How The Colour Room brings Clarice Cliffs story to life

Cliff didn’t leave behind letters or diaries, but in one of her only surviving quotes, she notes that “having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist.” Peate, who grew up “next door to Stoke” in Derby, used that as one of her starting points. “I got the strong sense that she had a really good sense of humour,” she says. “Coming up against a lot of masculine aggression in business and industry, she deflected it…. She’s quite forceful but she does it with such a light touch.” It’s a balance that Dynevor’s performance, which couldn’t be further from her breakout turn as aristocratic debutante Daphne in Bridgerton, strikes well - even if, she admits, the Stoke accent was a struggle at first. “It’s not the easiest - it’s tough, especially being a northerner,” she says (Dynevor hails from Manchester - the vowel sounds are more different than you’d think).

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