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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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Kate Maltby is a widely published writer and critic. She is chair of the Critics Circle (Drama Section), London theatre critic for the New York Review of Books online and deputy chair of Index on Censorship.

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