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Romeo Coates “Between you and me …”

Perfect for the part

NEWS THAT THE THOROUGHLY delightful Ms Sutton has been made head of RSC casting at Stratford boosts morale no end!

Having proudly counted myself among young Charlotte’s most fervent supporters these past years (one may have even offered some discreet “guidance” along the way), I’ve every confidence the “bold, ambitious, inclusive, and exciting” era she promises shall come to pass.

While less principled figures would consider such an appointment advantageous to their own hopes of a deserved Warwickshire comeback — some 27 years after being so scandalously exiled — this humble Stratford trouper merely prefers to toast the success of a talented, and

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