No longer would she drawl my name when she handed me my ticket -
No longer would she gulp her bumper of red before the lights dimmed -
Her glass would be empty -
Someone else would sit in her front row seat -
She once trod the boards as a pert soubrette -
She'd played Molly Brazen in Peter Brook's movie -
I gazed at the display in the foyer, honouring her memory -
How beautiful and louche she'd once been -
Her face when old still held the bright shadow of her youth -
18.45
Wednesday 31 Jamuary 2018
The Rex
Wareham
Dorset
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