I waxed lyrical about the way she dressed, her lively personality, her good humour, her patience and helpfulness with awkward or struggling students, her command of her subject, and so on, as Felicity regarded me with a mixture of interest, amusement and understanding. Because of my age, there were legal limits on how long I could work, and so I shared the role with another girl, each of us doing alternate days. XXNX ‘Sally? I had become friendly with the leading actress who was playing Maria, and the pattern developed that I would pass the couple of hours between shows in her dressing room, chatting idly or sometimes listening to records or the radio. ‘Don’t stop now!’, I gasped, ‘please – I want to go all the way.’
Felicity looked at me doubtfully.
