Unity gave strength to Warren Mitchell | Letters from Harry Landis and Jon Green by Letters

Philip Purser, in his obituary of Warren Mitchell (16 November), surprisingly made no mention of Unity Theatre as a formative experience. Mitchell, along with other household names like Alfie Bass, Harry Landis, Lionel Bart, Bob Hoskins and Bill Owen all cut their thespian teeth at Unity, performing alongside amateurs for mainly working-class audiences from London's East End. As it was very much a communist-run enter…

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