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HARDtalk - Sir Peter Hall, Theatre Director

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Stephen Sackur talks to the theatre director Sir Peter Hall, a hugely influential figure in the performing arts for more than fifty years. As artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and then of the National Theatre, he championed state funding for the arts, but with economic hard times come tough questions: are taxpayer subsidies necessary to foster creative excellence?