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<p>The founder was Chrysostomos Mantouridis ( Χρυσόστομος Μαντουρίδης) and also its artistic director up to his death in 1980. He was a visionary, a man humble man that detested the primadona attitude of actors. Since then it has been operating as a not-for-profit organisation and managed by an Executive Committee of his original students and subsequently, new members who joined the group after his death.</p>
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