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Dateline: 31st July, 2007
BOV Must Remain a Producing Company Following the news of the unexpected closure of the Bristol Theatre Royal and the departure of the Bristol Old Vics' artistic director, Simon Reade, 128 of Britain's leading actors have written to The Times calling for "the immediate appointment of an artistic team, in particular an artistic director, so a programme of work can be planned for the period of closure. We further call on the Bristol Old Vic board, having consulted fully with audiences and performers, to make a public statement that the Bristol Old Vic remains a producing company." The signatories say that "the circumstances (of Reade's departure) remain unclear", and then add, "What is clear is that the Bristol Old Vic Company is in danger of being allowed to fade away." They welcome the refurbishmentm but add, "What is most important is the work that is produced on stage. At the moment, all decisions appear to be in the hands of Arts Council officials and board members, few of whom seem ever to have worked on a stage." The letter was signed by Roger Allan, Barry Aird, Dame Eileen Atkins, Marcia Ashton, Chris Balstrop, Frances Barber, Samuel Barnett, Ian Bareitt, Samantha Bond, Matthew Bose, Linda Broughton, Mark Buffery, Niall Buggy, Tom Burke, Selina Cadell, John Caird, David Calder, Brian Capron, Richenda Carey, Timothy Carlton, Jim Carter, Jeremy Childs, Richard Clifford, George Cole, Stephanie Cole, Nigel Cooke, James Corden, Allan Corduner, Charlie Covell, Alan Coveny, Alan Cox, Gemma Craven, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Curtis, Sorcha Cusack, Joanna David, Andy De La Tour, Dame Judi Dench, Lisa Dillon, Greg Doran, Hilary Drake, Nicholas Farrell, Deborah Findlay, Edward Fox, David Foxxe, John Franklyn Robbins, Jenny Galloway, Ian Gelder, Stella Gonet, Jenni Goossens, Richard Griffiths, Selina Griffiths, Bob Gwilym, Michael Hadley, Chris Harris, Daniel Hill, Douglas Hodge, Anthony Holland, Jonathan Howell, Claire Huckle, Lloyd Hutchinson, Caroline Hunt, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jeremy Irons, George Irving, Sir Derek Jacobi, Alex Jennings, Ruth Jones, Charles Kay, Peter Kosta, Harry Landis, Belinda Lang, Jane Lapotaire, Phyllida Law, Barbara Leight Hunt, Charlotte Lucas, Patrick Malahide, Philip Manikum, Angus Mackay, Sir Ian McKellen, Julia McKenzie, Pamela Miles, Iain Mitchell, John Nettles, Erika Neumann, John Newton, Peter Nichols, Adrian Noble, Richard Pasco, Bill Paterson, Tessa Peake-Jones, Joanne Pearce, Sian Phillips, Tim Piggott Smith, Donald Pickering, Dame Joan Plowwright, Peter Prentice, Frederick Pyne, Roy Radford, Amanda Redman, Miranda Richardson, Alan Rickman, Kath Rogers, Hugh Ross, Penny Ryder, Jan Sargent, Julia Sawallha, Greta Scacchi, Jenny Seagrove, Geoffrey Serle, Martin Shaw, Malcolm Sinclair, Sir Donald Sinden, Dame Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Stewart, Michael Stroud, Michael Thomas, Emma Thompson, Sophie Thompson, Russell Tovey, Wanda Ventham, Matthew Warchus, John Webb, Penelope Wilton, Andrew Woodall, Jane Wymark.
Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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