Talk:Samuel French Ltd.

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I'm surprised that there isn't any information on this company's new, sexist, outdated, and homophobic behaviour. This company has recently added a rule that basically says that all actors must play characters of their own sex and cannot play those of the opposite sex. Forget that this throws out hundreds of years of wonderful tradition within the theatre, this is just plain insulting. When are people going to begin making noise and protesting, and why isn't there any information about that now? It's important! If you think this change in the company's policy is relevant, then find some credible sources     and expand the article. Don't be afraid to Be Bold! Menthaxpiperita (talk) 01:41, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

The above comments are evidently based on a misunderstanding of Samuel French Ltd.’s procedures. Samuel French has no objection in principle to amateur actors playing roles of the opposite sex, provided that the integrity of the play in question  is not compromised. Indeed this may be appropriate in some circumstances, such as a girls’ school where there are no boys available  to play  the male characters. However, performing groups should be aware that some authors may take a different view with respect to their own plays and are legally entitled to do so.

What Samuel French does not permit without permission having been granted by the author is the changing of the sex of characters within a particular script. This is an entirely different situation from the one referred to above. For example if, say, Hercule Poirot became  a female detective  called  Yvette Poirot or Mother Courage became  Father Courage  these  would  clearly be  misrepresentations of the playwrights’  intentions and thus a breach of their moral rights under copyright law.

Paul Taylor Samuel French Ltd. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gjscrow (talk • contribs) 13:09, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Proposed merger
Stub does not appear to merit it's own page, it is merely a subsidiary and the information can easily be transferred. Mramoeba (talk) 15:36, 21 April 2017 (UTC)