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Old Vic among UK beneficiaries of trust embroiled in drug crisis

by Ben Quinn

Sackler family, under scrutiny amid US opioid crisis, gave £7m last year to British institutionsThe Old Vic, the National Theatre and several other UK cultural and educational institutions received donations totalling more than £7m last year from the Sackler family, whose influential philanthropic role has come under the spotlight after allegations that the transatlantic dynasty's fortune has been tainted by th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:06pm on October 16, 2018