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Kate Maltby: Theatre has much to lose when newspapers cut specialist critics
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Jun 17, 2019
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Kate Maltby
Kate Maltby is a widely published writer and critic. She is chair of the Critics Circle (Drama Section), London theatre critic for the New Y...
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