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THE Royal Court Theatre’s Living Newspaper draws on the radical history of the Federal Theatre Project of the US that mobilised unemployed artists and theatre workers after the Great Depression. The Living Newspaper was a politically themed response to a time of civic and economic trauma and the commissioned plays dealt with issues of the day. The Royal Court has created six editions of living newspapers for our times, led by writers, and working with freelance actors, designers, stage ma...