Casting has been announced for Salisbury Playhouse ‘s new production of Rodney Ackland’s Before the Part y which runs in the Main House from Thursday 4th to Saturday 27th May. The cast is led by Philip Bretherton , best known for television appearances including As Time Goes By alongside Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer, and Roberta Kerr , familiar from her roles in Coronation Street and Emmerdale . They are joined by Sherry Baines , Eleanor Bennett , Katherine Manners , Bathsheba Piepe and Matthew Romain .
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Dame Maggie Smith: Young actresses are under a lot of pressure
The ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ star praised the young women who join the film industry nowadays for being so “brave” about having to “strip off every second”. Appearing with Dame Judi Dench at a fundraising talk for the Tricycle Theatre in north London, she said: “I think they are so brave, the young actresses of today.