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Pay to play: the problem with theatres auctioning background roles by Michael Billington

The cast of King Charles III recently held an Equity meeting about whether to share the stage with an auction winner. Are such sales all in a good cause, or do they set a worrying precedent?On 16 January, a leading London QC will appear on the stage of the Music Box theatre on Broadway as an extra in Mike Bartlett's King Charles III. He paid £10,500 for the privilege in a fund-raising auction held at the show's…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AM on January 12, 2016

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