Eight Men Speak is a Canadian play written in 1933 by a committee of Oscar Ryan, E. Cecil-Smith, Frank Love and Mildred Goldberg. Although the play made only one performance in its initial run , the attempts by the authorities to suppress it backfired into a political embarrassment for the Canadian government and Prime Minister R. B. Bennett   .
Eight Men Speak is a Canadian play written in 1933 by a committee of Oscar Ryan, E. Cecil-Smith, Frank Love and Mildred Goldberg. The play made only one performance in its initial run then was suppressed by the Canadian government. Its suppression became a political embarrassment for Prime Minister R. B. Bennett . The publicity helped cause the release of the eight imprisoned Communist Party leaders of the play's title. Winnipeg school board trustee Joe Zuken was involved in the putting on of the play in its initial - and foreshortened - run .
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Winnipeg school board trustee Joe Zuken was involved in the putting on of the play in its initial - and foreshortened - run