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MTC Talks | John Bell on The Father

By Sarah Corridon

Theatre luminary John Bell talks to Sarah Corridon about his love of Shakespeare, his role in Australia’s new wave theatre movement, and his upcoming performance in the powerful, funny and deeply moving play The Father.