Antonia Forest fans

Perhaps she means "As a person who's seen the whole play multiple times and has an outside perspective on it (being neither a Christian nor, till today, a participant), what did you think of Lawrie's interpretation of the Shepherd Boy character?" After all, we know Lawrie reads the part completely differently from Kempe, and from the way it's Always Been Done. And Miranda (as discussed above) has repeatedly shown herself to be knowledgeable and discerning both about the play as a theatrical work (and of course she has a background in theatre, of sorts) and about the Christian story and its historical context. So her opinion of Lawrie's Shepherd Boy -- not just as a piece of acting, but as an interpretation of the story and character -- would be worth knowing. Plus, Nicola, having been relentlessly instructed on how to play the role by Kempe, would be more surprised than most by Lawrie's very dfferent interpretation, I should think.