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'Power has to be grasped': British theatre is battling its class problem by Catherine Love

Class is often absent from discussions about diversity in theatre but it remains a barrier for audiences, actors and others in the industry. What's the solution?In 1979, giving a talk at Cambridge University, the theatre-maker John McGrath insisted that "there is a working-class audience for theatre in Britain which makes demands, and which has values, which are different from those enshrined in our idealised middle-…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM on March 13, 2018

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