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Stephen sackur in 2009. My guest today has been a hugely influentialfigure in the performing arts for more than 50 years. Sir peter hall has directed stage greats from olivier to gielgud. As boss of the Royal Shakespeare company and then the National Theatre, hes always championed state funding for the arts. But with economic hard times come tough questions are taxpayer subsidies really necessary to foster creative excellence . Sir peter hall, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You have had a long career, more than 50 years in the theatre. Youve worked through good times and bad times, what is the state of the theatre today do you think . Well, first of all one must use the word subsidy and say, you know, with less subsidy things would be healthier. Ive even heard that said from the right. But the thing that worries me is if we stop subsidy next week, theres still a subsidy ....
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