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How the Young Vic's David Lan dared to put the world centre-stage by Michael Billington

Lan, who ran the theatre for 18 years, reached out to bold, dynamic directors from across the globe " and they repaid him with spectacular showsI often recall a remark made by David Lan, who has just retired after 18 years running the Young Vic. On the theatre's 40th anniversary, in 2010, I asked him how he would define his policy. "Where the Royal Court is a writer's theatre," he said, "we are very much a director's…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM on February 6, 2018

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