[1] On graduating, she undertook work with George Dare's touring company in Norfolk, learning and acting in 36 plays over eight weeks.

[2][3] Theatre Workshop became such a success that productions would later transfer to London's West End theatres, bringing both Greene and Lawrence to national attention, alongside actors including Sir Sean Connery, Sir John Gielgud, Melina Mercouri, Lana Turner, Jean Seberg and Barbara Windsor.

[2][3][4] After Greene and Lawrence married in 1955,[2][3] the couple left Theatre Workshop and both began working in television.

Her last production for Theatre Workshop was in Arden of Faversham, with which the company visited the Paris International Festival in 1954.

Desperate to fill the schedules, Associated-Rediffusion took up Marjie's proposal for Harry Greene to film a DIY show based on him doing up their flat on Oppidans Road, off Primrose Hill, North London.

[2][3][4] This led to Greene writing over 23 books and creating 2,000 hours of DIY programmes over the rest of his career, until his death in 2013.