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York Theatre RoyalWith an 80-strong cast, this moving play about social reformer Seebohm Rowntree finds a universal message in the most local of storiesThere are myriad reasons why this parochial production will never travel outside the city walls of York, not least of which is the size of the more than 80-strong community cast. There are also jokes that you will only fully appreciate if you understand ancient antagonisms between Yorkshire’s West and North Ridings and why “Cadbury’s” (in a place built around Rowntree’s) is a punchline.Yet writers Misha Duncan-Barry and Bridget Foreman have plundered this most local of stories and found something universal, relevant and powerful. Continue reading...

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