Jessica Walker's Pat Kirkwood is Angry is a funny and heart-breaking new play with songs about the turbulent life of the actress and singer Pat Kirkwood. Kirkwood is magnificently brought to life by Jessica Walker, who returns to 59E59 after last year's triumph in The Girl I Left Behind Me. Pat Kirkwood – the greatest star you never heard of - a British actress who died with her reputation in tatters after an alleged affair with the Duke of Edinburgh. Named Britain’s first wartime star in 1939, and with shows written for her by Noel Coward and Cole Porter, her fortunes took a nose-dive after a fateful meeting with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, the repercussions of which were to last her whole life.