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Pop princess Taylor Swift wins elderly actors, fans in Australia

Xinhua, August 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. pop star Taylor Swift has intervened to allow her global hit song Shake It Off to be used in a Sydney production featuring a cast of 70 year old and older actors in a theatrical play.

The play, Seventeen, was due to open on Wednesday night in the iconic independent Belvoir theater, was hit by an order on Tuesday from Swift's international record company not to use it, as the producers did not have rights.

The record company issued an order not to use the song after discovering the plan on social media.

But the director, Anne-Louise Sarks, launched a social media campaign which was picked up by global celebrities including Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and singer Ed Sheeran.

Swift found out within hours and gave her permission via Twitter overnight and the show will go ahead as planned.

The play is about a group of elderly people performing as they were when they were 17-years-old before reverting to their true age. Endi