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First issue of the Equity journal
A copy of the first ever edition of the Equity journal, dating from February 1934, is held in the ABF archive. The magazine is still in circulation today.
read morefor professional actors and stage managers who are in need due to illness, injury, or old age.
learn morethe Actors’ Benevolent Fund was founded by the great actor-manager Sir Henry Irving and a group of his friends.
learn morehas been the ABF's patron since 2000. Dame Penelope Keith, DBE, DL, has been the ABF's president since 1990.
learn moreFirst issue of the Equity journal
A copy of the first ever edition of the Equity journal, dating from February 1934, is held in the ABF archive. The magazine is still in circulation today.
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