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Working in a company of actors

Working in a company of actors

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Stage actors are often highly sociable creatures who love working with other actors in a ‘company'. Outside the immediate company on any particular play, Simon Russell Beale enjoys working in the large organisation that is the National because of ‘corridor conversations' with actors from other companies, or members of staff from the fourth or fifth floors.

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Simon Russell Beale, Actor

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