In six programmes Bryan Forbes tells the story of British theatrical tradition. 5: Looking for an Audience
'When I was at rada Claude Rains felt sorry for me, which endeared him to me very much, and he said " Don't waste your time here, you'll only get the sack and it'll break your heart. Go out and find an audience ". And I thought it was a wonderful thing to say to a terrible, awful-looking. hot-handed, pimple-faced actor with obviously nowhere to go.'
(WILFRID HYDE WHITE)
Producer JOHN KNIGHT