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knowing, moment of
29–32

Knudsen, Bitten
173

Kwouk, Burt
101
,
104

Lacey, Ron
185

Lady Sov
103–4

Laing, R D
55–6
,
57
,
59

lamb, caring for newborn
114

laughter
47
,
48–9
,
92
,
115
,
155
,
173

Lawrence, Patty
98–9

‘let go, let God'
45
,
52–3
,
98
,
170

Levine, Joseph E.
142–3

listening to men
82

Litchfield, Patrick
143

Liverpool Everyman
38–9
,
73
,
186–8

The London Cuckolds
(play)
37
,
48
,
53
,
63
,
91

Lottery tickets
173

love

conscious decision
88

essence of everything
26
,
100
,
201

falling in
73–5

Lucky Chances
(TV series)
159

Lumley, Joanna
148

magic, vestige in theatre
50

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
61
,
84

Malibu
202

Maloney, Michael
91
,
94

mantras
84
,
166

MAP
181–3

Map of Consciousness
168

Marceau, Marcel
38

Margolyes, Miriam
185

Marked Personal
(TV series)
186

Martin, Tony
159

Mary, Virgin
6
,
7–8
,
91
,
204

Master Class
(play)
47
,
51–2
,
66
,
119–20
,
164

Maureen
see
Vincent, Maureen

McAlpine, Andrew
76

McCallum, John
64

McDowall, Roddy
148

McEnery, John

falling in love
73–5

family life
78–82
,
84

hospital acts
71
,
72
,
128

marriage breakdown
88–90

talent and artistry
75
,
82

wedding
75–6

McEwan, Geraldine
40

McKellen, Ian
123
,
124
,
189–90

McShane, Ian
68
,
148

meditation
49–50
,
61
,
84
,
114–5
,
166

memory traces
5
,
203
,
205

men, break from
99–100

Mercury, Freddie
136

mescaline
56
,
60

mime, studying
38

mindfulness
166–7

miners' strike
133–4

miscarriage
77

Moore, Roger
67

motherhood, embracing
78–9
,
81

Mummy

angel helps
204

attitude to deafness
209
,
211

bath prayer
96–7

grieving for
117
,
171
,
186

MAP message
182

and religion
5–6
,
8

support from vii,
130

at wedding
75

Murchison, Rory
65

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
(film)
155–6

National Council for Communicative Disorders
212

National Youth Theatre
36

negativity, British
154
,
180–1

Neil, Hildegarde
90

Neuro-Linguistic Programming
181

Neville, John
185–6

Newton, Dr Michael
206

Nichiren Daishonin temple, joining
147

Nicolella, Patti
99

The Nightcomers
(film)
76
,
92
,
142
,
150–1

Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sri
100

No Bananas
(TV series)
107

North, Robyn
119

nuns
8
,
90–1

Ogilvy, Ian
185

The Old and the Young
(TV series)
80

pain
94
,
100

Pammy (friend)
110
,
113–4

panthers, Sable's character
135

pantomime
46–7

parking tickets
177–8

partnering-up, advice
82
,
89

past lives

17th century
15–6

Egyptian
18

First World War
16–7

Native American
23–5

Roman
21

South American Indian
60

Versailles
10
,
12–5

Paul, Margie
162–3

Pegasus, appears
26

Pekinpah, Sam
143

Penhaligon, Susan
79

Penny, Jude
see
Jude (grandson)

performing, focus on stage
52–3

Perkins, Anthony
155–7

Philip (friend)
171
,
186

Phoebe (daughter)

acceptance lesson
192

boarding school
145
,
146

and Charlton Heston
153

drinking Calpol
84

helping wallpaper
96

intuition about basement
168

and John's ‘baby monkey' experiment
79–80

nuns babysit
90–1

pink petticoats from California
144

pregnancy and birth
71–2
,
78

on set
79
,
153

trust in Emily
117–8

phoning friends
46
,
171

Pinter, Harold
47–8
,
73

Playboy
(magazine)
142
,
143–4

playfulness

being paid to play
45
,
50–3
,
92
,
172–3

of children
83

feeding the soul
172–4

in Sixties
61

spiritual
174–7

toys and John
72
,
81

Pleasance, Donald
47

positivity
180–1

Powell, Robert
190

prayer
7
,
97
,
128
,
161
,
164
,
204

pregnancies
77–8

premonition, surgery
123–4

preparation, performance
41
,
44
,
52–3

Presence, golden
26–7
,
71

private/public personas vii,
143
,
196

procrastination
177–8

producers, importance of
92
,
140–1
,
142–3

psychedelic trip
60

psychic readings
20–1
,
132–3
,
147–8

Psychic Society of Great Britain
132

RADA
37
,
39
,
57
,
169
,
208

rooftop epiphany
29–32
,
50
,
201

Restoration comedy
47

review, treasured
39

rib reserve breathing
208

Riddington, Ken
98

rituals
40
,
45–6
,
52
,
196–7

Roache, Bill (William)
i–iii
,
195

Robbins, Tony
153–5

Roberts, Pennant
99

Roberts, Ronnie (Veronica)
65
,
66
,
99
,
126–8

roller skating
46
,
92–3

Ronci, Barbara
147

rooftop epiphany
29–32
,
50
,
201

rose wallpaper
96

Ross, Katharine
144

The Rover
(play)
48
,
136

Royal Shakespeare Company
48

Rupert (donkey)
110–2

‘Sable Colby' vii,
135
,
140
,
144
,
152

The Saint
(TV series)
67

school performances
35–6
,
37

Scolastico, Ron
20–1
,
147

scripts, reading
45

Sea Quest
(TV series)
154

Sedona (Arizona)
49–50

self-deprecation, British
180–1

self-responsibility
170–1

Sense (charity)
210–1

separation
88–9
,
95

The Servant of Two Masters
(play)
38

Shakespeare symposium
185–6

shamanism
174
,
175

Shapiro, Esther
159

single parent vii,
88–9
,
90–1
,
144
,
169

The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs
(play)
63
,
91

Sixties era
39–40
,
55–6
,
59
,
68

smells, theatre
40–1

smoking
178

snoring
102–3

Snow White
(play)
46–7

soul
25
,
32
,
202

soul memory research
205–7

soul retrieval work
174–5

South American Indian incarnation
60

Spelling, Aaron
140–1

Spielberg, Steven
154

spirit puppets
204–5

spirits, at Coldham Hall
109–10

spiritual journey
20–1
,
32
,
133
,
172–3
,
174–7

Stacey, Neil
36

Stanbridge, Martyn
128
,
130

Standing, John
97–8

Stanwyck, Barbara
144

Steadman, Alison
107

Steel, Danielle
159

Steve (friend)
171
,
186

Straker, Peter
135–6

Straw Dogs
(film), blacklisting from
143

subconscious
156–7
,
167–8

surgery, nearly dying
124–6

sweat lodges
176–7

synchronicity
61–2
,
66

synergy
46
,
50
,
61–2
,
63

talent
197

Tam Lin
(film)
68
,
148–9

Taylor-Bradford, Barbara
159

The Te a Party
(play)
47

teenage years
8–10

The Tempest
(play)
73

Tenko
(TV series)
97–9
,
101
,
104
,
118
,
126

therapy
162–3
,
179

thinking ahead
178–9

This Is Your Life
(TV show)
157

thoughtfulness
172

To Be the Best
(TV movie)
159
,
162
,
188

toolbag, spiritual
161

tours, theatrical
41–5

toxicity of characters
196

Transcendental Meditation
61
,
84

Trevelyan, John
150

Troop Beverly Hills
(film)
159

Trump, Ivana
104

Twelfth Night
(play)
42–4

Venice Preserv'd
(play)
123
,
189–90

Versailles, recalling
10
,
12–15

vibrational frequencies
167

Vincent, Maureen
76
,
98
,
129
,
132
,
139

Virgin Mary
6
,
91
,
204

Voice, Lisa
18

The Vortex
(play)
49

Wagner, Dr
148

Wagner, Lindsay
159
,
162

Walker, Pete
79

Wattis, Richard
148

Weaver, Sigourney
188

wedding
75–6

West Hampstead house
91
,
145
,
173

Williams, Esther
158

Williams, Simon
vi

Winner, Michael
vi
,
76
,
150

Withers, Googie
64
,
65

York, Susannah
63
,
91

Zeffirelli, Franco
65

Zen Buddhism
150
,
170

Acknowledgments

I had no idea when I started this book just how much I would have to learn and how inadequate for the task I was. I would like to thank Owen Smith for holding my hand and never being condescending. Thank you Michelle Pilley, for being such a believer and cheerleader, and everyone at Hay House for their help. Thank you Natasha G. for pulling stuff out of me, and thank you Bill Roache for being so kind and generous.

As for the people around me every day I should like to apologize for being such a needy friend. Thank you Angie Milliken, for helping me with everything that had a plug attached to it, especially my laptop. Without you I would have thrown it out of the window in frustration. Thank you, darling Bernie Greenwood, for not having thrown me out of the window, and for staying by my side, always with good advice.

Patti Nicolella, your help and friendship makes everything possible, and Colin Horowitz, without your love and criticism I would be lost. Thank you Judy Geeson, for your beautiful photographs, and Wendy Murray for your wisdom, and Helen Campanella for being you. I would like to thank Maureen Vincent for her never-ending laconic encouragement, and lastly Jude Penny whose summer holiday was vastly compromised but who never complained. I love you all.

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