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theatre-in-education team. The first project that Young developed for Common Ground was Eureka, a two-hour show based on events leading up to the 1853 Battle of Eureka
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By 1973 CAT had secured ongoing funding from both the federal and state governments. On the basis of this, the company decided to appoint a full-time artistic director. It appointed David Young, a member of the
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