MB
's first dramatic writing was for a group in the amateur theatre movement with which much of her career was linked: the Welwyn Folk Players
. She directed for them, and wrote a three-act...
Occupation
Rebecca West
Cicily had played major roles in school plays, and was encouraged to audition for the Academy of Dramatic Art
by a well-known acting teacher, Rosina Filippi
, who saw her perform in a charity show.
Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton, 1995.
15-16
Performance of text
Ann Jellicoe
AJ
wrote the play at the request of Bill Gaskill
, the Court's new manager. She was dissatisfied with her own direction of this production, and preferred the student production she directed at RADA
...
Publishing
Hélène Barcynska
HB
claims that she wrote her first poem, without help, at seven. It began: A little angel walked this earth. From then on she was always scribbling.
Barcynska, Hélène. Full and Frank: The Private Life of a Woman Novelist. Hurst and Blackett, 1941.