Contracting a severe form of ME at the age of 44, Paddy Masefield, until then a busy director and playwright, began a new career as a campaigner for the rights of disabled people in theatres. Although he had to spend the rest of his days in a wheelchair, his life was as full as ever, successfully arguing, as a member of Arts Council England's lottery panel, that no building should receive funding unless it was fully …
SOURCE: The Stage at 02:50PM on August 17, 2012