Many years ago a young couple moved into the flat above us. This was Eileen Atkins and Julian Glover. We socialised a bit and they even baby-sat a few times. She regaled us of her childhood, how she'd been taken round the working-men's clubs as baby Eileen, how her mother expected her to be a dancer but acting was her dream. Now she has written this memoir and it is all there - a wry, humourous account of the highs and lows of an aspiring actress. Act Two will surely follow.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 103 Winter 2022 ) |
