I started writing to everybody, and I had a little form-letter. I used to write 'Dear Mr So-and-So, this isjust to remind you: I'm plain but serviceable, 'which was a little phrase we used to use in drapers ' shops when one was buying a length of stuff.
ATHENE SEYLER
In a series of three programmes, Liz Holmes looks at the changing role of the actress on the British stage over the last century.
2: Plain but Serviceable Producer JOHN KNIGHT BBCBristol. Stereo