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six of us, i think, were angels in the first load of mystery plays. you made your professional debut soon after leaving drama school. yes, just after i left central, just before i was going to the vic. and i knew that i'd been cast as ophelia and i wasn't allowed to tell anybody. in hamlet, in 1957, at the old vic. do you have memories of yourfirst night, of opening night, in hamlet? fear. fear. uh, no. i remember... ..memories of my second night, because the critics weren't kind to me! but what was so wonderful is that michael benthall, who ran the vic, said to me, "i'm going to keep you in the company," he said. and he said, "you'll play other parts "and you'll understudy all the time, "and that way you'll learn." what did you learn from that experience? you said that the critics were pretty harsh. they were, because they