So the Cottesloe, the smallest of the three theatres at the National, is to be renamed in honour of Lloyd Dorfman, the chairman of Travelex, who has donated £10m to the theatre. The Eton-educated Lord Cottesloe, admittedly, is not a fashionable figure for today; he is described in Peter Hall's diaries as a Bentley-driving, "Polonius-like" figure. But, as chairman of the Arts Council, he was a real mover behind the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:35PM on November 16, 2010