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The the final episode of our story about the Theatre of the Living Arts. While exciting work continues to happen on South Street, opposition to Andre Gregory's artistic leadership rises, and eventually matters come to a head after the production of the play Beclch.

(The image for this episode is actress Sharon Gans in the role of Queen Beclch, in a photo taken during rehearsals  by Betty Nettis Bennett.)

Go to our blog post "Landslide," which contains additional information, documents and photographs of the events we describe in this episode: https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/landslide/

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