Lustgarten may have kept the peace, for example, when Charles questioned James' movie-theater foray.

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Vice Chairman Marc Lustgarten, 52, leaves father-and-son-team bosses Charles and James Dolan without the sounding board who resolved their sometimes clashing views.

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Ultimately Lustgarten's scenario is far fetched: the deliciously named City guy - James Asset-Smith - starts "shorting" the bonds he's helped to design.

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One of them, Yael Lustgarten, said that she was present at the meeting with Hawkins and that the attack by Miscavige never happened.

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Lustgarten rolled his eyes and continued the session.

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Joining LaBute's work are "The Price" by Lena Kitsopoulou from Greece, "The Breakout" by Anders Lustgarten from Britain, "The Birth of My Violence" by Marco Canale from Spain and "Spine" by Clara Brennan from Britain.

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The late Marc Lustgarten, the vice chairman who tended day-to-day operations while Chuck Dolan built and acquired properties, called on someone to "explain" an issue to Jimmy, who sprang from his chair and slammed his folder shut.

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In this one scene Lustgarten demonstrates an ear for what's happening in parts of Britain, and how the relentlessness of economic crisis - even if it is no longer sharp or deep - eats away at people's hope, patience and decency.

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Watching the audience react to Lustgarten's in-your-face play, it becomes obvious that even the well-heeled types are prepared to believe society contains people like James Asset-Smith, people who despite the best of human intentions are driven by the logic of finance to do inhuman things.

BBC: Alcopops, racism and financial dystopia