Original sentence: In 1980 two former Liverpool taxi drivers took the Royal Court in a new direction, moving away from traditional plays and instead transferring the focus to rock and pop concerts.The 22-year old  Judi Dench made her professional stage debut here in September 1957, playing Ophelia in an Old Vic production of Hamlet
Edited sentence: In 1980, two former Liverpool taxi drivers took the Royal Court in a new direction, moving away from traditional plays and instead transferring the focus to rock and pop concerts.The 22-year old Judi Dench made her professional stage debut here in September 1957, playing Ophelia in an Old Vic production of Hamlet