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I was waiting in the wings to go on stage. I told the lead actor I was with that I couldn't do it. He said I'd be fine. I explained that I didn't mean I was nervous, I meant that I hadn't learned the part, hadn't even read it. We did go on, although I had no idea what I was going to do. After we'd taken our places there was a pause and I realised that the lead actor was listening to the prompter.