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Dateline: 15th January, 2008 Writers Support the Bush A hundred writers have written an open letter to Arts Council England protesting at the proposed cut in funding for London's Bush Theatre. The letter says "Playwriting has always been at the heart of Britain’s theatrical life. Our playwrights are the envy of the world because there have been and are theatres able to devote resources to the development and presentation of their work. The Bush Theatre is unique as a theatre prepared to produce first plays, take risks on new playwrights and thus launch careers." Those who signed the letter include Samuel Adamson, Kay Adshead, Richard Bean, Alistair Beaton, Howard Brenton, Moira Buffini, Amelia Bullmore, Gregory Burke, Caryl Churchill, Tim Crouch, April de Angelis, David Edgar, David Eldridge, Stella Feehily, Michael Frayn, Lucy Gannon, Peter Gill, David Greig, Tanika Gupta, Christopher Hampton, David Hare, Zinnie Harris, Debbie Isitt, Catherine Johnson, Terry Johnson, Charlotte Jones, Dennis Kelly, Hanif Kureishi, Neil LaBute, Bryony Lavery, Nell Leyshon, Conor MacPherson, Joe Penhall, Harold Pinter, Alan Plater, Stephen Poliakoff, Philip Ridley, Billy Roche, David Rudkin, Martin Sherman, Nick Stafford, Polly Stenham, Simon Stephens, Tom Stoppard, Jack Thorne, Enda Walsh, Nicholas Wright, Colin Teevan, Laura Wade, Arnold Wesker, Roy Williams and Snoo Wilson. Other signatories include novelists Peter Ackroyd, Margaret Atwood, William Boyd, Salman Rushdie, and directors Mike Leigh and David Farr.
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