Arnold Wesker was not only a talented playwright but also a surprisingly versatile performer. When a student,I wrote to him to inquire of, rather cheekily, and for money for our new women’s theatre company,grief and Strife. He said he wasn’t rich, but offered to come to Cambridge and perform his one-woman play Annie Wobbler and donate the proceeds. It was a remarkable performance and he captured this feisty working-course woman beautifully. The money helped grief and Strife to grow from a student company into an award-winning professional one.
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Source: theguardian.com