How did that happen? I have now been self employed for fifty years and for those of you who don’t know, this is how I did it. After leaving drama school in 1971 I got married and settled into life in Leicestershire. My husband was travelling for work as a musician, so I put an advert in the local paper for youngsters needing acting and confidence building. I rented rooms at my local church and within a couple of years I had 100 students doing classes on a Saturday or private lessons after school. I entered them for exams and local competitive festivals and took exams myself to build my skills further. I soon had two Licentiate diplomas in teaching at degree level, as well as Acting and Performance diplomas. I became the Speech & Drama mistress at a local convent school and worked at three other schools during the…
