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Soho Theatre announces the opening of its Verity Bargate Award submissions on April 11. The winning play will receive workshops and readings in India and USA for the first time in the award's history.
Michael Blakemore, the Australian-born director, who has died aged 95, made his name in London with his premieres of plays by Peter Nichols; he cemented his reputation by staging the majority of plays by Michael Frayn and – in a long-lived career that spanned half a century – became identified as a director with a meticulous eye, a potent feel for the theatrical and a sure touch in the commercial sector.