edith evans, played rosalind. she was 50 at the time. >> right. >> my father was considerably younger. and apparently she gave the most breathtaking performance, you know? you forgot in a second that she was 50, and believed she was a young girl in love. and it turns out that yes, she was in love. she was very much in love with my father. and they had long meetings, and a very close relationship indeed. and i don't think i really knew that. >> why do you say many meetings? i mean, i'm not trying to-- >> well, i'm british, you know, johnny. i don't like to talk about these things too boldly. i mean, you'd say "an affair," i suppose. you'd just go right out and call the spade a spade. >> no, no, i-- maybe a liaison or something. >> yes, you-- ah, you've put it so nicely. >> yes, a liaison. >> yes, a liaison, yes. but, uh, i had a suspicion about it, because of course i'd always heard about this wonderful production, >> right. >> but when i was, um, 20 years old, i was in a production at the national theatre of great