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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,880 (MAN WHISPEКS) Stand by, fIies. 2 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,680 MAN 2: Stand by, flies. 3 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,120 MAN 3: Stand by, flies. 4 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,760 And cue. 5 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,520 Cue! Cue! 6 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:11,680 MAN: lt is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. 7 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:16,120 Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars! 8 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,240 lt is the cause. 9 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,360 Yet l'll not shed her blood, 10 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,680 nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, 11 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,480 and smooth as monumental alabaster. 12 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:32,040 Yet she must die... (TALKS) 13 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,440 ..else she'll... Shh! 14 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,800 ..betray more men. 15 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,320 Рut out the light, 16 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,960 and then put out the light. 17 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,080 lf l quench thee, thou flaming minister, 18 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,720 l can again thy former light restore 19 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,400 should l repent me. 20 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,440 But once put out thy light, 21 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,320 thou cunning'st pattern 22 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,320 of excelling nature. 23 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,560 l know not where is that Рromethean heat 24 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,520 that can thy light relume. 25 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:15,400 She wakes. 26 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,160 Who`s there? 27 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,040 Othello? 28 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,200 Ay, Desdemona. Will you come to bed, my lord? 29 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,280 Have you pray'd tonight, Desdemona? Ay, my lord. 30 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,560 lf you bethink yourself of any crime 31 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,920 unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace, 32 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,040 solicit for it straight. 33 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,920 Alas, my lord! 34 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,440 What do you mean by that? 35 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,200 Well, do it, and be brief. l will walk by. 36 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,120 l would not kill thy unprepared spirit. 37 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,160 No, heavens forfend! 38 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,600 l would not kill thy soul. 39 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,240 Talk you of killing? 40 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,560 Ay, l do. 41 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,200 What`s the matter? 42 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:08,280 Тhat handkerchief that l so lov'd and gave thee. 43 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,640 Тhou gav'st to Cassio. 44 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,640 No, by my life and soul! 45 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,560 Send for the man and ask him. 46 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,200 Down, strumpet! 47 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,240 Kill me tomorrow; let me live tonight! 48 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:20,840 Nay, if you strive... 49 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,360 But half an hour! Being done, there is no pause. 50 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,280 But while I say one prayer! 51 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,440 lt is too late! 52 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:46,000 Oh, my good lord... Bravo! Bravo! 53 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:47,920 Bravo! 54 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,160 Oh, my good lord, yonder`s... 55 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:55,680 Bravo! 56 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:57,520 Bravo, Mr Kynaston! 57 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,720 ..foul murders done! 58 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,640 Bravo! Well done, Mr Kynaston! 59 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,200 Bravo! 60 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,600 (AUDIENCE CHANTS) Kynaston! Kynaston! 61 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,240 Oh, my good lord, yonder`s foul murders done. 62 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,920 (APPLAUSE) 63 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,640 lt's the same every bloody show! 64 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,600 It`s not working. What do you mean not working? 65 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,560 l'm trying to get through to the end. Тhey're shouting, ``Kynaston! Kynaston!`` 66 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,880 We haven't finished the show for three bloody weeks. 67 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,320 Fucking Ned Kynaston! Not again, Dickie! 68 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,080 It`s my scene his fans ruin. 69 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,760 My entrance! My lines! 70 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,000 Emilia dies too, you know. 71 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,920 Dear boy, l had no idea. That does it. 72 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,520 I serve my notice, Mr Betterton. I quit! MAN: Mr Kynaston! 73 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,560 Mr K! Mr K, you were briIIiant! 74 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,280 Such eyes, such hair, such Iips and voice to thriII. 75 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,880 SureIy you were the most beautifuI woman in the house. 76 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,680 See, Рepys likes it. I`m talking about my death scene. 77 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:56,760 Something`s eluding me. A gesture` a tone. 78 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,000 You know what, Tommy? l`m dying too soon. 79 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,720 Тhere's an actor for you. My death scene doesn't go on long enough. 80 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,760 Grasp the fact, Mr Kynaston. The performance is a grand success. 81 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,600 What l don't grasp is this. Тhe King comes to the show last week... 82 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,640 This is OtheIIo? Тhis is Othello. 83 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,960 And he says, the King says, ``Bravo, Betterton. 84 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,480 ``Wonderful show. Lots of thrills and chills. 85 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,880 ``We're coming again, Saturday next. One question, though. 86 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,840 ``Could you make it cheerier?`` 87 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,480 ``Cheerier?`` says l. ``Yes,`` he said. ``Just make it a little bit more jolly.`` 88 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,280 So l say, 89 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,080 ``Your Majesty, Mr Shakespeare ends his play with Desdemona strangled, 90 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,880 ``Emilia stabbed, and Othello disembowelling himself. 91 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,120 ``Do you suggest we do away with all that?`` 92 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:41,840 ``Oh, no,`` he says, ``kill 'em all. Just make it jollier.`` 93 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,880 What none of you glean 94 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,760 is that the King is expressing a particularly salient view of the stage. 95 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,920 Ah, Your Grace, what salient view of the stage would that be? 96 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,920 He wants surprises. 97 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,880 The King`s been away. The theatre`s been closed for 1 8 years. 98 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,560 Now he`s back, the theatres are open, what does he find? 99 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,600 The same old things. 100 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,440 Poetry, he approves. 101 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,040 Ideas, he approves. Two Iadies to see Mr Kynaston. 102 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,760 Death, tragedy, comedy, yes. But surprise him. 103 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,960 KYNASTON: What about sex, vis-a-vis the stage? 104 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,240 You claim the King approves of love, the idea. What about sex, the expression? 105 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,040 Poetry can express sex. 106 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,520 KYNASTON: So can sex. 107 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,440 Mr Kynaston, if you insist on something more graphic, show a tit. 108 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,160 The King won`t complain. How would you suggest I do that? 109 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:25,400 Surprise me. 110 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,320 Excuse me, two gentIeIadies want to come backstage. 111 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,360 Тwo of them? Excellent. 112 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,360 They wish to be received by Mr Kynaston. 113 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,480 Five minutes. Then bring them back. 114 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,560 Why five minutes? Got to put my visage back on. 115 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,440 They want the illusion, not some green room hermaphrodite. 116 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,520 This, Tommy, is why I deserve a share. Oh, no. 117 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,400 What are you two taIking about? 118 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,800 Mr Kynaston's contract is up and he's putting the screws on me. 119 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,000 I want a share of the company. I`m as much a draw as you are. More so. 120 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,160 Рrove it! 121 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,560 Well, where are your fans? Where are your ladies? 122 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,760 Oh, alright. 123 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,480 But a share of the company is out of the question. 124 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:06,120 However, as a gesture of faith to prove that l am trying to find a way, 125 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,440 in the interim, from this time forth, 126 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:13,320 you can have approval of any actor who shares the stage with you. 127 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,040 Gentlemen, you are my witnesses. Noted. 128 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,560 And I`m off to another show. 129 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:21,000 What show? 130 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,400 Something new. l`II join you. 131 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,200 Good show, Betterton. Lovely as always, Mr K. 132 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:28,760 Your Grace. GentIemen. 133 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:30,240 BEТТERТON: Рepys. 134 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,800 Mmm! 135 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:36,760 WOMAN: Go away. 136 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,720 MAN: Ah! Mr Betterton! 137 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,400 Um, could I have a word with you a moment, please? 138 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:46,800 WOMAN: Oh, look. 139 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,560 Evening, Iadies. 140 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,160 (WOMAN LAUGHS) 141 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,560 I wasn`t good tonight. 142 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,200 You were splendid. 143 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:07,600 Yes. 144 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,080 But I wasn`t good. 145 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,000 Same old things. 146 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,760 Fortunately, they keep giving us new audiences. 147 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,600 Why does one act? 148 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:29,400 When you act, you can be seen. 149 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:31,360 Hmm? 150 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,160 Greet your public. lt always cheers you up. 151 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:47,200 (DOOК OPENS) 152 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:48,760 Wait. 153 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,720 Wait! 154 00:09:57,920 --> 00:09:58,840 Now. 155 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,720 Lady Meresvale and Miss Frayne. 156 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,120 Oh! 157 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,080 You start. You do it. 158 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,120 Oh, you do it. I`ll die! 159 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,000 Mr Kynaston, we saw the performance this evening. 160 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,920 We`re such fans, I can`t teII you. 161 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:17,840 She`s seen you six times. She has. 162 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,600 Juliet and Ophelia. And the one with no hands. 163 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,960 Mr Kynaston, I am a great fan. 164 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:25,560 And I was wondering... 165 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,520 WeII...wouId you be wiIIing to ride with us through St James`s tonight? 166 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:31,520 It wouId be such an honour to have you. 167 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:33,440 Please, please, please! PIease, pIease! 168 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,000 If you give me half an hour to remove my face and clothes... 169 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:37,800 BOTH: Oh, no, don`t, please! 170 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:42,920 Mr Kynaston, we`d Iike you to Ieave your appearance as is. 171 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:45,920 He said yes! 172 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,320 This is so good! (LAUGHS) 173 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,160 Mr Kynaston, if l may, 174 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,560 would you be able to make me an advance on salary? 175 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,280 An advance? That`s unlike you. Just till the end of the week. 176 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,320 How much? Six. 177 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,560 Тhank you. Will you be needing me later? 178 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,360 Oh, yes. Hopeless without. 179 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,600 How long do you think you'll be with them? 180 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,920 Three hours, say? Yes, l'll be here. 181 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:15,480 Mr Kynaston! 182 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,920 MAN: Mr Kynaston! Is he coming? 183 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,600 Do hurry up, Mr Kynaston, please! 184 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,600 All these people! 185 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,280 Mr Kynaston! 186 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:40,840 MAN: Are you an actor too? 187 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,480 l played the Moor. 188 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,400 You Iook different. 189 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:47,000 Yes, l'm not really black. 190 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:21,760 Where were you? 191 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,720 Thought you`d abandoned us. l couldn't get away. 192 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,040 Did you bring it? She`d better had. 193 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,320 Mr Cockerell. 194 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,080 If you expect to perform, I expect my guarantee. 195 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,240 It`s my risk, you know. 196 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,280 It`s iIIegaI to have these on stage. 197 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,040 (COUGHING) 198 00:12:53,960 --> 00:13:01,200 Both of us were rather wondering if you were...reaIIy... 199 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,080 ..weII, a gentIeman. 200 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,480 For, you see, my father`s a wigmaker. 201 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,560 He says you`re much too beautifuI to be a gentIeman. 202 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,120 He says you must be a woman. 203 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:19,000 And my mother`s good friend, the Earl of Lauderdale, says, 204 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:24,000 if you`re a man, you don`t have a gentleman`s thingy. 205 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,840 He says you`re like those Italian singers, the whatsits? 206 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:27,840 Castrati. 207 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,440 The Earl says they cut off your castrati at birth. 208 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,800 Then you become a woman. 209 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,840 I take it the Earl of Lauderdale is not a surgeon? 210 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,200 No, he`s an earl. 211 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,280 Well... 212 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,600 How then may we prove to both your father and your mother`s special friend... 213 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,800 ..that I do indeed have a thingy? 214 00:13:54,800 --> 00:14:00,840 A big` buIging` orb and sceptre of a thingy. 215 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:04,960 WeII, I... 216 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,200 I... I think we`d... We`d have to... 217 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,840 We`d have to... 218 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 We`d have to touch it. 219 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,200 Touch what? 220 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,360 What? 221 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,720 What... Whatever it is. 222 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,680 BOTH: Oh! 223 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:29,760 Mmm! 224 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,800 MAN: lf l quench thee, thou flaming minister, 225 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,840 l can again thy former light restore, 226 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,440 should l repent me. 227 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,720 But once put out thy light, 228 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,960 thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature, 229 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,800 l know not where is that Рromethean heat 230 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,640 that can thy light relume. 231 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,200 She wakes. 232 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,720 Who`s there? Othello? 233 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,600 Whoa! 234 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,560 Oh, my! 235 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:22,720 I think my wrist`s broken. 236 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,680 Oh, um... 237 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:25,920 Here. 238 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,560 What`s this? A shiIIing. 239 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,840 For services rendered. 240 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,560 (LAUGHS) 241 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,240 MAN: Women, beware! 242 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,920 l see three fish eager and awaiting. 243 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,600 Come, skewer on my pole! 244 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,640 l know a playful bunch when l see 'em. 245 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,880 Oh, painted ladies in the night! 246 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,880 Universal sign for whores to let. 247 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,880 How much for the each of you? 248 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,680 For honour`s sake, sir, assert yourself. 249 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,600 Well, dear, how can I? I`m but a wilting girl. 250 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,520 Oh, come on, how much for a fuck? 251 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,200 Do something! 252 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,880 Very well. That one`s a shilling, that one` s a penny and I`m 5 pounds a week. 253 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:10,040 Sir, do you know who I am? I am Lady Aurelia Meresvale. 254 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,040 She`s the shilling. Oh, you! 255 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,680 Driver, get us out of here! 256 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,400 Wait a minute! l've got a shilling. 257 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,240 Wait, ho. 258 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:19,960 l'm not done haggling yet. 259 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,920 I warn you, sir, I doubt you`ll find in me what you`re looking for. 260 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,600 Oh, ho, ho! l'll be the judge of that. 261 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,520 Now, come on. 262 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,280 Open up! 263 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,400 Found a guardian at the gate, did you? 264 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,480 Five pounds indeed. 265 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,880 `Twas the weight, not the price. 266 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,080 Wait a minute. 267 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,120 Didn't say no, did l? 268 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,560 l'm in the market for a mistress. 269 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,240 A male one might be just the thing. 270 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,200 Sir, I am spoken for. Oh, come along! 271 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:58,360 l shall never wear this glove again. 272 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,440 Ha, ha, ha! Mark me, bum boy! 273 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:06,000 l shall see to you and we shall settle this account. 274 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,640 (COIN CLINKS) 275 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,560 MAN: Two, three, four, five, six! 276 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:18,600 Cheers! 277 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,560 Even if it was onIy a one-off, at Ieast we did it once, eh? 278 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,160 And in under three hours! Oh, no, l have to go! 279 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,920 Maria! Maria, where are you going? 280 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,400 My dear! Mr Рepys! 281 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,960 Maria, that was quite a performance. Тhank you, sir. 282 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:37,600 Hidden taIents. Тhank you very much. 283 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,560 Yes, well... Who`d have thought it? 284 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,480 Our secret, eh? Yes, quite. 285 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,720 I say, do you know, I was wondering, Maria, 286 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:48,240 I know it is rather Iast-minute, but stiII, if I may, tomorrow evening... 287 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,160 Really? Oh, yeah. 288 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,400 lf you're free, that is? 289 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:39,840 (GASРS) 290 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,720 What happened to my pillow? 291 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,600 Oh, God, a tear. 292 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,000 Did I do that? 293 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,000 Ah, must have. 294 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,120 Oh, we do not know our passions. 295 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:04,280 Oh, Maria. 296 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:05,920 I am exhausted. 297 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:07,760 Why? 298 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,680 Those two gentleladies wanted to feel my cock for the sake of a wager. 299 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,200 Ah. 300 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,080 Are you in a hurry to get home? 301 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,120 No. 302 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,280 Help me, then. I want to do the death scene again. 303 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,600 Now? Mmm. 304 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,720 All the elements are there. It just feels off. 305 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,400 MARlA: Тhe audience doesn't notice. 306 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:25,600 I`m not satisfied. 307 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,640 You be Othello. I`ll be me. 308 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,080 Where do l start? I`ll start. 309 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:35,480 Alas... 310 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:41,280 Alas, he is betray`d, and I...undone! 311 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,160 (WHISPERS) Grab the pillow. 312 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,960 Out, strumpet! Weep'st thou for him to my face? 313 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,880 O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not! 314 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:50,440 Down, strumpet! 315 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,160 Kill me tomorrow. Let me live tonight! 316 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,560 Now come at me. Nay, if you strive... 317 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,720 But half an hour! Being done, there is no pause. 318 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,120 But while I say one prayer! lt is too late. 319 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,800 Smother, smother, smother. 320 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,400 She doesn't kiss him. 321 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,400 What is it? 322 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,040 Did they succeed? 323 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,560 Did who succeed? 324 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,000 Тhe ladies. 325 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,160 ln feeling you. 326 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,160 What kind of girl do you take me for? 327 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,320 (LAUGHS) 328 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,760 Help me with this. 329 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,960 Do you want me to mend your pillow? 330 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:59,280 Oh, do it tomorrow. Day off. Plenty of time. 331 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,200 You could use a new one. 332 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:02,640 Maria! 333 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,800 This pillow was given to me by my old tutor who found me in the gutter. 334 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,200 He gave me a home. 335 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,640 He gave us all a home, pretty boys like me. 336 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,040 He taught us to read. 337 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,520 He taught us Shakespeare, all the tricks and turns and... 338 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,400 He gave this to me the first time I played Desdemona. 339 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:35,040 ``And remember,`` he`d say, ``a part doesn`t belong to an actor. 340 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,520 ``An actor belongs to a part. Never forget. 341 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,040 ``You`re a man in woman`s form.`` 342 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,560 Or was it the other way round? 343 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:01,280 Well, he`s dead now. 344 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,240 Hard to prove either way. 345 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,400 l think you'd be as fine a man as any woman. 346 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,040 Maria... 347 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,440 We are souls entwined. 348 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,080 Off you go. 349 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,840 I can shed my skin without you. 350 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,680 (SNARLS) Oh! Damn! 351 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:41,280 Milady. 352 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,280 Don`t ever do that again! 353 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:45,880 Oh, my God! 354 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,480 What are you doing here? 355 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,200 Тhought l'd surprise you. 356 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:53,720 Oh! (LAUGHS) 357 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,120 Where've you been? I was stranded in St James`s Park. 358 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,920 A frilly fop with a hard-on thought I was a whore on the make. 359 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,920 Тhis is why l prefer Hyde Рark. 360 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,400 Тhere's so much less of that sort of thing. 361 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,480 So, what happened? 362 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,000 Once he found my cock, off he went. 363 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,120 lt wasn't the case with me. 364 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:24,520 Let me show you something. 365 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,680 Here. 366 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,360 Read. 367 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,280 ``I come unknown to any of the rest to tell you news. 368 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,040 ``I saw the lady drest. 369 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,760 ``The woman plays today... 370 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,360 ``The woman plays...`` The woman? 371 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,400 What? Hm? 372 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,960 An actress. 373 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:53,240 A what? 374 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:54,760 An actress. 375 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,320 (LAUGHS) At Cockerell's Тavern. 376 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,160 Тhe Cockpit put up a little stage. 377 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,080 Very tatty, but still. 378 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,200 (LAUGHS) My, my, it`s a joke. 379 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:06,560 It`s a fake. Jimmy Noakes... l know Jimmy Noakes. 380 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,680 And it was not Jimmy Noakes. lt was not any man. 381 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:09,960 lt was a girl. 382 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:14,120 But it`s illegal. One did think as much. 383 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,680 Wha... 384 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,560 A woman playing a woman. What`s the trick in that? 385 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,200 What was the play? 386 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,000 No! 387 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,240 lf you're wondering, she did not play the Moor. 388 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:36,880 How was she? What? 389 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,120 Oh, you mean the acting? l never noticed the acting. 390 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,160 Did you go round after? 391 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,200 Oh, too crowded. Рepys went. 392 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:46,080 lf two mice were fucking in a nutshell, 393 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,440 he'd find room to squeeze in and write it down. 394 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,400 What was her name? The ``actress``? 395 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,920 Er, Mrs Margaret Hughes. Margaret Hughes. 396 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,320 Тhe word is, she's going to be at the Рalace tomorrow night. 397 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,000 The Palace? 398 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:00,960 Oh. 399 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:03,000 Are you...you invited? 400 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,160 l'm the Duke of Buckingham. l'm always invited. 401 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:06,640 Are you going? 402 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,640 l might drop by. Take me there. 403 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,720 You want to go to the Рalace? Yes. 404 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,520 With me? Yes. 405 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,000 You'll go as an acquaintance who behaves himself. 406 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,080 And if you try to grow your part, you'll find the role's been cut. 407 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,240 Agreed. 408 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,280 Right, then. Oh, Ned... 409 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:35,120 Рut this on, will you? 410 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,720 l like to see a golden flow as l die in you. 411 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,600 Would you ask your lady whores to wear a wig to bed? 412 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,640 lf it made them more a woman. 413 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:40,800 SONG: Who can resist such mighty, mighty charms? 414 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,240 Who can resist 415 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,800 Such mighty, mighty charms? 416 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:51,440 Victorious, victorious, victorious love 417 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:56,720 Who can resist Who can resist 418 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,240 Who can resist 419 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:06,120 Such mighty charms? 420 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:11,880 Such mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty charms? 421 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,080 Bravo! Bravo! 422 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,480 WeII done! 423 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,320 (DOG BARKS) 424 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,800 Ha, ha! 425 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:29,440 His Grace, the Duke of Buckingham, and Mr Edward Kynaston! 426 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:30,920 George, you`re Iate! 427 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:32,600 Your Majesty. 428 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:38,240 I thought you`d skipped us. Mwah, mwah. And Kynaston? 429 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,560 I know you. You`re... The actor. 430 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,960 Oh, yes, you were in... `Othello`, sir. 431 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:44,920 This Thursday last at Mr Betterton`s. 432 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,760 Were you? Not Iago, I hope. I didn`t Iike him. 433 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,360 I played Desdemona. 434 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,800 Ah! That Kynaston. 435 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,480 Late wife of the murderous Moor. 436 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,240 Went to see the show Iast week. 437 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,000 The curtain was Iate. I said, ``What`s the matter?`` 438 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,920 They said, ``Your Majesty, Desdemona is stiII shaving.`` 439 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:03,960 (ALL LAUGH) 440 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,160 You paint a blush upon me, sir. 441 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,320 Do you know Miss Gwynn, my pretty, witty NeII? 442 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,600 Mr Kynaston, I am a great admirer. 443 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,320 Oh! 444 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,600 NeII is the most ardent theatregoer in London. 445 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:16,960 I used to be an orange girl. 446 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:21,040 I worked the stalls before, during and after every performance. 447 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,960 Oranges! Oranges! 448 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,560 Two pence a pair! Yes, exactIy. 449 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:31,360 Kynaston, about the `OtheIIo`. Saw it Iast week. Good show. 450 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,880 But it needs some changes. You see, it couId be a bit... 451 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,960 Jollier? That`s what I said. 452 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,280 Yes, what we want are... 453 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,240 Surprises? ExactIy. 454 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,160 But we don`t want to know they`re coming. 455 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,160 MAN: Mr Samuel Рepys! 456 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,320 And Mrs Margaret Hughes! 457 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,720 Your Majesty. Pepys, you brought a guest. 458 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,440 Mrs Hughes, Miss Gwynn. 459 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,680 I`d take your hand but my tit`d fall out. 460 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,360 And Mr Kynaston. (GASРS) 461 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,360 Oh, are you overcome? Oh, dear. 462 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,920 Are you alright, Mrs Hughes? Yes. 463 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,080 Sir Charles Sedley. 464 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,600 SedIey, I think you know everyone here. 465 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,240 Except for Mrs Hughes and Mr Kynaston. 466 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,680 Kynaston... 467 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,040 It feels I`ve had the honour already. 468 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,800 Or you`ve already had the honour of feeling it. 469 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,160 Obviously, I`m behind in my drinking. 470 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,360 Shall we go in for dinner? Oh, we`re deepIy priviIeged. 471 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,160 Lady Jane BeIIamy, foIIow me. 472 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,520 Allow me, Mrs Hughes. 473 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,080 l can explain everything. Why? Are you a philosopher? 474 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,080 You, Pepys, the Duke, this is all some great joke the three of you are playing. 475 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,000 Mr Kynaston, l had no idea... 476 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,200 Mrs Hughes, will you sit next to me? 477 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,640 Don't make a scene. 478 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,880 George, do you know Lady Jane BeIIamy? 479 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,600 No, but l certainly hope to. 480 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,680 Tell me about your parentage, Miss Gwynn. 481 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,880 My mum was a whore, my father in the navy. 482 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,920 I see. That`s why I don`t ever do sailors. 483 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,640 l'm sorry l missed your performance tonight, Miss Gwynn. 484 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,440 Will you do it again? No. 485 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,760 And all that for a one-off. Work, work, work, and it`s over in a pop. 486 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,320 Like Charlie. What` my dear? 487 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:17,120 Miss Gwynn, I remind you, you are speaking of the Father of his People. 488 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,080 Well...a lot of `em. 489 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,880 Mrs Hughes, have you seen Mr Kynaston perform? 490 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,120 He`s doing Desdemona in `OtheIIo` now. 491 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,040 You`ve seen it, George? Yes. l never tire of `Othello'. 492 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,960 Truth be told, sir, he never tires of Desdemona. 493 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,240 (CHUCKLES) 494 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,240 Kynaston, isn`t there someone eIse who does Desdemona? 495 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,640 Can`t think of his name now. MAN: James Noakes. 496 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,600 Yes, good actor Noakes. 497 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,240 Not quite his part, though. Doesn`t have your beauty. 498 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:48,760 (CHUCKLES) No, Kynaston. 499 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:50,720 Desdemona is yours aIone. Ha, ha! 500 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,320 MARlA: Well, but if l may, sir. 501 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,720 A part doesn't belong to an actor, an actor belongs to a part. 502 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,840 Don't you agree, sir? 503 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:08,280 Don`t know. 504 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,240 Do you agree, Mr Kynaston? 505 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,000 Oh, well, there have been other Desdemonas before me, sir. 506 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:16,480 There will be more after. 507 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,400 In fact, the Duke of Buckingham saw another one in London just last night. 508 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,040 Did you, Your Grace? 509 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,560 George, what performance does Mr Kynaston refer to? 510 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,440 You showed me the fly bill. 511 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,920 I think I have it. Yes, here it is. 512 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:34,960 The Cockpit Tavern. 513 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,400 Yes, that was name of the theatre, wasn` t it, Your Grace? 514 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,160 Well, it wasn't strictly a theatre. 515 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,640 ``The woman...plays today, 516 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,240 ``Mrs Margaret...`` 517 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:50,680 Mrs Hughes. 518 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,880 Is this you? 519 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,040 Yes. 520 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:58,720 You? 521 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,200 A woman? 522 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,920 Performed in a play? 523 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,640 In a public theatre against the order of the Crown? 524 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,280 As His Grace said, it's not a real theatre. 525 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:15,320 lt's more a sort of tavern, and hence, outside... 526 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:20,320 I am the First Minister, Mrs Hughes. I know what the law... 527 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,360 Mrs Hughes. 528 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,720 This performance of yours, was it too a one-off? 529 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,880 Well, sir, it certainly was novel. 530 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,120 But we had hoped to have more chances. 531 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,480 NED: That`s the tricky thing about novelty. 532 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,720 Do it more than once, it`s not novel anymore. 533 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,480 MARlA: Тhat may be true, Mr Kynaston. 534 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,320 But in the theatre, l am told, there are no old shows, just new audiences. 535 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,360 Ha! 536 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,200 Are you going to do it again? She most certainly is not. 537 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:50,560 Sir, I insist you issue a proclamation closing this Cockpit... 538 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:51,600 But, Charlie! 539 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,400 Sir... SiIence! 540 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,800 When my father was aIive, 541 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,840 it had Iong been iIIegaI for a woman to perform in pubIic. 542 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,560 In the PaIace, of course, it was women gaIore. 543 00:34:09,720 --> 00:34:12,520 Private musicaIes, masques... 544 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,920 No-one gave a damn. 545 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,640 Except...the cIerics. 546 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,200 One minister, a Mr Prynne, 547 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:30,200 wrote a pamphIet against aII actresses as Iewd women and whores. 548 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,880 Now, my mother 549 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:41,320 acted in some of those court masques. 550 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,200 And she feIt Mr Prynne`s diatribe was directed at her. 551 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:51,520 So, Mr Prynne was tried, 552 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:56,160 convicted and sentenced to the stocks. 553 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,000 Where his feet were burned, his ears Iopped off 554 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,040 and his tongue cut out. 555 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,520 Yet...in spite of aII this, 556 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,680 Mr Prynne never recanted. 557 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:18,160 Some say his stoicism in the face of such excess... 558 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:22,840 ..is what fanned the fIames of the Puritan revoIt. 559 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,760 And so, off with my father`s head. 560 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,680 And I to HoIIand for 20 years. 561 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,320 I think it might be fun to see women on the stage. 562 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,040 They have had them in France for a Iong time now. 563 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:49,240 Yes. 564 00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:54,080 Whenever we`re about to do something truly horrible, 565 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:57,200 we always say the French have been doing it for years. 566 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,960 Hyde, issue a procIamation. 567 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:04,680 Permission to perform is hereby granted. 568 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,320 To Mrs Hughes? 569 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,240 To aII women. 570 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,600 (SOME PEOPLE LAUGH) 571 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,600 We wish to see this new `OtheIIo` at the earIiest possibIe convenience. 572 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:24,880 Say, Saturday. 573 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:26,320 Make note, Hyde. 574 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,960 Saturday, `Othello`. The other one. 575 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:34,600 So, Kynaston, wiII you see Mrs Hughes perform? 576 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,440 Yes, l'd love to know what you think of the death scene. 577 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,440 Oh, I`m always interested in how my rivals die. 578 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,120 Your Grace? 579 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,960 Well, no. l've had my fill of Desdemonas. 580 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,680 (CLEARS THROAT) 581 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,280 Shall I escort you home, Mrs Hughes? 582 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,520 Yes. I`II see Mrs Hughes home. 583 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,160 I suddenIy find myseIf a devotee of the stage. 584 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,200 Not in an artistic sense, of course. 585 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,440 But as a sort of patron. 586 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,320 l'm off as well. Kynaston, shall l drop you? 587 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,000 Yes, I need my sleep. 588 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,080 We`re auditioning new Emilias tomorrow, 589 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:09,560 then two shows of you know what. 590 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:11,560 Mrs Hughes, perhaps I`ll see you there? 591 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:13,840 Sir Charles. 592 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,760 ``I shall never wear this glove again.`` 593 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,240 Mrs Hughes. 594 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,640 The Cockpit Tavern is no pIace for someone of your particuIar attractions. 595 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,960 I think you shouId audition for Mr Betterton`s theatre tomorrow. 596 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,360 l couldn't. And what about Mr Kynaston? 597 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:40,840 Surprise him. 598 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,080 Morning, Mr Kynaston. Your picture`s selling well. 599 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,640 Anyone want to buy a rabbit? 600 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,440 Mr Kynaston. 601 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:23,760 SEDLEY: Mr Betterton. 602 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,000 l wish to discuss with you the role of Emilia. 603 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,320 Bit over the top for that, aren`t we, sunshine? 604 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,880 Not me, sir. Not me. 605 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,600 l come to speak on behalf of Mrs Margaret Hughes. 606 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,680 Mr Kynaston. Aha! Mrs Hughes. Settling in, I see. 607 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:43,040 That dress one of mine? l made it for myself. 608 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,240 Oh, of course you did. You`re so good at the needle and pin. 609 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,120 Mr Kynaston, l must apologise... Oh, no, no. 610 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,320 Please. Just a question, as you are quite obviously going to audition today. 611 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,880 Do you know the Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation? 612 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,640 What? 613 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,360 The Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation. No? 614 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,840 Or perhaps you`re more acquainted with the Pose of Tragic Acceptance? 615 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,680 Or the Demeanour of Awe and Terror? 616 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,800 Mr Kynaston... How about the Supplicant`s Clasp? 617 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,360 Or the Attitude of Prostrate... 618 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,200 Funny, you`ve seen me perform them a thousand times. 619 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,280 (SТAMРS FOOТ) Mr Kynaston! Now, there`s a feminine gesture. 620 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,000 You seem to have managed the Stamp of Girlish Petulance. 621 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,320 l just wanted to act. 622 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,520 l just wanted to do what you do. 623 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:30,000 But, madam, I have worked half my life to do what I do. 624 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,320 14 boys crammed in a cellar. 625 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,360 Do you know when I was in training for this profession, 626 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,640 I was not permitted to wear a woman`s dress for three long years. 627 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,600 I was not permitted to wear a wig for four, not until I had proved 628 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,560 that I had eliminated every masculine gesture, 629 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:44,200 every masculine intonation, from my very being. 630 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,720 What teacher did you learn from? What cellar was your home? 631 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:48,760 l had no teacher, nor such a classroom. 632 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,720 But then, l had less need of training. 633 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,440 At any rate, Mr Kynaston, l thank you for the professional advice. 634 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,840 But l did not come here today to audition. 635 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,880 Oh, come, I saw Sedley downstairs singing your praises... 636 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,000 What he does is his business. 637 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,720 Sir Charles has taken an interest in me. 638 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:07,840 Oh, Sir Charles! Sir Charles? 639 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,680 Other actors have aristocratic patrons. 640 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,680 Whom would you rather take me in hand? 641 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,640 l did not come here to audition. 642 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,600 l only came to the theatre today to collect my belongings... 643 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:17,760 Well, collect... 644 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:21,360 But now, sir! Oh, now... 645 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:26,080 Oh, lest l forget. 646 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,320 Your advance, sir. 647 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:31,840 You'll be pleased to know it was your generosity 648 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,880 that bought last night's performance. 649 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:35,920 Рut paid. 650 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,120 With interest. 651 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,200 BETTERTON: You want to pay me to watch an audition? 652 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:43,200 SEDLEY: I do. 653 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,680 This could start a trend. Who is your protege? 654 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:49,320 Mr Betterton, this is Mrs Margaret Hughes. 655 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:52,320 Maria? 656 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,480 Maria? lt's an off-stage name. 657 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,280 Oh. Oh, wait a minute. 658 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:01,080 So the Hughes that played at Cockerell`s place last night 659 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:03,280 was...was...our Maria? 660 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,640 AII of London is taIking about Mrs Hughes` performance. 661 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,720 And, as you know, the King has, just this past evening, 662 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,480 reIaxed the Iaws against women pIaying women. 663 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:12,600 Yes, I heard. 664 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,080 And, as this is your day, Mr Betterton, to seek out new EmiIias... 665 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:17,640 Yes, yes, I see. 666 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,960 Ned, just in time! Such drama. 667 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,400 Our very own Maria is going to take the stage. 668 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,880 Do you have a scene for us, Maria...uh, Mrs...? 669 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,240 l do, actually. Well, uh... 670 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,360 What will you be doing for us today? A soliloquy. 671 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,680 From? `Othello'. 672 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,600 And the role? 673 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:38,720 Desdemona. 674 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,360 Well... 675 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,080 This should be fun. 676 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:47,920 Sir Charles. 677 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,160 Thank you, Mrs Hughes. 678 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,440 What shall l do to win my lord again? 679 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,960 Good friends, go to him, 680 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:19,400 for, by this light of heaven, l know not how... 681 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:23,800 May l start again? 682 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:25,320 Oh, please. 683 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,360 Тhank you. 684 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,600 What shall l do to win my lord again? 685 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,120 Good friends, go to him, 686 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,880 for, by this light of heaven... 687 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:42,160 ..l know not how... 688 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,080 l know not how... 689 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,160 l know not how... I know not how I lost him. 690 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,880 Yes, of course. Тhank you. 691 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,320 Not at all. I say it every night. 692 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,720 May l begin again? 693 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,080 Oh, heavens. I was going to suggest it myself. 694 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:10,120 I know not how... l know not how l lost him. 695 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,320 What shall l do to win my lord again? 696 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,880 Good friends, go to him, 697 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:19,880 for, by this light of heaven, l know not how l lost him. 698 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:23,080 lf e'er my will did trespass 'gainst his love, 699 00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:27,360 either in discourse of thought or actual deed. 700 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,080 Or that mine eyes, mine ears, or any sense, 701 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:33,800 delighted them in any other form. 702 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,120 Or that l do not yet, 703 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,240 and ever did, 704 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,480 and ever will, 705 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:44,160 though he do shake me off to beggarly divorcement, 706 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,720 love him dearly, 707 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,040 comfort forswear me! 708 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,960 Unkindness may do much, 709 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:56,440 and his unkindness may defeat my life, 710 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,200 but never taint... 711 00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:01,960 ..my love. 712 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:14,640 Тhat was it. 713 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,880 Was it? Oh, yes! 714 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:19,840 Yes, yes, of course it was. 715 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,600 I was caught up with the... 716 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,200 ..by the gestures and such. 717 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:27,040 Well, well, I, I...I`ve, uh... 718 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:30,640 ..I`ve never seen the role performed quite...quite like that before. 719 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:32,920 Do you think there might be something for me? 720 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:36,320 Er, I don`t know. It...it depends. 721 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:37,320 On? 722 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,120 On thousands of actors ahead of you dying of the plague. 723 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:41,880 That`s intoIerabIe! Ned`s being funny. 724 00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:46,080 It depends on the audiences of London losing their eyes, their ears... 725 00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:48,280 And truth be told, their sense of smell. 726 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:49,760 I must confess, Mrs Hughes, 727 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,120 when I heard about your performance, I was worried. 728 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,720 Women on stage. What would become of me? 729 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,320 And then, you auditioned for us. 730 00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:00,040 You have taken a great load off my mind. 731 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,080 Mr Betterton, thank you for your time. 732 00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:08,120 Maria, my dear... 733 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:09,960 No, sir, please, l'm late already for Mr Cockerell's. 734 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:13,720 Dear, dear. Well, good luck with the show. I`d love to pop in and see it... 735 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,160 Yes, l'd arrange tickets, but we're sold out. 736 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:17,920 Sold out? 737 00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:20,560 But, Maria, Maria. 738 00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:21,800 Uh, Mrs Hughes. 739 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:23,840 Come, come, come. 740 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:25,240 Ned, Ned. 741 00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:30,760 What say we give Mrs Hughes one of the roles to play? 742 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:34,400 No, no, not you know who, that`s you, of course. 743 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,320 But we are looking for an Emilia and she might just... 744 00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,160 ..splash things up a bit. 745 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:40,640 What do you say? 746 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,840 I..I refuse. 747 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:45,840 What do you mean, you refuse? 748 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,000 I shall not act with her. 749 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:51,400 On what right? My right, Mr Betterton. 750 00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:55,360 You gave me approval over casting and I hereby exercise said right. 751 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,800 But she`s sold out Cockerell`s. 752 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,120 lndeed! Тhe place was packed and the crowd clapped and clapped. 753 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,520 I recall a puppet show once where a recently-departed dog was stuffed. 754 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:07,680 They made it dance with Punch and Judy and that crowd clapped too. 755 00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:09,600 Oh, Ned, Ned... 756 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,320 If you insist on arguing the case for Mrs Hughes further, indeed... 757 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:17,040 ..if you attempt to audition her or any other woman ever again, 758 00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:21,640 I will consider it a breach of contract and leave the stage forthwith! 759 00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:23,920 Bitch! 760 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,960 I had myseIf intended to audition today. 761 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:34,080 But if this is how you treat women, weII, mark me, sir, 762 00:46:34,240 --> 00:46:36,560 women shaII Iay bIame. 763 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:45,240 Who the hell was that? 764 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:46,640 SEDLEY: That... 765 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,040 ..is the King`s mistress. 766 00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,200 This shaII be remembered, Betterton. 767 00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,320 Oh, my God. Uh, Sir Charles. 768 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:01,640 Sir Charles... 769 00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:03,880 Mr Kynaston. 770 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:06,920 I am a man of my contract and my word. 771 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:10,160 You exercise your right today. 772 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:12,800 I, mine, tomorrow! 773 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:26,360 This viIe thespian is in need of a come-down and on his own turf! 774 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,680 NeII` is that you? Yes. 775 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:42,360 What is it, sweet? 776 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:44,240 CharIie? Mmm? 777 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,680 You Iove me, don`t you? 778 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:48,400 (DOG WHINES) 779 00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:52,400 Well, I`ve always said. 780 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:56,080 And you`d never deny me? 781 00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:58,360 Now, what do you want? 782 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:01,160 (WHISPEКS) 783 00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:05,400 No, I can`t. 784 00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:07,480 PIease! It`s out of the question. 785 00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:09,280 I`II never ask another favour. 786 00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:11,000 No! 787 00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:13,840 CharIie... Nell, I`ve work to do. 788 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,720 Please... CharIie boy. 789 00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:17,880 Where`s his toy? 790 00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:19,760 No, this is very important business. 791 00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,040 We are at war with the...Dutch. 792 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,360 Oh, Your Majesty! 793 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,400 Let me see the crown! 794 00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,080 (DOGS BARK) 795 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,520 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 796 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:58,640 (CLEARS THROAT) Hyde, um... I want to dictate something. 797 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:18,760 Are you aIright, sir? 798 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:26,440 Now, St James`s Park, the gazebo. 799 00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:48,200 Your Majesty. Your Majesty. 800 00:49:56,160 --> 00:50:00,040 We`re going to reaIIy hurt him because... But we can`t do too much. We can`t do... 801 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,960 (APPLAUSE) 802 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,080 AUDIENCE: Kynaston! Kynaston! 803 00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,320 Bravo, Mr Kynaston! Bravo! 804 00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,240 AUDIENCE: Kynaston! Kynaston! 805 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:17,040 Kynaston! Kynaston! Kynaston! Kynaston! 806 00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:20,720 Not like that. 807 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:28,920 BOY: Mr Ned, sir? Mr Ned, sir? Тwo ladies to see you. 808 00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:30,320 Mr Kynaston. 809 00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:35,080 Mr Kynaston, we wish to apologise for our rudeness the other day. 810 00:50:35,240 --> 00:50:37,880 We wish to make things up with you. 811 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:40,240 May we take you for a drive? 812 00:50:41,240 --> 00:50:42,760 May we? 813 00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:56,960 NED: Why have we stopped? 814 00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:59,920 Come with us, Mr Kynaston. 815 00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:02,800 What are you up to? 816 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:07,080 It`s more a question of what you`re up to. (LAUGHS) 817 00:51:07,240 --> 00:51:10,880 Have you ever had occasion to perform out-of-doors? 818 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,640 Uh, not that I can recall. 819 00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:19,400 Then I beg you, sir, flatter us, who do not deserve your good graces. 820 00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:27,400 Hmm. 821 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,840 You mocked us, sir! You, an actor, mocked your betters. 822 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,800 You shall know the other end of it now, bum-boy! 823 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,080 Here is the whore of the Moor of Venice. 824 00:51:39,240 --> 00:51:42,080 Where`s your frock, my girI? You mistake me, gentlemen! 825 00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,000 No mistake! `Tis he. The sIut himseIf. 826 00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:47,400 Just as we have been foretold! Hit him again! 827 00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:49,520 I have in hand an edict. 828 00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:51,840 I wish it passed, put down in law 829 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:55,480 and circuIated throughout the affected areas posthaste. 830 00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:58,400 A Royal licensing law, 831 00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:02,240 which states, in binding language, as does foIIow. 832 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,520 Whereas the women`s parts in plays 833 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:09,240 have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women` 834 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:13,120 at which some have taken offence, 835 00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:17,520 we do permit and give leave, for the time to come` 836 00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:22,320 that all women`s parts be acted by women. 837 00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:26,600 No he shall e`er again... 838 00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:31,680 ..upon an English stage play she. 839 00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:35,440 (NED COUGHS) 840 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,200 (COUGHS) 841 00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:13,000 MAN: Mrs Hughes, though it be true that talent is as talent does, 842 00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:16,520 whilst beauty fades like starlight at the break of day, 843 00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:20,000 surely you recognise the fact that you are, without doubt, 844 00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:22,640 the most beautiful woman on the English stage. 845 00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,040 l am an actress, not a beauty. 846 00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:26,680 MAN 2: Be that as it may, 847 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:31,640 if I am to paint your beauty, Mrs Hughes, I must paint it with tit exposed. 848 00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:36,800 How eIse prove to the theatregoers of London that you are a reaI woman? 849 00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,960 l want to be taken as a serious actress. 850 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:54,920 My dear, before you can be taken seriously, you must put bums on seats. 851 00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:06,520 Alright, paint! 852 00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:11,160 And thus is fIesh made art. 853 00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:13,920 (GASРS) 854 00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:17,400 Kynaston. 855 00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:19,400 I see your wounds are on the mend. 856 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:23,240 Yes, I was fallen upon by a gang of critics. 857 00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:26,880 When will you be back on stage, Mr K? Soon, I hope. 858 00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,520 As soon as they`ll let me. Ah, physicians, eh? 859 00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:35,760 And what role will mark your return? What else but Desdemona? 860 00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,800 SEDLEY: What do you want here, Kynaston? 861 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:41,280 I want my pillow. 862 00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:45,640 It seems to be lost. I was wondering if Mrs Hughes might know where it is. 863 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:47,680 Oh, this is intoIerabIe! 864 00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:51,280 Sir Charles, gentlemen, could you leave Mr Kynaston and me for a moment? 865 00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:52,560 Certainly. 866 00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:57,720 You know, Mr K, the performance of yours I always liked best? 867 00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:01,000 As much as I adored your Desdemona and your Juliet, 868 00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:03,880 I always loved best the ``britches`` parts. 869 00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:06,000 Rosalind, for instance. 870 00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:07,880 And not just because of the woman stuff, 871 00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:10,320 but also because of the man sections. 872 00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:15,960 Your performance of the man stuff seemed so right, so true. 873 00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,960 I suppose I felt it was the most real in the play. 874 00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:21,840 You know why the man stuff seemed so real? 875 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:23,640 Because I`m pretending. 876 00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:26,960 You see a man through the mirror of a woman through the mirror of a man. 877 00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:29,440 You take one of those reflecting glasses away, it doesn`t work. 878 00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:32,720 The man only works because you see him in contrast to the woman he is. 879 00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:35,640 If you saw him without the her he lives inside, 880 00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:37,840 he wouldn`t seem a man at all. 881 00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:45,360 Yes, you`ve obviously thought longer on this question than I. 882 00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:58,680 l heard about your... 883 00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:00,680 NED: Yes, yes, I imagined you heard. 884 00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:02,800 I imagined you might have more than heard. 885 00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:05,400 Perhaps you even heard before it happened. 886 00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:09,360 l do not have your pillow. 887 00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:12,240 Well, you could have said that in front of them. 888 00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:14,400 l have taken nothing that belonged to you! 889 00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:17,960 You wear my clothes, play my parts, you live my life and you`ve taken nothing? 890 00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:19,800 Woman`s perspective. 891 00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:22,120 But at least a recognisable one. That pillow was my own. 892 00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:25,160 It was not the theatre`s. It was given to me some time back, as you know. 893 00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:28,320 Yes, a dresser always knows a gentleman's secrets. 894 00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:31,040 Of course, l have my own dresser now. 895 00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,520 He's a man. He used to be an actor. 896 00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:36,000 l don't suppose you'd guess what type? 897 00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:40,800 You know, madam, I am amazed you have need of an audience! 898 00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:44,400 With such self-regard as you display, what room is left for the public`s love? 899 00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:47,080 What do you know of love, sir? 900 00:56:47,240 --> 00:56:52,120 Or loyalty? Or adoration suffered in deepest silence? 901 00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,800 Тhe only love you know, sir, is what you act on stage. 902 00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:10,120 The difference between man and man... 903 00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:12,120 WiIt thou be gone... 904 00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:15,480 It was the nightingale and not the lark. 905 00:57:15,640 --> 00:57:17,640 That pierc`d the fearfuI hoIIow of thine ear... 906 00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:19,960 Oh, look, it`s Kynaston! 907 00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:37,720 BETTERTON: O, you are men of stone. 908 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:44,080 O, you are men of stone. 909 00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:46,800 `Lear`. 910 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:50,920 How did you guess? 911 00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:54,360 Cordelia. You`re practising the carry. 912 00:57:57,520 --> 00:57:58,400 Light? 913 00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:00,360 Lighter than you. 914 00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:02,200 That work in performance? 915 00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:04,360 In performance, I carry a real woman. 916 00:58:04,520 --> 00:58:07,760 A former seamstress from Sheffield twice my size. 917 00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:10,560 So, what do you want? 918 00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:13,360 Uh, I want another go at the death scene. 919 00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:16,160 Can`t. The Crown would close me down if I did. 920 00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:18,920 Tommy... You cost me the Palace`s support. 921 00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:22,000 You refused to act with women on the day the King`s mistress, 922 00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:26,000 a mistress desirous of a career on stage, I might add, was watching. 923 00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,600 Besides, the company`s full up. 924 00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:32,240 You weren`t the only actor cut loose by the law. 925 00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,560 The town`s full of your sort now. 926 00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:36,640 Mr Betterton. 927 00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,280 Time to see the GoneriIs. 928 00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:41,960 Happy days. 929 00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:49,480 Tommy, is she...? 930 00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:54,560 Is she good? The Hughes? 931 00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:56,680 As an actress? 932 00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:04,880 She`s a star. 933 00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:09,320 She did what she did first. 934 00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:12,000 You did what you did last. 935 00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:40,360 Good God. 936 00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:44,040 You'll poach in that. Would Your Grace like me to disrobe? 937 00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:46,440 Quiet. Тhis isn't the place. 938 00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:48,360 I thought you hated heat and steam. 939 00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:50,880 l'm purifying myself. 940 00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:57,240 Why didn`t you come to my rooms when you heard I`d been attacked? 941 00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:01,480 l knew you wouldn't want me to see what they'd done to you. 942 01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:03,360 Why didn`t you write? 943 01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:05,280 Ned, l've never been a word type. 944 01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:07,240 Letters are dangerous. 945 01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:10,400 Тhey live on long after their passions have died. 946 01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:12,440 They`re dangerous only if they`re secret. 947 01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:14,600 l'd call us a secret, wouldn't you? 948 01:00:15,720 --> 01:00:17,440 Тhere were beginning to be whispers. 949 01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:20,040 Тhose things you said at the Рalace. l warned you, Ned. 950 01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:23,720 What shall I do to win my lord again? 951 01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:26,800 Don't. l'm getting married. 952 01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:28,840 Jane Bellamy. You met her, l believe? 953 01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:31,800 lt's this Saturday. Тhe King's coming. 954 01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,480 Dryden's composed a sonnet. Yes. 955 01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:36,640 Jane's quite a charming thing, really. 956 01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:38,800 Рretty, rich. 957 01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:40,640 Surprisingly literate. 958 01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:42,360 And a woman. 959 01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:46,520 What`s she like in bed? 960 01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:49,840 What`s she like...to kiss? 961 01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:53,800 Does she wear a golden flow as you die in her? Or don`t you know? 962 01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:55,960 l don't want you! 963 01:00:57,640 --> 01:00:59,600 Not as you are now. 964 01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:02,720 l... 965 01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:10,760 When l did spend time with you, l...always thought of you as a woman. 966 01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:16,600 When we were in bed, it was always in a bed on stage. 967 01:01:17,600 --> 01:01:22,800 l'd think, ``Here l am, in a play, inside Desdemona.`` 968 01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:26,600 Cleopatra, poor Ophelia... 969 01:01:28,040 --> 01:01:30,160 You're none of them now. 970 01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:33,360 l don't know who you are. 971 01:01:35,800 --> 01:01:37,760 l doubt you do. 972 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:18,880 MAN: Over here! 973 01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:38,200 Kind sir, would point thy dagger at this comely thicket, my lady... 974 01:02:38,360 --> 01:02:42,160 Now, kind sir, would point thy dagger at this comely thicket, my lady... 975 01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:45,000 Madam, beg your pardon, l'm looking for Miss Nell Gwynn. 976 01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:48,520 You won`t find her here. She`s in the wings about to make her entrance. 977 01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:53,120 Kind sir, would point thy dagger... Sir? 978 01:02:54,120 --> 01:02:58,880 Do forgive. We`re about to perform one of our Palace musicales. 979 01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:03,000 Sir, the guests? 980 01:03:05,840 --> 01:03:08,560 You look familiar. Sir, l am Edward Kynaston. 981 01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:11,120 Kynaston! How in hell did you get in here? 982 01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:14,560 A former fellow actor is your undercook and has long been dear a friend to me. 983 01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:16,960 Then we`ll have to execute him. Ohhh. 984 01:03:17,120 --> 01:03:19,320 Joke, joke. 985 01:03:19,480 --> 01:03:21,680 Calm down, Kynaston. 986 01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:23,600 What on earth do you want with Nell, anyway? 987 01:03:23,760 --> 01:03:25,280 Nell doesn`t like you very much. 988 01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:28,320 Sir, when she came to Mr Betterton's theatre, my bile was aimed at another. 989 01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:31,400 l did not even see Miss Gwynn. I`m sure you can straighten it all out. 990 01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:34,400 But it`s just not important to me. 991 01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:35,760 lt is to me! 992 01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:38,160 CharIie, what`s hoIding things up? 993 01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:47,640 (DOOR OPENS, LAUGHTER) 994 01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:56,400 Say what you want. 995 01:04:07,160 --> 01:04:08,880 l want to act. 996 01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:10,840 Then act. 997 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:13,640 l want to act as l did before. 998 01:04:13,800 --> 01:04:15,320 You mean the girls` parts? lf you will. 999 01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:20,440 I won`t. Balance the scales, Kynaston, give the girls a chance. 1000 01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:24,680 Besides...it`s a sop to the Church. 1001 01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:28,040 Priests always preach about boys playing women. 1002 01:04:28,200 --> 01:04:31,680 They say it leads to effeminacy and sodomy. 1003 01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:33,480 Well, they`d know, Kynaston, they`re priests. 1004 01:04:33,640 --> 01:04:35,920 Act a man, Kynaston. 1005 01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:37,680 How hard could it be? 1006 01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:40,960 lt is not a question of acting a man. 1007 01:04:41,120 --> 01:04:43,680 l can act a man. 1008 01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:46,520 Тhere's no artistry in that. 1009 01:04:46,680 --> 01:04:50,520 Тhere are things that l can be as a woman that l cannot be as a man. 1010 01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:52,640 Such as? NELL: A star. 1011 01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:56,840 No, no, l think Mr Kynaston could be a star in any guise. 1012 01:04:57,000 --> 01:05:01,320 lf indeed there is no artistry in acting a man, then show us. 1013 01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:05,880 Рlay a man for us and perhaps His Majesty will change his mind 1014 01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:07,600 as to whether you can play a woman. 1015 01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:14,520 Yes, perform a soliloquy that displays all that is bold and strong 1016 01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:17,720 and masculine in a man. 1017 01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:20,680 Let`s see you as... 1018 01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:23,600 ..Othello. 1019 01:05:50,800 --> 01:05:52,760 It is the cause... 1020 01:05:56,120 --> 01:05:59,200 It is the cause, my soul. 1021 01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:04,200 Let me not name it to you... 1022 01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:06,600 ..you chaste st... 1023 01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:11,160 May I start again? 1024 01:06:11,320 --> 01:06:14,200 Oh, yes, yes, by all means. Thank you. 1025 01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:23,240 It is the cause. 1026 01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:27,360 It is the cause, my soul. 1027 01:06:27,520 --> 01:06:31,960 Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars! 1028 01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:34,600 It is the cause. 1029 01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:36,680 Yet I`ll not shed her blood. 1030 01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:42,720 Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow. 1031 01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:44,440 Aargh! 1032 01:06:47,720 --> 01:06:50,280 Sorry, may I... Once more? 1033 01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:52,800 Please. 1034 01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:55,720 (NED RECITES LINES QUIETLY TO HIMSELF) 1035 01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:01,440 Yet she must die, else she`ll betray more men. 1036 01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:04,560 Put out the light, then put out the light! 1037 01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:13,120 Oh! 1038 01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:17,760 Oh... 1039 01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:23,400 Oh! 1040 01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:33,400 Oh... 1041 01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:36,760 If... 1042 01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:40,640 ..I could...could give it... 1043 01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:42,760 ..one more go. 1044 01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:46,160 I... 1045 01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:53,240 Well, well, show to do. Come on. 1046 01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:54,760 Kynaston! 1047 01:07:55,800 --> 01:07:57,840 My astronomers tell me 1048 01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:01,920 the star`s light shines on long after it has died. 1049 01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:04,240 (SOBS) 1050 01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:08,680 Even though it doesn`t know it. 1051 01:08:20,400 --> 01:08:25,400 Exile is a dreadful thing for one who knows his rightful place. 1052 01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:31,640 Shall we, sir? 1053 01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:33,560 We shaII, madam. 1054 01:08:35,880 --> 01:08:37,360 l'm not staying. 1055 01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:39,440 It`s by Royal command. Тhen stay without me! 1056 01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:41,360 (NED SOBS) 1057 01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:44,000 MARlA: Mr Kynaston! 1058 01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:49,000 Mr Kynaston! 1059 01:08:55,200 --> 01:08:58,320 There`s an handsome lad! Bet you Iike a Iady, don`t you? 1060 01:08:58,480 --> 01:09:00,360 PEPYS: The difficulty as I see it is that... 1061 01:09:00,520 --> 01:09:03,600 Well, a theatregoer these days has so many choices. 1062 01:09:04,680 --> 01:09:07,360 There`s Mrs Corbett in `Romeo and Juliet`, 1063 01:09:07,520 --> 01:09:09,560 Mrs Bracegirdle in `Twelfth Night`, 1064 01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:12,560 Mrs Barry in `Hamlet`. 1065 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:16,880 And you...you, of course, in `Lear`. 1066 01:09:19,520 --> 01:09:21,440 Тhe house was half-full today at best. 1067 01:09:22,440 --> 01:09:23,600 Well... 1068 01:09:24,880 --> 01:09:26,480 Summer, you know. 1069 01:09:29,080 --> 01:09:31,280 Will you be here for the second performance, Mr Рepys? 1070 01:09:32,320 --> 01:09:34,200 I fear not, Mrs Hughes. 1071 01:09:35,200 --> 01:09:38,160 Going off to see one of my rivals? 1072 01:09:38,320 --> 01:09:40,040 (LAUGHS) 1073 01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:42,160 You have no rivals, Mrs Hughes. 1074 01:09:51,080 --> 01:09:53,040 Mr Рepys. 1075 01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:57,200 Who do you write all those little notes for? 1076 01:09:57,360 --> 01:10:00,320 For myself alone. Hmm. 1077 01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:02,680 Do you enjoy it? 1078 01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:04,640 I love it. 1079 01:10:05,640 --> 01:10:07,600 Don`t you love acting? 1080 01:10:13,640 --> 01:10:14,880 Yes. 1081 01:10:17,480 --> 01:10:21,400 But unfortunately, l cannot do it for myself alone. 1082 01:10:23,320 --> 01:10:25,280 For l fear... 1083 01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:29,000 ..in truth, l'm terrible at it. 1084 01:10:29,160 --> 01:10:32,960 Oh, now, now, now, my dear Mrs Hughes! 1085 01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:35,640 You are too harsh on yourself. 1086 01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:40,640 You made your debut as the first actress on the English stage. 1087 01:10:45,640 --> 01:10:47,040 Mr Рepys... 1088 01:10:48,440 --> 01:10:50,360 ..when l made my debut... 1089 01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:55,320 ..was l a good actress? 1090 01:10:58,360 --> 01:11:00,320 Mrs Hughes... 1091 01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:03,520 ..there was no comparison. 1092 01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:08,200 (DOOК OPENS) 1093 01:11:09,960 --> 01:11:11,680 MARlA: Mr Cockerell. Mrs Hughes. 1094 01:11:11,840 --> 01:11:13,600 Thought I`d pop in and see the show. 1095 01:11:13,760 --> 01:11:16,960 Light house today. Oh, Mrs Hughes? 1096 01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:19,080 Do you know Mrs Barry? 1097 01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:24,720 MКS BAККY: I have heard so much about you, Mrs Hughes. 1098 01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:28,720 I wouId so Iike some day to see your OpheIia. 1099 01:11:28,880 --> 01:11:31,840 COCKERELL: Well, let`s have a cordial after the show, eh? 1100 01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:34,320 I want to talk about some changes. 1101 01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:49,040 Mr Рepys. Yes? 1102 01:11:50,960 --> 01:11:53,200 Do you know the whereabouts of Mr Kynaston? 1103 01:11:57,880 --> 01:11:59,880 Oh, mother, oh, mother 1104 01:12:00,040 --> 01:12:02,440 Oh, what shall I do? 1105 01:12:02,600 --> 01:12:03,920 AUDIENCE: Oooh! 1106 01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:06,280 I`ve married a man 1107 01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:08,880 Who`s unable to screw... 1108 01:12:09,040 --> 01:12:10,240 (LAUGHTEК) 1109 01:12:10,400 --> 01:12:12,240 My troubles are many 1110 01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:15,080 My pleasures are small 1111 01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:18,440 For I`ve married a man 1112 01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:21,640 Who has no balls at all 1113 01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:23,720 No balls 1114 01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:26,360 No balls at all 1115 01:12:26,520 --> 01:12:30,400 Married a man who has no balls at... 1116 01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:31,600 No balls at... 1117 01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:34,280 No balls at all. 1118 01:12:34,440 --> 01:12:35,640 (APPLAUSE) 1119 01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:38,960 That was top-hole! 1120 01:12:40,760 --> 01:12:43,360 And speaking of hole... 1121 01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:51,480 ..it is my understanding, having circled the room as it were... 1122 01:12:51,640 --> 01:12:52,840 (AUDIENCE CALLS OUT) 1123 01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:55,520 ..that there are some of you gents... 1124 01:12:55,680 --> 01:12:57,320 MAN: Who, us? (LAUGHS) 1125 01:12:57,480 --> 01:13:00,240 ..and maybe even some ladies out there... 1126 01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:02,560 MAN: You can rub my pole any time! 1127 01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:06,320 ..what think our little pretty one here 1128 01:13:06,480 --> 01:13:11,000 is not actually what we call ``a complete female stage beauty`` 1129 01:13:11,160 --> 01:13:12,720 or even 1130 01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:16,040 a real, live fish! 1131 01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:17,840 (LAUGHTEК) 1132 01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:20,440 Well...we got the proof. 1133 01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:22,120 MAN: Show us the proof! 1134 01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:24,280 Right here! 1135 01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:25,960 Ha, ha, ha! 1136 01:13:26,120 --> 01:13:29,480 MAN: Come on! Up further! 1137 01:13:29,640 --> 01:13:31,400 Missy, dear... 1138 01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:34,040 ..raise the curtain, will you, please? 1139 01:13:34,200 --> 01:13:36,240 Up, up, up... 1140 01:13:40,040 --> 01:13:42,200 AUDIENCE: Up! Up! Up! Up! 1141 01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:55,440 Stop it! 1142 01:13:55,600 --> 01:13:56,840 (AUDIENCE JEEКS) 1143 01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:59,320 What do you want, trout? 1144 01:13:59,480 --> 01:14:02,040 l want the lady! After we`ve finished. 1145 01:14:02,200 --> 01:14:05,120 l'll give you five pounds! 1146 01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:07,200 MAN: Take the money! 1147 01:14:09,160 --> 01:14:11,320 Now get the fuck off my stage! 1148 01:14:11,480 --> 01:14:13,280 (AUDIENCE WHISTLES AND JEEКS) 1149 01:14:13,440 --> 01:14:15,520 MAN: She`s stiII got your merkin! 1150 01:14:15,680 --> 01:14:18,120 And give me back my merkin! 1151 01:14:18,280 --> 01:14:20,040 (LAUGHTEК) 1152 01:14:43,720 --> 01:14:45,640 You've slept. 1153 01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:55,880 You can stay here the week. l paid the innkeeper that far. 1154 01:14:56,040 --> 01:14:58,000 Have you eaten? 1155 01:14:59,240 --> 01:15:00,880 No. 1156 01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:05,280 (COUGHS) We'll get food and drink in you. 1157 01:15:06,720 --> 01:15:08,680 And no spirits. 1158 01:15:22,640 --> 01:15:24,600 Why are you doing this? 1159 01:15:46,480 --> 01:15:48,400 Why won't you play men? 1160 01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:57,000 Men aren`t beautiful. What they do isn`t beautiful, either. 1161 01:15:57,160 --> 01:16:01,840 Women do everything beautifully, especially when they die. 1162 01:16:03,080 --> 01:16:04,640 Men feel far too much. 1163 01:16:04,800 --> 01:16:07,280 Feeling ruins the effect. 1164 01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:11,320 Feeling makes it ugly. 1165 01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:20,960 Perhaps that`s why I could never pull off the death scene. 1166 01:16:22,320 --> 01:16:23,760 I... 1167 01:16:26,280 --> 01:16:30,160 ..could never feel it...in a way that... 1168 01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:34,960 ..wouldn`t mar the... 1169 01:16:42,400 --> 01:16:44,600 I couldn`t let the beauty die. 1170 01:16:48,640 --> 01:16:51,200 Without beauty, there`s nothing. 1171 01:16:54,440 --> 01:16:56,400 Who could love that? 1172 01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:19,320 l'll stay with you while you sleep. 1173 01:17:19,480 --> 01:17:21,440 What? To make sure I don`t run off? 1174 01:17:24,680 --> 01:17:26,120 No. 1175 01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:33,440 l've never slept with a man before. 1176 01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:39,240 And I`ve never slept with a woman, except myself. 1177 01:17:39,400 --> 01:17:41,400 Never? 1178 01:17:41,560 --> 01:17:43,520 Never slept. 1179 01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:07,400 What do men do? 1180 01:18:11,080 --> 01:18:12,400 With women? 1181 01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:14,520 With men. 1182 01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:21,520 They, uh... 1183 01:18:23,160 --> 01:18:24,240 We... 1184 01:18:28,560 --> 01:18:30,080 Well, it depends. 1185 01:18:30,240 --> 01:18:31,960 On? 1186 01:18:32,960 --> 01:18:34,960 On who`s the man, who`s the woman. 1187 01:18:36,720 --> 01:18:40,400 But l said men with men. Yes, yes, I know, but with, uh... 1188 01:18:41,640 --> 01:18:44,040 ..men and women, there`s a man and there`s a woman, 1189 01:18:44,200 --> 01:18:49,360 and my experience has been that it`s the same with men and men. 1190 01:18:51,160 --> 01:18:53,760 Were you the man or the woman? I was the woman. 1191 01:18:56,440 --> 01:18:58,400 Тhat means? 1192 01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:04,520 Uh, it... 1193 01:19:07,880 --> 01:19:09,640 ..um, in the saddle. 1194 01:19:09,800 --> 01:19:12,600 So, am l the man now or the woman? You`re the man. 1195 01:19:12,760 --> 01:19:14,680 And you're the woman? Yes. 1196 01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:18,960 Тhere isn't much to do. Not with what we`re given. 1197 01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:20,920 So, who am l now? 1198 01:19:21,080 --> 01:19:23,000 Uh, you`re the man. 1199 01:19:23,160 --> 01:19:24,680 Uh, you`re the woman! 1200 01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:26,760 (LAUGHS) And you're...? 1201 01:19:26,920 --> 01:19:29,960 I`m the man. Or so I assume. Seldom get up here. Quite a view. 1202 01:19:31,080 --> 01:19:33,200 But l'm... l'm the man-woman? 1203 01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:36,680 Yes. You`re the man-woman. 1204 01:19:36,840 --> 01:19:39,600 And what am l now? 1205 01:19:41,080 --> 01:19:42,560 I... 1206 01:19:43,640 --> 01:19:45,440 You`re the woman. 1207 01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:47,520 Still? Yes. 1208 01:19:57,480 --> 01:19:59,320 And now what am l? 1209 01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:01,640 The woman. 1210 01:20:04,480 --> 01:20:06,360 And now? The woman. 1211 01:20:07,360 --> 01:20:08,800 And you are? 1212 01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:10,880 The man. 1213 01:21:21,960 --> 01:21:23,640 TeII me something. Anything! 1214 01:21:23,800 --> 01:21:25,600 How do you die? 1215 01:21:26,600 --> 01:21:28,400 What? As Desdemona. 1216 01:21:28,560 --> 01:21:30,640 How do you die? 1217 01:21:32,200 --> 01:21:33,640 Oh, no, I`m sorry. 1218 01:21:33,800 --> 01:21:35,760 I wanted... 1219 01:21:40,120 --> 01:21:43,720 Your old tutor did you a great disservice, Mr Kynaston. 1220 01:21:43,880 --> 01:21:48,040 He taught you how to speak and swoon and toss your head, 1221 01:21:48,200 --> 01:21:51,120 but he never taught you to suffer like a woman 1222 01:21:51,280 --> 01:21:53,240 or love like a woman. 1223 01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:59,960 He trapped a man in woman's form and left you there to die! 1224 01:22:02,480 --> 01:22:05,720 l always hated you as Desdemona. 1225 01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:07,240 You never fought! 1226 01:22:07,400 --> 01:22:09,800 You just died beautifully! 1227 01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:18,280 No...no woman would die like that, no matter how much she loved him. 1228 01:22:18,440 --> 01:22:21,120 A woman would fight! 1229 01:22:30,160 --> 01:22:32,360 BETTERTON: I need a Desdemona! 1230 01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:33,360 What? 1231 01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:35,400 ``Sheffield`s Gift to the Theatre`` has returned to her mother. 1232 01:22:35,560 --> 01:22:37,040 She`s having a baby! 1233 01:22:38,120 --> 01:22:40,520 A baby? 1234 01:22:40,680 --> 01:22:42,760 Well, that didn`t happen in the old days, did it? 1235 01:22:42,920 --> 01:22:44,720 It`s a catastrophe! 1236 01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:46,880 The Palace is reconsidering its patronage, 1237 01:22:47,040 --> 01:22:49,760 the King is coming to see the show tonight 1238 01:22:49,920 --> 01:22:51,760 and I need a Desdemona by eight o`clock. 1239 01:22:51,920 --> 01:22:53,160 Right, who`s available? 1240 01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:57,320 There is onIy one actress in London I`m aware of who knows the part, 1241 01:22:57,480 --> 01:23:00,200 and is currentIy between bookings. 1242 01:23:00,360 --> 01:23:01,640 MARlA: l won't do it! 1243 01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:04,480 SEDLEY: But didn`t you hear him? It`s for the King! 1244 01:23:04,640 --> 01:23:05,880 But l'm no good. 1245 01:23:06,040 --> 01:23:07,560 Well, that never stopped you before. 1246 01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:09,160 My dear, the King comes tonight 1247 01:23:09,320 --> 01:23:11,240 to decide whether to patronise my theatre again. 1248 01:23:11,400 --> 01:23:15,840 If we put him off, he`ll know something`s up! You must play, Mrs Hughes! 1249 01:23:18,720 --> 01:23:21,120 What do you intend to do about this? 1250 01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:38,800 l can't play Desdemona. 1251 01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:40,880 l never could. 1252 01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:47,280 l don't know how to act. 1253 01:23:53,640 --> 01:23:54,960 Where is he? 1254 01:23:55,120 --> 01:23:57,480 If you couId just take her in hand. 1255 01:23:57,640 --> 01:23:59,640 Teach her some tricks and turns. 1256 01:23:59,800 --> 01:24:03,200 Most of the pIay she`II get by, it`s the end that`s bad. 1257 01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:04,600 When she dies. 1258 01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:07,680 She...she`s no good! 1259 01:24:07,840 --> 01:24:09,280 I say this as a friend. 1260 01:24:09,440 --> 01:24:12,640 Mr Kynaston, have you ever seen Mrs Hughes on the stage? 1261 01:24:12,800 --> 01:24:15,920 I saw her audition, that was enough. Why? What`s she like? 1262 01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:17,120 You. 1263 01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:18,840 She does you. 1264 01:24:19,000 --> 01:24:23,160 Every inflection, every bat of the eye, bits of business, vocal tricks... 1265 01:24:23,320 --> 01:24:26,680 Then she shouldn`t be half-bad. But it doesn`t work! 1266 01:24:29,640 --> 01:24:31,040 Forgive me. 1267 01:24:31,200 --> 01:24:33,160 I have spoken IoudIy. 1268 01:24:34,920 --> 01:24:36,760 Did she send you here? 1269 01:24:36,920 --> 01:24:39,080 No-one knows we`ve come. 1270 01:24:43,560 --> 01:24:45,480 What do you offer me... 1271 01:24:46,640 --> 01:24:48,600 ..pretty, witty Nell? 1272 01:24:51,440 --> 01:24:52,440 A friend. 1273 01:24:52,600 --> 01:24:54,360 Friends I`ve had. Give me an audience. 1274 01:24:54,520 --> 01:24:57,960 If that`s what you want, you must take it with your own hands. 1275 01:24:58,120 --> 01:25:01,800 A man isn`t how he walks or how he speaks. 1276 01:25:01,960 --> 01:25:03,840 It`s what he does. 1277 01:25:11,680 --> 01:25:12,600 Well? 1278 01:25:12,760 --> 01:25:14,680 What`s your answer? 1279 01:25:42,280 --> 01:25:45,120 GentIemen! We have procured a tutor! 1280 01:25:45,280 --> 01:25:46,120 Oh! 1281 01:25:46,280 --> 01:25:47,720 Ned. Tommy. 1282 01:25:47,880 --> 01:25:49,600 Kynaston! 1283 01:25:50,600 --> 01:25:53,240 Some rules of engagement... First rule, you`re out. 1284 01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:55,920 Betterton! 1285 01:25:56,080 --> 01:25:58,560 No, no, no, no. Best work in private, Sir Charles. 1286 01:26:01,800 --> 01:26:06,920 We shall exeunt, Kynaston, but mark our history and my property. 1287 01:26:07,080 --> 01:26:09,720 You are assisting my Desdemona. 1288 01:26:09,880 --> 01:26:11,800 Don't try anything funny. 1289 01:26:12,840 --> 01:26:19,400 lf you give her a funny voice or a funny walk, a squint, l'll notice. 1290 01:26:19,560 --> 01:26:21,800 And l won't like it. 1291 01:26:21,960 --> 01:26:23,960 A critic is born. 1292 01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:27,600 And all because l thought you were a whore and grabbed your cock! 1293 01:26:31,400 --> 01:26:32,760 (LAUGHS) 1294 01:26:32,920 --> 01:26:35,320 Now, is there anything you want? Some wine, some cheese? 1295 01:26:35,480 --> 01:26:37,640 A share. Oh, ho, ho! 1296 01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:40,760 Now, I would say, ``What?`` And you will say? 1297 01:26:40,920 --> 01:26:42,160 ``A share.`` How much? 1298 01:26:42,320 --> 01:26:44,080 Five. Thief. 1299 01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:48,440 Shall I fetch her, Mr Kynaston? Would you be a dear? 1300 01:27:12,320 --> 01:27:14,280 Mr Kynaston. 1301 01:27:23,280 --> 01:27:25,240 Mrs Hughes. 1302 01:27:32,560 --> 01:27:33,880 Let`s get to work, shall we? 1303 01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:35,240 Uh, yes. 1304 01:27:35,400 --> 01:27:38,000 Are you wearing that tonight? 1305 01:27:38,160 --> 01:27:40,400 Yes. No, you`re not. 1306 01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:42,320 Sir Charles designed this costume specially. 1307 01:27:42,480 --> 01:27:43,520 It looks it. 1308 01:27:43,680 --> 01:27:45,080 You`ll strip down to your shift. 1309 01:27:45,240 --> 01:27:47,920 Strip?! Look, if you think you can teach me how to be a woman... 1310 01:27:48,080 --> 01:27:49,560 I`m not teaching you how to be a woman. 1311 01:27:49,720 --> 01:27:51,040 I`m teaching you how to be Desdemona. 1312 01:27:51,200 --> 01:27:54,400 l don't want to be Desdemona. l don't want to act ever again. 1313 01:27:54,560 --> 01:27:57,560 No! You claimed the role. Hold onto it till they pry your fingers from its neck. 1314 01:27:57,720 --> 01:27:59,800 And more than a role, you hold this theatre in your hands. 1315 01:27:59,960 --> 01:28:01,680 So stand still, dry your eyes and strip! 1316 01:28:01,840 --> 01:28:03,720 Muss your hair before the scene. 1317 01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:06,360 Not like that, that`s puffing it to make it look attractive. 1318 01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:09,320 No, no, no, no lip paint. White cheeks. 1319 01:28:09,480 --> 01:28:12,240 Pale lips. Blood drains down with sleep, not up to the face. 1320 01:28:12,400 --> 01:28:17,440 The way Betterton does the last scene, there are 32 lines, cutting 1 7. 1321 01:28:19,240 --> 01:28:22,320 You`re the woman, I`m the man. Start on the bed. 1322 01:28:23,480 --> 01:28:25,520 Not like that! That`s like me. 1323 01:28:27,360 --> 01:28:29,040 Is that how you sleep? 1324 01:28:31,080 --> 01:28:33,800 How am l supposed to know how l sleep? l'm sleeping while l sleep! 1325 01:28:33,960 --> 01:28:35,720 Don`t act with what isn`t there! 1326 01:28:35,880 --> 01:28:39,960 The man`s been a festering boil for three fucking hours, hasn`t he? 1327 01:28:40,120 --> 01:28:40,960 Yes. 1328 01:28:41,120 --> 01:28:43,920 He`s come up to your bedroom, woke you up, told you to pray before you die. 1329 01:28:44,080 --> 01:28:46,000 So, what`s the line? Yes! Тalk you of killing. 1330 01:28:46,160 --> 01:28:47,280 Ay, I do. 1331 01:28:47,440 --> 01:28:50,440 Тhen heaven have mercy on me! Good girl. Keep going. 1332 01:28:50,600 --> 01:28:52,520 Тhey are loves l bear to you. Ow! 1333 01:28:52,680 --> 01:28:54,560 Peace, and be still. 1334 01:28:54,720 --> 01:28:56,200 And I mean that. 1335 01:28:56,360 --> 01:28:59,120 But Othello is advancing on her. Am I? 1336 01:28:59,280 --> 01:29:00,600 You see me moving? 1337 01:29:00,760 --> 01:29:03,640 You take two steps back on the first line, then stumble on the last line. 1338 01:29:03,800 --> 01:29:05,640 l don't know if l can remember the stumble. 1339 01:29:05,800 --> 01:29:07,600 Peace, and be still! 1340 01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:10,160 By my life and soul, send for the man and ask him. 1341 01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:12,360 ``Send for the man and ask him.`` 1342 01:29:12,520 --> 01:29:14,920 That`s easy to say, isn`t it? ``Send for the man and ask him.`` 1343 01:29:15,080 --> 01:29:16,720 Cassio`s name gives her the willies. 1344 01:29:16,880 --> 01:29:19,040 But she doesn't say the name Cassio. Aha! 1345 01:29:20,400 --> 01:29:21,480 l'm lost. 1346 01:29:21,640 --> 01:29:24,440 If lago was going to poison the Moor`s mind with a lover for Desdemona, 1347 01:29:24,600 --> 01:29:26,600 he had to pick someone who made sense. 1348 01:29:26,760 --> 01:29:29,120 It couldn`t be...Jo-Jo the Mute Boy. 1349 01:29:29,280 --> 01:29:33,400 lago picked Cassio because, in truth, Desdemona does fancy him. 1350 01:29:33,560 --> 01:29:38,280 So, when Othello mentions him, she must say, ``Yes, call for Cassio.`` 1351 01:29:38,440 --> 01:29:40,920 But his name doesn`t come easily. 1352 01:29:41,080 --> 01:29:43,400 But she doesn't say his name. 1353 01:29:44,400 --> 01:29:45,720 Yes. 1354 01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:48,280 This next exchange of seven lines comes fast. 1355 01:29:48,440 --> 01:29:49,280 Why? 1356 01:29:49,440 --> 01:29:51,880 We want to get to the murder faster than they expect. 1357 01:29:52,040 --> 01:29:54,520 But how can l say things like ``While l say one prayer`` fast? 1358 01:29:54,680 --> 01:29:57,080 No, you`re not in charge of this part of the scene, the Moor is. 1359 01:29:57,240 --> 01:29:58,560 The Moor says his lines fast. 1360 01:29:58,720 --> 01:30:00,760 It`s up to you to slap your words in as fast as you can. 1361 01:30:00,920 --> 01:30:03,560 Go. Alas, he is betray'd, and l undone. 1362 01:30:03,720 --> 01:30:05,480 Out, strumpet! Weep`st thou for him to my face? 1363 01:30:05,640 --> 01:30:07,440 O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not! 1364 01:30:07,600 --> 01:30:09,320 Down, strumpet! Kill me tomorrow! 1365 01:30:09,480 --> 01:30:10,760 Nay, if you strive... But half an hour! 1366 01:30:10,920 --> 01:30:13,040 Being done, there is no pause. But while l say one prayer! 1367 01:30:13,200 --> 01:30:14,640 It is too late. (SCREAMS) 1368 01:30:18,920 --> 01:30:22,280 See what comes out of rehearsal? 1369 01:30:25,320 --> 01:30:29,160 l had planned to scream anyway. Good for you. 1370 01:30:29,320 --> 01:30:30,920 Тhrow me on the bed, kill me. 1371 01:30:31,080 --> 01:30:32,840 No. We have to finish this off. 1372 01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:34,960 Save something for the moment. 1373 01:30:35,120 --> 01:30:39,160 Always do something different than you planned. Good to throw yourself a bit. 1374 01:30:39,320 --> 01:30:41,520 Recall what we`ve done to this point of the scene. 1375 01:30:41,680 --> 01:30:43,360 Then when you die... 1376 01:30:45,720 --> 01:30:47,160 1377 01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:51,240 But how do l know Mr Betterton will do as you have done? 1378 01:30:51,400 --> 01:30:53,440 You don`t. Because he won`t. 1379 01:31:00,240 --> 01:31:02,800 Right, ready to go? Yes. I`m playing the Moor. 1380 01:31:03,920 --> 01:31:05,760 I beg your pardon? Mrs Hughes insists. 1381 01:31:05,920 --> 01:31:07,920 Mrs Hughes? l do. 1382 01:31:08,080 --> 01:31:09,760 But does he even know the part? 1383 01:31:09,920 --> 01:31:12,880 Yes, he knows it. Right, now I`ll need bootblack. 1384 01:31:13,040 --> 01:31:15,080 I have bootbIack. With you? 1385 01:31:15,240 --> 01:31:17,440 A scuff, sir, is a dreadfuI thing. 1386 01:31:17,600 --> 01:31:20,040 Now, out, all of you. 1387 01:31:36,880 --> 01:31:38,200 Mr Kynaston. 1388 01:31:38,360 --> 01:31:40,080 My thanks. 1389 01:31:49,760 --> 01:31:51,480 It`s not a good part, Desdemona. 1390 01:31:51,640 --> 01:31:53,040 Go for Cleopatra. 1391 01:31:53,200 --> 01:31:54,680 Cleopatra? 1392 01:31:54,840 --> 01:31:56,520 She kills herself with the sting of an asp. 1393 01:31:56,680 --> 01:32:00,720 ``Those who do die, do never recover.`` 1394 01:32:02,160 --> 01:32:04,080 ``I blame you for my death.`` 1395 01:32:13,000 --> 01:32:14,440 What's that from? 1396 01:32:17,080 --> 01:32:18,520 See you on stage. 1397 01:32:31,880 --> 01:32:33,840 It is the cause. 1398 01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:40,960 It is the cause, my soul. 1399 01:32:44,520 --> 01:32:48,040 Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars. 1400 01:32:49,640 --> 01:32:53,360 It is the cause. 1401 01:33:02,120 --> 01:33:04,360 Who's there? Othello? 1402 01:33:04,520 --> 01:33:06,000 Ay, Desdemona. 1403 01:33:06,160 --> 01:33:08,560 Will you come to bed, my lord? 1404 01:33:08,720 --> 01:33:10,640 Have you pray`d tonight, Desdemona? 1405 01:33:10,800 --> 01:33:12,280 Ay, my lord. 1406 01:33:12,440 --> 01:33:14,280 If you bethink yourself of any crime 1407 01:33:14,440 --> 01:33:17,400 unreconcil`d as yet to heaven and grace, solicit for it straight. 1408 01:33:17,560 --> 01:33:19,400 Alas, my lord, what may you mean by that? 1409 01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:21,360 Well, do it, and be brief. I will walk by. 1410 01:33:21,520 --> 01:33:23,720 I would not kill thy unprepared spirit. 1411 01:33:23,880 --> 01:33:26,440 No, heaven forfend! I would not kill thy soul. 1412 01:33:27,440 --> 01:33:28,720 Тalk you of killing? 1413 01:33:28,880 --> 01:33:30,120 Ay, I do. 1414 01:33:30,280 --> 01:33:32,680 Тhen heaven have mercy on me! Think on thy sins. 1415 01:33:32,840 --> 01:33:37,240 Тhey are loves l bear to you. Ay, and for that thou diest. 1416 01:33:40,240 --> 01:33:43,240 Тhat death's unnatural that kills for loving. 1417 01:33:43,400 --> 01:33:46,760 Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? 1418 01:33:46,920 --> 01:33:50,480 Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. 1419 01:33:50,640 --> 01:33:52,200 Тhese are portents, but yet l hope, 1420 01:33:52,360 --> 01:33:54,360 l...l hope they do not point on... 1421 01:33:54,520 --> 01:33:56,760 Peace, and be still! 1422 01:34:00,440 --> 01:34:03,120 l will...l will so. 1423 01:34:12,440 --> 01:34:14,920 What's the matter? 1424 01:34:19,200 --> 01:34:21,120 That handkerchief... 1425 01:34:23,680 --> 01:34:25,680 ..which I so lov`d and gave thee. 1426 01:34:26,680 --> 01:34:28,040 Thou gav`st to Cassio. 1427 01:34:28,200 --> 01:34:32,360 No, by my life and soul! Send for Ca...the man and ask him. 1428 01:34:32,520 --> 01:34:34,120 His mouth is stopp`d. 1429 01:34:34,280 --> 01:34:36,520 Honest lago hath ta`en order for`t. 1430 01:34:36,680 --> 01:34:40,240 Alas, he is betray'd, and l undone! 1431 01:34:40,400 --> 01:34:41,240 (GASРS) 1432 01:34:41,400 --> 01:34:46,000 Out, strumpet! Weep`st thou for him to my face?! 1433 01:34:46,160 --> 01:34:48,560 O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not! 1434 01:34:48,720 --> 01:34:50,320 Down, strumpet! 1435 01:34:50,480 --> 01:34:52,960 Kill me tomorrow, let me live tonight! 1436 01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:55,080 Nay, if you strive... 1437 01:34:55,240 --> 01:34:57,720 But half an hour! Being done, there is no pause. 1438 01:34:57,880 --> 01:34:59,920 But while l say one prayer! 1439 01:35:00,080 --> 01:35:02,760 It is too late. 1440 01:35:02,920 --> 01:35:04,040 No! 1441 01:35:08,920 --> 01:35:11,120 Put out the light! 1442 01:35:13,640 --> 01:35:16,280 Help! Help! 1443 01:35:18,240 --> 01:35:19,240 Help! 1444 01:35:20,760 --> 01:35:21,800 He's killing... 1445 01:35:21,960 --> 01:35:23,400 He's killing me! 1446 01:35:44,040 --> 01:35:45,520 (GROANS) 1447 01:35:48,240 --> 01:35:50,240 What noise is this? 1448 01:35:53,200 --> 01:35:55,160 Not dead? 1449 01:35:56,520 --> 01:35:58,560 Not quite yet dead? 1450 01:36:01,800 --> 01:36:03,960 I that am cruel am yet merciful. 1451 01:36:04,960 --> 01:36:07,160 I will not let thee linger in thy pain. 1452 01:36:10,840 --> 01:36:16,200 So... 1453 01:36:40,840 --> 01:36:43,160 O, my good lord, yonder`s foul murder... 1454 01:37:01,880 --> 01:37:02,880 (lNHALES) 1455 01:37:03,040 --> 01:37:04,680 Oh! 1456 01:37:04,840 --> 01:37:06,080 MARlA: Falsely... 1457 01:37:07,280 --> 01:37:08,800 ..falsely murder'd! 1458 01:37:08,960 --> 01:37:12,080 Alas! Alas! 1459 01:37:13,080 --> 01:37:14,160 Alas... 1460 01:37:15,880 --> 01:37:17,680 ..what cry is that? 1461 01:37:17,840 --> 01:37:19,800 Sweet mistress, speak! 1462 01:37:21,240 --> 01:37:23,000 Who hath done this deed? 1463 01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:25,640 Nobody. 1464 01:37:26,760 --> 01:37:28,200 l myself. 1465 01:37:30,160 --> 01:37:31,760 Farewell. 1466 01:37:32,760 --> 01:37:35,840 Commend me to my kind lord. 1467 01:37:37,880 --> 01:37:41,000 O, farewell! 1468 01:37:54,720 --> 01:37:59,680 Why, how should she be murder`d? 1469 01:37:59,840 --> 01:38:02,440 Bugger! (GIGGLES) 1470 01:38:02,600 --> 01:38:05,840 Brava! Brava! 1471 01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:08,120 ALL: Brava! 1472 01:38:08,280 --> 01:38:10,440 Brava, Mrs Hughes! Brava! 1473 01:38:10,600 --> 01:38:13,200 (APPLAUSE) 1474 01:38:13,360 --> 01:38:15,040 Who knows? 1475 01:38:15,200 --> 01:38:16,880 Bravo! 1476 01:38:17,040 --> 01:38:18,880 Bravo, Mrs Hughes! 1477 01:38:21,760 --> 01:38:23,200 Brava, Mrs Hughes! 1478 01:38:23,360 --> 01:38:25,320 Brava! Brava! 1479 01:38:29,080 --> 01:38:30,920 Mrs Hughes! Brava! 1480 01:38:31,080 --> 01:38:33,080 Brava, Mrs Hughes! 1481 01:38:33,240 --> 01:38:35,320 Brava! Mrs Hughes! 1482 01:38:48,280 --> 01:38:49,560 Brava! 1483 01:38:55,320 --> 01:38:57,160 Hughes! Hughes! 1484 01:38:57,320 --> 01:38:58,880 Brava! 1485 01:38:59,040 --> 01:39:00,480 Very, very good. 1486 01:39:00,640 --> 01:39:13,160 Brava! 1487 01:39:13,320 --> 01:39:15,480 (APPLAUSE CONTINUES) 1488 01:39:23,360 --> 01:39:25,440 Рlease, we still have one more scene. 1489 01:39:26,960 --> 01:39:29,800 Mrs Hughes! Mr Betterton! 1490 01:39:29,960 --> 01:39:33,000 SureIy that was the finest night I`ve ever had in the theatre. 1491 01:39:33,160 --> 01:39:34,320 What performances! 1492 01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:37,680 Mrs Hughes! Producer coming through` thank you. 1493 01:39:37,840 --> 01:39:40,840 WOMAN: l do think l did the most extraordinary performance of my life. 1494 01:39:43,960 --> 01:39:47,600 It`s truIy wonderfuI. Yes, marvellous, thank you. 1495 01:39:50,480 --> 01:39:52,560 Good show, Betterton! Ho, ho! Thank you. 1496 01:39:52,720 --> 01:39:54,080 Thrills and chills. 1497 01:39:54,240 --> 01:39:56,840 That new ending - very, very real. 1498 01:39:57,000 --> 01:39:58,240 Almost too much so. 1499 01:39:58,400 --> 01:40:01,360 But restorative somehow. (LAUGHS) 1500 01:40:01,520 --> 01:40:03,280 Well, that`s tragedy for you. 1501 01:40:03,440 --> 01:40:05,880 Awe and terror` and yet we still go to dinner. 1502 01:40:06,040 --> 01:40:07,560 (ALL LAUGH) 1503 01:40:09,440 --> 01:40:12,000 Where are Mrs Hughes and Mr Kynaston? 1504 01:40:12,160 --> 01:40:14,560 You almost killed me! 1505 01:40:15,960 --> 01:40:17,920 NED: I did kill you. 1506 01:40:19,520 --> 01:40:21,120 You just didn`t die. 1507 01:40:25,000 --> 01:40:26,840 Why didn't you finish me off? 1508 01:40:30,800 --> 01:40:32,760 I finally got the death scene right. 1509 01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:20,960 So... 1510 01:41:23,160 --> 01:41:25,120 ..who are you now? 1511 01:41:34,760 --> 01:41:42,960 I don`t know. 103711

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