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Actor's bookshop to close after 188 years

The Samuel French bookshop, a London theatreland institution, is blaming a crippling 200% rent rise for its decision to shut up shop in April. All book selling activity will move online, and the company’s offices will move near to Euston. Alex Ritson reports.

(Picture: Samuel French's theatre bookshop in Fitzroy Street, central London. Credit: Alex Ritson)

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