Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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City Councilman Michael A. Sullivan has asked Cambridge Chief of Police Timothy Leahy to investigate and, if necessary, prosecute the backers of the musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," which was produced by the Student Union on Saturday, May 27, in Sanders Theatre, he announced last night...
...action is based on a city ordinance requiring that a police permit be obtained for performances open to the public, Sullivan said. As far as could be learned yesterday this rule has never before been invoked on shows produced on University property...
...Sullivan, known to students and citizens as "Mickey the Dude," is councilman for the district which includes Harvard...
Learning of Sullivan's statement last night, David W. Prall, associate professor of Philosophy, and one of the Faculty sponsors of the production, defended "The Cradle Will Rock" as having "the purity of actual brilliance compared with ordinary burlesque shows and cheap movies...
...Several of them have served as advisers for Harvard Dramatic Club plays in which the Dean of Radcliffe has allowed students to take part. Mr. Sullivan may be a better judge of the tone of the play than Mr. MacLeish, but in any case the question is just what Mr. Sullivan means by indecent...