Pasinei nokubudirira kwake paNational, Hopkins akaneta nekudzokorora mabasa mamwechetewo usiku uye achida kuva mumafirimu. Akaita mutambo wake wekutanga mudiki-firimu muna 1967 BBC yakatumira A Flea in Her Ear. Basa rake rekutanga rinotungamira mufirimu rakauya muna 1964 muChanges, pfupi rakatungamirwa naHenley Drewe, rakanyorwa naJames Denred uye rakatamba pamwe naJacqueline Pearce. Muna 1983, John [Olivier] Hopkins akati: 'Rangarira: tsinga [sic] vanity <unk> uri kushamisika kuti vanhu vanofungei nezvako; kugehena navo, ingosvetuka kubva kumucheto<unk>.
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