Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
Actress from a theatrical family; began performing as a baby carried on stage in Uncle Tom's Cabin in her mother's portable theatre.
On the island
Eight records
Three White FeathersFavourite
verbatim reason: not specifically given — disc not clearly numbered in transcript, omitted
The keepsakes
No book or luxury recorded for this episode.
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:18What's the difference between a fit-up and a portable [theatre]?
Well a portable theatre you build. A fit up you take uh things into a hall and fit up the the stage and the scenery. But with a portable you you build the theatre, you have great tarpaulin over the top and you have seats inside and my mother's theatre theatre was really quite something and they used to do uh a concert first, then a play, then a farce and they changed those six times a week.
Presenter asks
1:30How old were you when you made your first appearance?
Well, I was carried on when I was three weeks old in Uncle Tom's cabin with Eliza when she's crossing the ice. I was the baby.
Presenter asks
2:01What area did your mother's portable play in?
Well, it was all in South Wales.
Presenter asks
3:10Doris, looking back, do you feel that you regret your childhood, that you wish you had had a normal childhood?
No, you see, it was very exciting.
Presenter asks
8:05You had a lot to do with sailors during the war, right through the war, didn't you?
Yes, bless them. I love 'em.
Presenter asks
10:02Doris, you've done everything in your career, it seems. Is there anything you haven't done that you really still want to do?
Well, I suppose if anybody asked me to do something that I really would like I would love to do restoration. 'Cause they're such marvellous parts, those lovely lines too.
“I was carried on when I was three weeks old in Uncle Tom's cabin with Eliza when she's crossing the ice. I was the baby.”
“No, you see, it was very exciting.”
“And I went along and I did the audition for Noel and I got words and music.”
“Well, no, not really. It should have been, but of course it was oversold.”
“And that night we did the concert and I'll never forget it was the most wonderful thing a hangar filled with sailors.”
“Well, I suppose if anybody asked me to do something that I really would like I would love to do restoration.”