My friend and former husband, John Hole, who has died aged 81, was one of the young turks of regional theatre at a time when the government saw it as a priority. In 1964, he was selected for a two-year bursary in theatre management run by the Mermaid theatre in London. Three years later he became artistic director of the Swan theatre, Worcester, where he founded the Worcester Repertory Company. John had an instinct f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PM on March 29, 2021