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Chapter 9 of Part Three of the book "Bringing Down the House: The Crisis in Britain's Regional Theatres," by Olivia Turnbull is presented. It explores the operations and problems of Merseyside Everyman Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse Theatre under the Conservative British government during the 1980s and 1990s. It illustrates the deep effect of the government policy on Merseyside theatre which has to go into receivership.

Chapter 10 of Part Three of the book "Bringing Down the House: The Crisis in Britain's Regional Theatres," by Olivia Turnbull is presented. It explores the operations and problems of the Harrogate Theatre in England under the restrictive government policy of the Conservative government. It illustrates the slow-drip effect of enormous deficit on a small scale rural repertory theatre with a white collar audience during the 1980s and 1990s.

Chapter 11 of Part Four of the book "Bringing Down the House: The Crisis in Britain's Regional Theatres," by Olivia Turnbull is presented. It details the transition of regional theatres under the newly elected New Labour Party in 1997 which recognizes the Arts as influential tool in a conservative but successful society. It reveals the creation of a national policy that favors the performing arts and lightens the position of regional theatres.

Chapter 4 of Part Two of the book "Bringing Down the House: The Crisis in Britain's Regional Theatres," by Olivia Turnbull is presented. It discusses the impact of the New Right ideology to regional theatres which are slumped to more difficult position as the government has emphasized a free-market economy with scant regard for the Arts. It details the consistent low government's annual grant-in-aid and the Conservative's insistence that theatres should operate as commercial business.