Prologue. 1. Beginner 2. School 3. Soliloquy 4. In Work 5. Birmingham 6. Audition 7. West-End 8. Rep 9. Bristol 10. Playwright 11. Filming (i) 12. Italy 13. Old Vic 14. Stratford 15. Filming (ii) 16. Television. Epilogue.
Biography
Yvonne Mitchell (1915–1979) had, at the time of original publication, starred at the Old Vic and at Stratford-on-Avon, and also in a number of West End plays. She won the British Film Academy Award for her performance as Sonja in The Divided Heart, and the Television Award for her performances in The Same Sky, The Infinite Shoeblack and The Dybbuk. She had recently received the Berlin Film Festival Award for her performance in her latest film Woman in a Dressing Gown.
Although this was her first book, she was also the author of the play The Same Sky, which won an Arts Council Award and was subsequently presented at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London, and on both the BBC and Independent Television as well as on the radio.
