Culture secretary reappoints trustee of the theatres trust

News story CULTURE SECRETARY REAPPOINTS TRUSTEE OF THE THEATRES TRUST The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport reappoints Dame Penelope Keith DL as member of the Theatres Trust.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government BIOGRAPHY DAME PENELOPE KEITH DL Dame Penelope Keith, is an English actress, best known for

her roles in the British sitcoms ‘The Good Life’ and ‘To the Manor Born’. She began her career in repertory theatre before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, her theatre credits

include Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘The Norman Conquests’ and Michael ‘Frayn’s Donkeys’ Years’ for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance. Since the late 1990s, she has worked

mainly in the theatre, including Keith Waterstone’s ‘Good Grief’, Noël Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’, Richard Everett’s ‘Entertaining Angels’ and as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s ‘The

Importance of Being Earnest’. She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1990, Commander of

the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2007, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity. SHARE THIS

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