Talk:Beryl Vertue

Agent by stealth ?
Was this Vertue's own description ? It sounds slightly underhanded.

The book 'Spike & Co' makes clear that Vertue became an agent by accident, by default, not 'by stealth', behind their backs. The 'boys' of ALS expected her to do everything, so that they would not be distracted from their writing. Vertue did the lot, from making tea, answering the phone, typing, liaising with TV execs, and eventually they asked her to re-negotiate their writing contracts. 'Beryl will do that,' was their answer to every managerial or boring office problem.

So in this way, Vertue became an agent, without any training or experience, or ever expecting to. 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:1982:3B34:85D9:35B (talk) 04:16, 27 January 2019 (UTC)