Philip Hedley obituary

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Philip Hedley obituary

Artistic director of the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, and tireless campaigner against cuts to arts fundingFrom 1979 to 2004 Philip Hedley, who has died aged 85, was artistic director of the Theatre Royal, Stratford East. This was the fabled venue of the Theatre Workshop company created by Joan Littlewood, who had withdrawn from the place in 1975, grief-stricken at the death of her partner and manager, Gerry Raffles. She died in 2002.Hedley kep…