Letter: Mike Bradwell obituary
I was in it, aged 19, but didn't get to talk to Mike until decades later. He told me that, after a performance, he introduced himself to Joan at the bar. 'What do you want to do?' she asked him. 'Form my own company,' he answered. 'Well fuck off and get on with it,' said Joan. He did.
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