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Actor and writer Siobhán Hewlett speaks to Dan Danaher about her love of north Clare and battling stage fright AT the age of 24, and flushed from success with ITV comedy Fortysomething, Siobhán Hewlett, was cast in her first big stage role. As opening night approached, the actor, who is now based in Lahinch, began to feel the onset of that which her profession dreads the most – stage fright. Actors, surveyed for a recent academic study on stage fright, have variously outlined symptoms ranging from swollen tongues to fainting, uncontrollable crying, cold sweats, breathing difficulties and palpitations. Cast to play a “sex kitten” in her first big play at the Donmar Warehouse, one of the best theatres in London, Siobhan recalls, “I will never forget just suddenly being terrified at the first preview. “I had consumed about five bottles of rescue remedy just before the press night. I remember sitting on stage and I thought I was fine. I …
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