| Description | The play Perdition, by Jim Allen, was due to be performed in 1987 by the English Stage Company, with Ken Loach as Director, at the Royal Court Theatre however, it was pulled hours before curtain raising due to controversies around its content see http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/kasztner.htm for fuller details of this. The file includes: reports on the play for example, by The Institute of Jewish Affairs and University of Leeds; historical background; news clippings and reports; letter relating to the play for example, a copy letter from Allen to [? of the Theatre], 30 Sep 1985, assuring them of the accuracy of the play; and statements by Max Stafford-Clark, Artistic Director, which make it clear the Theatre was lobbied |