1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:28,000 The wind in the woods say the softly tune Follow my voice wherever it leads 2 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,000 From mountains through valleys to deep 3 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:35,000 All that sees, 4 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:55,000 The wind in the woods, 5 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:01,000 The water and the winds of the breeze 6 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,000 From far from being spring, true only the bravest flowers are pushing through 7 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,000 The selendine and the snow drop in the moist hedge bottoms near the woods 8 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,000 But somehow the air was different 9 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:19,000 No longer cramping cold, but carrying what was almost a taste of hope 10 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,000 While the willows by the river's edge were an are they aren't they green 11 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,000 With buds that showed a fatness full of promise 12 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Down in the smagness of mole end, mole felt the stirring tool and found the heart for baking 13 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:41,000 But no sooner were the butter and the flour and eggs and sugar had taken out of storm 14 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Than mole heard noises from above 15 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Hello? Was that a car? 16 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Toad? No, not Toad 17 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,000 There's no poop poop and there always is with Toad 18 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Can it be? 19 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Well, one way to find out, I'll go and see 20 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Yes, what can I... 21 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Oh, you! What a wonderful surprise! 22 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Oh, cousin Mole, how kind you are, how good to see you two 23 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Come in, come in! 24 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 I'm afraid the place is a mess as usual 25 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 I was just going to bake a batch of scones 26 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 The place my modest cousin is perfect 27 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Well, can you stay? 28 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 I wouldn't want to be a nuisance, Mole 29 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,000 You're not a... I'm not the best of company just now 30 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Oh, nonsense, Abraham 31 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 I'll make a cup of tea 32 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,000 And then we'll get your bags out of the car and sit and chat and... 33 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Oh, it is good to see you 34 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Oh, Mole 35 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,000 What did you mean? You're not the best of company 36 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Oh, well, I'm not 37 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 I'm rather low 38 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 The fact is, cousin 39 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,000 I'm a failure 40 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 You? A failure? 41 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 It's my latest play 42 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 It was my latest play 43 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 It opened in the West End last week 44 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 The critics absolutely hated it 45 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 The audience's thought they wouldn't bother 46 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 And it's coming off at once 47 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Oh, Oberon 48 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Eight months' work down the drain 49 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 It'll come back, you see 50 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Some other fear 51 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 No, Mole, it won't 52 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 I'm beginning to think the critics might be right 53 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Lacks the vital spark 54 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Renowned playwright fails 55 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,000 A tedious evening was had by all 56 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Oh, I say 57 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Just don't seem to have it in me 58 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Oh, dear 59 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 And, until free there's efforts haven't helped 60 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 You're aren't Oberon 61 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 What you been doing? 62 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Giving dinners, throwing parties 63 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Trying to brighten my spirits 64 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Take me out of myself 65 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Oh, nearly driven me out of my mind 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Oh, cousin 67 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 What you need is peace and quiet 68 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:18,000 And a scone in another cup of tea 69 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Now let me see 70 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:33,000 A large country house in 71 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Oh, no 72 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000 What rubbish 73 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Oh, come on, Oberon, come on 74 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Oh, come on, Oberon 75 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Oh, come on, Oberon 76 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Oh, come on, Oberon 77 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Oh, come on, Oberon, come on 78 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Oh, come on 79 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Oh, come on 80 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,000 When the credits open 81 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Oh, come on, Oberon 82 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Oh, come on 83 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Oh, come on 84 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Oh, come on 85 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Oh, come on 86 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Oh, concentrate man, concentrate 87 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Now what comes next? 88 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Cost, finished 89 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:43,000 I have been going to cost all day 90 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Well, no wonder you slept late, Oberon 91 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,000 It must have been three o'clock in the morning when I found you here asleep 92 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Oh, I must be a great nuisance to you 93 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Nonsense 94 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Besides, I'm glad that you felt like writing again 95 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Oh, if only I had been, but nothing came 96 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 No ideas, no lines, nothing 97 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 You mustn't expect too much too soon 98 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Just a little peace and quiet and 99 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Oh, blow, who's that? 100 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Just one of your friends I imagine, no 101 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Oh, dear 102 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Do you mind if I...? Of course not, Mole 103 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Do go and let the poor chap in 104 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Oh, well, come in 105 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Oh, ratty 106 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Hello, Mole, Mole chap, come in ratty, do 107 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Thank you, Mole, my cousin Oberon's visiting at the moment 108 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Yes, I know 109 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Delighted to meet you again 110 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Oh, ratty, a great pleasure 111 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 How do you mean you know ratty? 112 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Well, Otto had seen the car outside Mole and Burrows 113 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Oh, oh, well, very nice to see you ratty 114 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Would you like a... I've been scribbling some of my little songs 115 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Well, really only ditties, you know, and... 116 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Well, I wondered if you'd be so kind as to look them over 117 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,000 and let me have the benefit of your literary experience 118 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Well, the fact is that Oberon course I will 119 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 I say that's very kind of you 120 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Oh dear, oh, I must have left them in my coat pocket 121 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 I'll get them 122 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Oh, Oberon, you don't have to, you know 123 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,000 I'll explain to ratty that you need some peace and pride 124 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,000 No, no, Mole, any friend of yours is a friend of mine 125 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,000 and... here we are 126 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 You see, I've written this little poem 127 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 It's about the river, actually 128 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Oh, yes, it's a favourite subject with me 129 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,000 and a look, perhaps we could sit down 130 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Mmm... 131 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Mmm... 132 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Mmm... 133 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Yeah, so he is visiting his cousin 134 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,000 Good, good, hahah... 135 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Always nice to have a fellow spirit to share a good book with 136 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Bigger with British or Americanites 137 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Men all who since baptized or infidel 138 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Jousted in Esperanto Montalban, Damasco, or Morocco, Trebizond 139 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 Or whom berserter sent from Africa shore 140 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,000 When Charlemagne with all his peerage fell by Fontarabia 141 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Ha ha ha... 142 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 What a way with words, John Milton had 143 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Mmm... 144 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Oh, yes, yes indeed 145 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Sets me in mind of Marlow with his mighty line 146 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Erm... 147 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 You'll have a final cup of tea before you go, Badger 148 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Yeah... 149 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Erm... go... moo 150 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Well, Oberon's been a little off-color lately 151 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 No, really, mola, I'm... and he needs a lot of rest 152 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Oh... oh... I see, well... I'm sorry 153 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,000 No intention of forcing myself upon you 154 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 You haven't at all 155 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Oh, Badger, it isn't that 156 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Oh, no, no, no, I quite understand, quite understand 157 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Don't want to be jawed at by an old Badger 158 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,000 Oh, Badger, do have a cup of... 159 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Erm... no, thank you, Moll 160 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 I really mustn't stay, I... things to do, myself 161 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:47,000 So... well... I'll say goodbye then 162 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Goodbye then, Badger 163 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,000 I've enjoyed that 164 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 I'll see myself out, Moll 165 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 I know the way 166 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Good evening to you 167 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Oh, dear 168 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 I'm afraid his feelings have been hurt 169 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 I only... 170 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,000 You only did it out of kindness, Moll, I know 171 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,000 And Badger's kind, too, he'll understand 172 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 In a day or two, it'll all be forgotten 173 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,000 I do hope so 174 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,000 And you do need peace and quiet? 175 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Yes, I suppose I do 176 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Neither of us are getting much of that, are we? 177 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 No... 178 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 No 179 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,000 No! 180 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Oh, no! 181 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 What's that, old chap? 182 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 I think it's toad, toad 183 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Oh, dear 184 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Three days you've been here now, and every day someone has to... 185 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Don't worry, Moll 186 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,000 I'm almost glad of it 187 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,000 There's not a single line I want to keep, not an idea 188 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Oh, well, Bront 189 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Hello! 190 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Hello, Moll, can I come in? 191 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Yes, you come! 192 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Oh, you have 193 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Hello, Moll! 194 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Oh, Bront, my dear, fellow, I heard you were here 195 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,000 My dear toad, how'd you do? 196 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,000 I say that car of yours to do the jolly good waff 197 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Really? 198 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 My Rolls Royce is absolutely giving 199 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,000 I must get my man to see to it 200 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Oh, yes, I say 201 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Oh, couldn't help noticing the reviews for your play? 202 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 Oh, yes 203 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Toad, when you... 204 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 They really gave you a waff or a 205 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Oh, toad 206 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 The vital spark 207 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Oh, toad 208 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 A tedious evening 209 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Bye, Joe, that must have set you back on your heels 210 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Yes, toad 211 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 It has, rather 212 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Toad, will you have a cup of tea? 213 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,000 I say Moll is no need to shout 214 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Will you have a cup of tea in a butt of scone? 215 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Oh, good idea, Moll, thank you 216 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Oh, you haven't got any of that upside down kick you go in for, have you? 217 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,000 I'll see 218 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 T.O. Bron 219 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Please 220 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:05,000 You know, I reckon I could write a jolly good play if I set my mind to it 221 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Oh, really toad? 222 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Oh, yeah, hmm 223 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Well, I mean, it's only writing down what people say and... 224 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Well, yes, I suppose so 225 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Yes, I'd have chapped with my abilities 226 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Or to be able to do that 227 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Sorry? 228 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 I say you're right 229 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Oh, yes, yes 230 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Yes 231 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,000 In fact, you know, I thought, um, I say, will you be here tomorrow? 232 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Well, yes, I think so 233 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Good, yes, I had a thought, I might just knock off a little drama this afternoon 234 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000 And then you can have a look at it tomorrow 235 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Mmm, hmm, love to 236 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Love to 237 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Love to 238 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Oh, good 239 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 I wonder what you'd be the best theatre for it 240 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Of course, you would need to hold a lot of people 241 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Of course 242 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Oh, no, good job you've done that tea, your cousin here, you'd have an awful cough 243 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Oh, oh dear, oh Bron, are you? 244 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Mmm, hmm, oh, I see 245 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Erm, look toad, do you have a homemade cherry scone? 246 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Ah, thank you, no 247 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Oh, yes, I was just telling your cousin about my plans 248 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 For becoming a famous playwright 249 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Oh, toad 250 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,000 Oh, oh, well, good to hear that he's so much lifted in spirits 251 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Yes, isn't it? I never realized poor Oberon was so low, stupid of me 252 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Still, oh, I'm sorry, well, Duke on 253 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 What else does he have to say about his new play? 254 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Oh, I know, where was I? 255 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Rehearsals have gone exceedingly well 256 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 And Mr. Frederick Beachman's the central character of an absolute delight 257 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 I'm beginning to feel as if I could walk on air 258 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Oh, here we are 259 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Little did I know when I fled to you for comfort 260 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Just how much inspiration I would find 261 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Among the peaceful joys of the river bank 262 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 And from your own warmth and hospitality 263 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm quite right, too 264 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 You know about that, now 265 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Please remember me to Rat and Badger 266 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Those honest, sturdy companions 267 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 268 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 And, of course, to toad 269 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,000 The cinequois non of all my new-found hopes 270 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Um, cinequois non-badger 271 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Yeah, latin, latin 272 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Without which, nothing 273 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,000 The essential ingredient 274 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Really, but why should toad be a cinequois? 275 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,000 What's it? 276 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Hmm, no idea, Ratty 277 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 No idea 278 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,000 My apologies, mouldoo, calyon 279 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,000 But that's it, really 280 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 I'm always your grateful 281 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 And twice as cheerful cousin overall 282 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 But there's no doubt his stay with us 283 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Has done him a world of good mould 284 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Maybe it was your upside-down cake, aye? 285 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaking of upside-down cake 286 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Oh, mow! 287 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaking of upside-down cake 288 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Here's toad 289 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 I'll go and let him in 290 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000 I think I left the catch on. 291 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Oh, well, it's been a peaceful morning so far. 292 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Yes, Badger, can't have everything we want, can we? 293 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Hello, you chat. 294 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Hello, Toad. 295 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Hello, Toad. 296 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,000 I say, have you seen the times? 297 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 No, I don't think we have. 298 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000 No. 299 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 No, well, of course, I do like to start the day early. 300 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 I read in the paper in bed. 301 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Yes, no. 302 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Oh, I say Badger. 303 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 What is it, Toad? 304 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Well, it's my old friend Oberon. 305 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,000 You mean, Mow's cousin Oberon? 306 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Well, yes. 307 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 He's all right, isn't he? 308 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Absolutely. It's his new play. 309 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Oh, dear. 310 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,000 It's the absolute triumph. 311 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Triumph. 312 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Yes, listen to this. 313 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:54,000 If Mr. Oberon Mow's last play represented a trough in his writing career, 314 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:59,000 this new comedy, Oh Jeremy, must be the peak. 315 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Oh, what a wonderful... 316 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Do listen. 317 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Sorry. 318 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,000 This account of a bunches provincial playwright, 319 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:13,000 receives the accolade from the opening night audience 320 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 and demands it from your humble critic. 321 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Oh, overall. 322 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:23,000 And above all, the richness of the central character deserves our admiration. 323 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Jeremy Scribbles is a conceit country squire. 324 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,000 I say, Badger, who does that remind you of? 325 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Country squire, who's still attending nature, 326 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:42,000 makes him now chemist, now racing driver, now photographer, now flyer. 327 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:47,000 And in the final attack of conceit, a playwright. 328 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Oh! 329 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Oh, no! 330 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,000 It's too big, isn't it? 331 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,000 It's too big, isn't it? And it is the consummately crafted, 332 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,000 believableness of this unbelievable character from which the play takes its inspiration. 333 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,000 That makes one wonder if he could have been drawn from life. 334 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 I wonder. 335 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,000 That'd be that hardly likely. 336 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Oh, Jeremy brings to the West End a combination of hilarity, 337 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 and sensicity purefossing, yet affection, 338 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,000 that will not, I think, be matched for many a year. 339 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Oh, that's wonderful. 340 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,000 It certainly is. 341 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Yes. 342 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:39,000 I mean, a conceited country squire. 343 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 It's safe. 344 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,000 It's now a photographer, now I fly. 345 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Oh, Jeremy. 346 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Oh, no! 347 00:18:53,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Oh, yes! 348 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Oh, no! 349 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:58,000 Oh, no!