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Equity also took the opportunity to give out our Student Member and Young Member bursaries, introduced in 2006.
- ↑ "The Clarence Derwent Award | Past Recipients: 1945-Present". Actors' Equity Association. Archived from the original on 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-28.