Interview: Rachael Stirling – happy with her lot

It’s noisy here in the bar at the Old Vic; the air is teeming with thespy gossip and laughter and clinking glasses.

It’s noisy here in the bar at the Old Vic; the air is teeming with thespy gossip and laughter and clinking glasses. I’m sitting in a corner with the actress Rachael Stirling, who is drinking white wine and talking about her new play, An Ideal Husband.