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The Duke In The Cupboard
Centenary Play: THE DUKE IN THE CUPBOARD by Susan Wear. 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.
Tue 16 Mar 27 to Saturday 20 Mar 27
Halifax Playhouse, King Cross Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2SH
Doors open at 7pm for 7:30pm start and 2pm for 2:30pmn matinee. Tickets from £8
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