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Thomas Hopkins

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Thomas Hopkins is a theatre producer and general manager whose credits include Rose at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, This Bitter Earth at Soho Theatre, The Talented Mr Ripley and Glorious! UK tours, Prince Faggot, Becoming Eve Off-Broadway, John Proctor Is the Villain, Liberation, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Oedipus on Broadway

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