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Steve Bisley withdraws from MTC production due to illness

Replacement actor John McTernan will perform with script in hand at Thursday’s opening night of Glengarry Glen Ross.
7 Jul 2014 12:00
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Actor Steve Bisley, seen here in the feature film Red Hill (2010)

Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) announced today that actor Steve Bisley has been forced to withdraw from a new production of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about Chicago real estate salesmen, Glengarry Glen Ross due to an unspecified and sudden illness.

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