Original sentence: Accusations of poor management resulted from the 1995 documentary series The House; and in 1997, after less than six months in the post, the Chief Executive Genista McIntosh resigned and was replaced by Mary Allen who as Secretary General of the Arts Council of England had a leading role in authorising the Opera House's regular funding agreement and approving the National Lottery grant.The cost was over £220 million, £78 million of which came from the National Lottery
Edited sentence: In 1997 after less than six months in the post the Chief Executive Genista McIntosh resigned and was controversially replaced by Mary Allen who as Secretary General of the Arts Council of England had a leading role in authorising the Opera House's regular funding agreement and approving the National Lottery grant.Plans for the resident companies to perform at other venues were dropped due to poor ticket sales at further cost to the Opera House.The accusations of poor management that have dogged the organisation seemed confirmed by the 1995 documentary series The House that portrayed members of the senior management behaving as highly strung divas.The cost was over £220 million, £78 million of which controversially came from the National Lottery.This indicated to some that for a proportion of Covent Garden's regular audience the social event was more important than the quality of the production or the facilities