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—— yes, just after i left central, just before i was going to the vic. and i knew that i'd been cast as 0phelia 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. 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 were very cross, that, you know, that the national had chosen somebody who wasn't known and a newcomer to play 0phelia. but i learned because it wasn't just six weeks, it was a year. so if you don't learn something in that time, you've had it, really. give up. as 0phelia descends into madness, she sings to herself, and although you're not known primarily as a singer, it was about ten years after you made your debut in hamlet that you were cast as sally bowles in the very first london production