
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has abstract	Eight Men Speak is a Canadian play written in 1933 by a committee of Oscar Ryan, E. Cecil-Smith, Frank Love and Mildred Goldberg. The play made only one performance in its initial run then was suppressed by the Canadian government. Its suppression became a political embarrassment for Prime Minister R. B. Bennett. The publicity helped cause the release of the eight imprisoned Communist Party leaders of the play's title. The agitprop play tells story of the imprisonment of Tim Buck and seven others Communist Party leaders under Section 98 of the Criminal Code, which made simple association with the Communist Party a crime. The law allowed authorities to claim that any powerful group which potentially opposed them to be labelled as 'subversive' and thus punishable. The play also dramatized an assassination attempt on Buck while in prison. During a prison riot, shots were fired into Buck's cell despite the fact he was not participating in the riot in any way. The play is most noted for the reaction of the Toronto authorities following the play's one performance at Toronto's Standard Theatre on December 4, 1933. The police ordered the play closed and threatened to revoke the theatre's licence if the play was performed again. Communist Winnipeg school board trustee Joe Zuken and others attempted to have the play performed in Winnipeg. But authorities revoked the theatre's licence and stopped the play's performance. When the had a meeting to protest this censorship, a former Manitoba Labour MLA, A. E. Smith, gave a speech endorsing the play and its presentation of the attempted assassination of the imprisoned Communist leader. Smith was arrested and charged with sedition. The resulting trial allowed Buck to take the stand and relate the events of the incident in open court. Smith was acquitted, and Buck and his comrades were soon released afterward. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of assassinations in fiction List of Canadian plays (A–F) Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion Stratford General Strike of 1933 Joseph Zuken New Hogtown Press Tim Buck Albert Edward Smith Standard Theatre (Toronto)
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