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RSC combats elite bias with acting masterclasses for disadvantaged teenagers by Dalya Alberge

Next Generation will encourage 20 talented children from black, Asian, minority ethnic and low-income backgrounds to tread the boardsDame Judi Dench is among those leading actors who have warned repeatedly that the profession is becoming too elitist, with kids from working-class backgrounds being squeezed out because they cannot afford to train. Now the Royal Shakespeare Company is doing something about it by giving …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PM on August 26, 2017

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