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Sam Mendes Calls for U.K. Government to Rescue British Theater Sector
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variety.comLeo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSam Mendes, who as well as helming movies like “1917” is also a successful theater director with shows like “The Lehman Trilogy,” has called for the U.K.
government to assemble a “rescue package” to save the British stage sector.Writing an op-ed column in the Financial Times, Mendes said the coronavirus crisis presented “the biggest challenge to Britain’s cultural life since the outbreak of the second world war.” He said that theater and live entertainment are now in “grave danger.”Theaters across the U.K.
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