Lloyd Evans meets Niamh Cusack, who ‘absolutely wasn’t going to be an actress’
She doesn’t usually do it this way. When Niamh Cusack heard that the Old Vic was planning to stage Terence Rattigan’s final play, Cause Célèbre, she read a synopsis, found a part that excited her, and asked her agent to get her an audition.
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