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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.