Why Dame Judi Dench owes her spectacular career to the family of a Shropshire hall
In 1957, the director of the Old Vic in London took a chance on a teenage girl straight out of drama school, casting her as Ophelia in a production of Hamlet.
In 1957, the director of the Old Vic in London took a chance on a teenage girl straight out of drama school, casting her as Ophelia in a production of Hamlet.