Ella Williams (later JR
) went to Blackmore
's theatrical agency, signed up as a chorus girl, and worked for slightly over a year in the musical comedy Our Miss Gibbs.
Angier, Carole. Jean Rhys: Life and Work. Little, Brown, 1990.
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Occupation
Jean Rhys
After her abortion, JR
went again to Blackmore
's to find a job in the theatre, and was given work as an extra in the movies that were just beginning to be made in England...
