I don't know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready to go on at any time if the actor couldn't make it to the play. I didn't think anything of it.
“I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.”
“Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.”