Theatre: `It's going to be buzzing'; Six years after buying the Old Vic, Sally Greene has Kevin Spacey as its artistic director, Trevor Nunn directing Hamlet, and scores of rich and influential supporters. Daniel Rosenthal salutes her vision.(Features)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: April 29, 2004| Author: Rosenthal, Daniel | Copyright information

Byline: Daniel Rosenthal

In last year's subscription prospectus for Old Vic Productions, of which Sally Greene is chief executive, there were as many photographs of celebrities at play as of actors on stage. Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett, Sting and Sophie Dahl, Elvis Costello and Courtney Love: all pictured at a party or gala, raising glasses and six-figure sums.

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