Ella Mann pleaded with the Royal Shakespeare Company to end its BP sponsorship deal. It was not a decision Mann took lightly, or one that she rushed. She spent days writing the letter which would pile pressure on the Royal Shakespeare Company to drop its longstanding relationship with oil giant BP. Beginning with the polite “Dear Royal Shakespeare Company”, her letter, which was signed by schoolchildren and youngsters from across the country, made a passionate plea to the theatre company to abandon its association with BP. “Over the past eight years our sponsorship has enabled 80,000 young people to see RSC performances at reduced rates,” it continued.

Source: The Guardian October 05, 2019 12:00 UTC