Picture No | 10821182 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Mock Trial - Mystery of Edwin Drood - Shaw to Chesterton |
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A mock trial held at King's Hall, Covent Garden, London - an attempt to interpret the mystery of Charles Dickens' unfinished novel 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'. The counsel, judge and jury concerned themselves with such questions as: "Did Jasper murder his nephew?" and "Who was Datchery?". The Judge was the writer G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) and he is being addressed by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), who was part of the jury.
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Source | Illustration by Fortunio Matania in The Sphere, 17 January 1914, page 69 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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