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Joan Littlewood, who was born 100 years ago this weekend, changed the face of British theatre forever.
Her great loves — agitprop, political and community theatre, speaking out in working-class language — have passed into mainstream culture both on stage and screen.
Littlewood, who died in 2002 aged 87, devoted her whole life to community theatre.
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