i am not only a queen, walsingham, i am a tanner and a tinsmith, a collier and a shepherd.ow will my trades prosper if you have your war with spain? bailey. ma'am. the fleet is to be dismissed. madam, i must warn you that... no, sir, you must not. you must guard your rattling tongue, lest i have my hangman pluck it out. if i was to close my eyes and think about glenda jackson, i think of a woman of small stature with incredible power. how cruel. how can you say that? don't i live? everyone thinks they can do as they like with me... ..even you! i loved her strength, really. that passionate intensity. every muscle was taut and her face was a... was an amazing picture of strength. ladies and gentlemen, glenda jackson. applause you came from a very ordinary background, didn't you? mm, yes. your dad was a bricklayer, wasn't he? that's right, yes. in those early days, what did you want to be? i left school without wanting to do anything in particular and no qualifications for anything. so, i worked in boots cash chemists for two years, and while i was there, ijoined an amateur dr