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The Duke In The Cupboard

A Halifax Thespians production. On 2 August 1961, Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington, which had been saved for the nation by a special treasury grant, was put on display at The National Gallery in London. Nineteen days later it was stolen.
Four years after the theft, Kempton Bunton, a 61-year-old unemployed former bus driver from Benwell, Newcastle, baffl ed Scotland Yard detectives by confessing to the theft. Had this heavily built, antisocial, bespectacled Geordie really outwitted the gallery’s sophisticated security
The case sparked a national sensation and Susan Wear wrote the play after reading secret Director of Public Prosecution papers relating to the case. The recent film version starred Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren.
event dateTue 10 Jun to Saturday 14 June
venue addressHalifax Playhouse, King Cross Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2SH
event timesEvenings at 7:30pm. 2:30pm Saturday matinee. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain up.
telephone 01422 365998 for latest times or cancellations.
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