British Actors' Equity Association

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British Actors' Equity Association
Founded	1930
Country	United Kingdom
Affiliation	TUC, STUC
Key people	Christine Payne, general secretary Harry Landis, president
Office location	London, England
Website	www.equity.org.uk

The British Actors' Equity Association (now called Equity) is the actors' trade union in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1930 by a group of West End performers. The members of the union have the greatest range of fees of any union in the UK.

It is one of the hardest unions to join and was the last of the closed shop types. Nevertheless, it is no longer a requirement for every paid British professional actor to be a member of this union. [1] [2]

British Equity is the British counterpart of several American unions, including Actors' Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Contents 1 General Secretaries 2 Presidents 3 References 4 External links

[edit] General Secretaries

• 1932:
• 1930s: David Henley
• 1940: Llewellyn Rees
• 1946:
• Gordon Sandison
• Gerald Croasdell
• 1970s: Peter Plouviez
• 1991: Ian McGarry
• 2005: Christine Payne

[edit] Presidents

• 1932: Godfrey Seymour Tearle
• 1940: Lewis Thomas Casson
• 1945:
• 1949: Felix Aylmer
• 1969:
• 1973: Andre Morell
• 1974:
• 1984: Derek Bond
• 1986:
• 2000: Harry Landis

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Equity official site.