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Description:"PERDITION" WAS BANNED BY THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE IT WAS DUE TO OPEN. NOW REJECTED BY WEST END AND PROVINCIAL PRODUCERS IT HAS BECOME THE PLAY THE PUBLIC WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE. UNTIL TONIGHT. IN DIVERSE REPORTS THE ORIGINAL CAST PERFORM SCENES FROM "PERDITION". THE PLAY ACCUSED ZIONISTS OF COLLABORATING WITH THE NAXIS IN THE HOLOCAUST IN HUNGARY. HOW ELSE, ASKS AUTHOR JIM ALLEN, COULD HALF A MILLION JEWS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED IN HUNGARY WHEN THE GERMAN ARMIES WERE DEMORALISED AND LOSING GROUND. IN THE STUDIO, JIM ALLEN, WITH PRODUCER KEN LOACH, DEFEND THE PLAY AGAINST HISTORIANS AND JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT CAMPAIGNED TO HAVE IT STOPPED. SUPPORTERS: JIM ALLEN, LENNI BRENNER AND MARION WOLFSON. OPPONENTS: DR STEPHEN ROTH; MARTIN GILBERT; AND RABBI HUGO GRYN.