Beryl King obituary
My friend Beryl King, who has died aged 90, was a theatrical all-rounder who broke into the theatre from secretarial school when, aged 17, she applied for a job at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and was engaged as secretary to the two heads of the school.Her desk work declined when she was found to be adept at making stage costumes from blackout material, and before long her employers realised that…