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Ulysses (I’ve only read the good bits).
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗
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All of them. I’m not someone who can sit down and read – I wish I could.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.
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View profile →I would have gone to my singing lessons at Guildhall.
I’m a bit of a pleaser.
One was seeing Warren Mitchell in Death of a Salesman when I was 18. I thought it was the most amazing piece of acting. The other was seeing my sister Sorcha (1) in Brian Friel's version of Three Sisters when I was 23. I'd trained as a musician, but I saw that and thought: "Well, now I know how to play Irina (2)." A few years later, I did.
Nearly good enough.
Being caught having an emergency pee in the Cotswolds by two unsuspecting walkers.
Lack of compassion and arrogance.
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