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Polly Teale interview: Cuts are making the theatre ‘a place where you can only survive if you are from a privileged background’

But the good-natured director’s endorsement of Ed Miliband wouldn't fill you with confidence

Polly Teale: ‘I often look back now and say how lucky was I!’ [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy] 
issue 24 May 2014
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