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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Isobel Lewis

The Lion King sign language interpreter claims he was fired from Broadway production for being white

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A sign langage interpreter is suing a theatre accessibility programme after claiming he was fired from the Broadway production of The Lion King for being white.

Keith Wann, who interprets in American Sign Language (ASL), was allegedly contacted by the Theatre Development Fund’s accessibility programme to fill in on the theatre adaptation of the hit Disney film while their regular interpreters were unavailable.

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