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Arts feature

Indiscretions from two veteran producers

Duncan Weldon and Paul Elliott on the West End's good old days - and being shafted

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

Stars, playwrights and even set designers are constantly being lionised in the papers. But why not producers? They, after all, are the ones who choose the plays, the stars, and then make it all happen. Duncan Weldon and Paul Elliott are two veteran cigar chompers who’ve been in the business for 45 years.

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