Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
LONDON (AP) — With allegations of sexual misconduct shaking Britain's entertainment industry, London's Royal Court Theatre has canceled a production that features "themes of grooming and abuses of power on young women."
"Rita, Sue and Bob Too" had been due to open at the Royal Court next month.
It is a co-production with Out of Joint, a theater company whose director, Max Stafford-Clark, stepped down in September amid allegations of sexual misbehavior.
The Royal Court said Wednesday that presenting the play felt "highly conflictual" at a time when women are speaking out about sexual harassment and abuse.
The 1982 play by the late Andrea Dunbar is about two working-class English teenagers and their relationship with an older married man. It's considered a landmark of British theater and was made into a 1987 film.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
