Shakespeare Memorial Company and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Peggy Ashcroft Michael Redgrave: After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she performed with repertory and touring theatre companies and in radio and television, according to Globe and Mail. In 1953, she joined the Shakespeare Memorial Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, where she played Nerissa in The Merchant of Venice with great actors including Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Redgrave. One of her duties was to drive a lorry for the famous Bletchley Park, the secret site of British code breakers. But Canada had left its mark on her and, in 1956, she returned as an immigrant with her partner, Jean Roberts. Their mission was to start their own theatre company . Though the theatre project failed, they made some lifelong friends and a year later the Chevrolet took them back to Toronto, where Marigold soon found work on a tour with the Canadian Players. They bought an old Chevrolet and, along with an Australian friend, Ruth Sobotka, drove from Toronto to Calgary. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.