The life of Harry Beck, the man who modernised the Tube map, is being explored in a new play.
A play exploring the life of London Tube map creator Harry Beck has opened on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Matt Brosnan, head curator at the London Transport Museum, described it as an "amazing design that's really stood the test of time". Mr Beck's design was almost not used, said Andy Burden, artistic director and writer at the Natural Theatre Company, the production company behind the play.
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