Staging Death (2013)
“But then, who wouldn’t scream when she’d learnt that her agent had sent two other actresses from her stable to audition for a part? ‘Why not, Caddie, why not?’ I added, in what I hoped sounded more like sorrow than anger. After all, I told myself, not every agent would have dealt with work on a Saturday, even though it seemed practically every other profession did. Why, weekends were obviously estate agents’ busiest days.‘Darling, it was such a small part – hardly worth the train fare, to be ho...nest. But I’m still looking out for you.’ The reassurance merely sounded tinny over the phone. ‘Maybe – given your…’ Did she really choke back the word age? ‘Well, maybe we should be thinking about character parts. Let me see… There’s a murder victim on The Bill – no lines, though. But I’m sure you could persuade them to let you take direction with a few good groans.’ I’d done The Bill before, and learnt a lot from it. But as a corpse? Corpse make-up can take ages to apply and even longer to get off.MoreLess
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