LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Kathy Crosby barred by Equity

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Apr 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Greater London Council (GLC) Labour member Illtyd Harrington on the refusal of the actors’ union Equity to allow American actress Kathy Crosby (widow of the late singer Bing Crosby) to appear on stage in London in a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Carol Allen).

Contributors

Illtyd Harrington; Carol Allen?

Keywords

Actors; Theatre; London; Trade unions; UK; Great Britain; Bing Crosby; Kathy Crosby; Equity (organization); A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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