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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.