Actors taking over lead roles deserve better recognition
Earl Carpenter in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre, London. Photo: Johan Persson
Let’s hear it for performers who pick up the baton when the main cast changes on long-running musicals, says Richard Jordan – their often outstanding performances are unfairly overlooked both by the press and the industry
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