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In 1918, Virginia Compton founded a club in Soho, to provide safe and cheap board and lodging for actresses, singers and dancers arriving in London.

Actress Hannah Gordon tells the story of this refuge for aspiring female performers, as they struggled to make ends meet in-between their auditions and engagements.

Sharing their memories of the Club with Hannah:

* Alan Haines
* Alan Howard
* Dorit Welles
* Amanda Barrie
* Patricia Topham
* Wendy Saunders
* Betty Boothroyd
* Diana Irvine

Producer Anne Brown

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 2004.