1 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,200 Never. 2 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,040 Never. Never. 3 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:26,280 Never, never, never. 4 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,120 Liz, Liz, Liz. 5 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,718 OK. Ladies and gentlemen, 6 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,478 we're here to announce our theatre company's next production. 7 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:55,318 Noel Coward's comic masterpiece, "Private Lives", 8 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,998 starring none other than Miss Elizabeth Taylor 9 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:04,520 and one of the greatest stage actors of all time, Mr Richard Burton. 10 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,000 Does this mean marriage number three for you and Richard? 11 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,118 No, I can assure you that Richard and I have entered into this venture 12 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,158 for purely creative reasons. And, it seemed to me 13 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,598 that since Richard had, not so very long ago, spectacularly re-conquered 14 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,358 Broadway in Equus and Camelot, then I really ought to cash in on the fact 15 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,840 that I was pretty certain I had his phone number somewhere at home. 16 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:39,078 Richard, can you confirm that? 17 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,640 What, that she had my phone number? 18 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:45,278 No, we, er, we want to showcase a great play. 19 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,158 We, er, believe it's long overdue a revival. 20 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,198 So absolutely no plans to get back together again? 21 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,438 - None. - But you don't mind people thinking that? 22 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,318 People can think what they like. 23 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,238 We're, er, we're actors about to do a play together. 24 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,798 But the ad in today's New York Times, which I gather, Miss Taylor, 25 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,038 you designed yourself, that kind of begs the question. 26 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:07,878 It's just an advert. 27 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,640 A heart with an arrow through it and the words - "together again". 28 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,838 Well, erm, of course it says that. 29 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,558 That's the... that's the whole basis for Private Lives. 30 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,958 I mean, it's not like she's used a photo of us 31 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,840 and the words, "twice spliced," is it? 32 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,238 That would have made no sense in the context of the play. 33 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,840 Liz! Liz! 34 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,560 The car's this way. 35 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,120 Elizabeth! 36 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,160 - Richard? - Can I...? 37 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,478 You OK? OK. 38 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,478 Come on, let's wait in the lobby. 39 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,680 God, it's a bloody circus. 40 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,878 Why didn't you tell me 41 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,118 you were going to put an ad in the paper? 42 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,398 I felt like a bloody idiot. And the wording? 43 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,038 It didn't occur to you it might cause a bit of a stir? 44 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,838 It was last minute, Richard! 45 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,398 I just suddenly thought, what a great idea! To get people talking. 46 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,638 Which it has done. The pre-sales have gone through the roof! 47 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,118 You know, plenty of people told me not to do this. 48 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,678 Well, nobody's said a single bad word to me about it, 49 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,838 so you must just have wussy advisors! 50 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,838 I ignored them. I go my own way. You know that. 51 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,878 Sure, I do. 52 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,680 Well, don't let me regret it. 53 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,400 I'm ready now, Chen. 54 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,120 Toodle-oo! 55 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,638 Daddy! Daddy! 56 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,400 - Maria. - Hi. 57 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,318 Liza, how are you, love? 58 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,678 Thank God you made it. We were worried. 59 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,318 What are you wearing? 60 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,278 It's a mink. 61 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:31,438 - Is it too much? - No. 62 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,998 I just... I didn't want to seem like an old codger. 63 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,798 Richard! 64 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,958 Richard Burton! 65 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,198 Mom's been celebrating a lot. See you later. 66 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,238 Where were you? 67 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,438 I'm sorry I'm late, I'm... technical stuff. 68 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,558 What, for a poetry recital? 69 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,438 Can't they just twiddle a few knobs on the night? 70 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,000 We're charging quite a lot of money. Can't afford any cock ups. 71 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,318 Thank you. Here we are. 72 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,358 No, I, I don't. I told you on the phone. 73 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,198 Sure you did. Very occasionally, I... 74 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,278 That's what I imagined you'd be doing. 75 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:19,640 All the same. I... I'll have a Tab if they've got one. 76 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,198 Oh, I love this one. Come on, let's dance, let's dance. 77 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:25,558 I can't, I can't. I'm... 78 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,638 Richard! It's my birthday. I get what I want! 79 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,160 You get what you want anyway! 80 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,198 Oh, kitten. Watch and learn. 81 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,638 That's better. 82 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,318 Whoa. Don't you just want to sit down for a bit? 83 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,398 No, I don't! I, I am 50 years of age, Richard 84 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,958 and I just announced it to the world. 85 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,240 I want to get drunk and dance a lot! 86 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,720 Thank you. 87 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,238 Now this one I do know. 88 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,838 on the floor, darlin' 89 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,678 Oh, for a glass of vintage that hath been 90 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,318 Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth. 91 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,560 That's a vodka, right? 92 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,760 No, no, no, I-I've had enough. 93 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,998 I don't want to be half cut for the recital. 94 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,640 I couldn't bear that. 95 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,838 Hello, pockmark. 96 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,758 Hello, lumpy. 97 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,598 Been a good night. We played a blinder. 98 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,800 Thank you for coming. I wasn't sure you would. 99 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,878 How long has it been? I was trying to remember. 100 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,718 Five years. God. 101 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,800 Yes, thank heaven for the newspapers! 102 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,520 Oh, Christ, this bloody neck. 103 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,518 I swear, Elizabeth, at times I'm like a cripple! 104 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,878 I had to do these fight scenes in Camelot. 105 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,838 Some nights I hardly had the strength to pull my sword 106 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,078 out of it's sheathe and wave it around a bit. 107 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:32,758 How very unlike you, Richard. 108 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,120 Stop it! 109 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,480 You've the mind of a collier! 110 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,558 I'm going to do King Lear next. 111 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,398 I spoke to a producer who says he'll back it. 112 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,080 You'll be fantastic. 113 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,278 Well, I'd better... 114 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,518 Don't! Stay. Stay here! Just stay! 115 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,878 It's not anything else. 116 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,480 Just... how do you fuck, anyway? You can barely move. 117 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,918 There are ways and means, my love. 118 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,158 Do you remember that train we took to New York? 119 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:16,080 We just lay there and let the rocking of the carriage do the job. 120 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,718 You know, I really should go. 121 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,878 No! No, no, I meant it, Richard! I meant it! 122 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:28,278 I'll make some tea and you can read a book 123 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,800 and then, erm, you can sleep. 124 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,360 What's she like? 125 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:44,080 Hmmm? 126 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,880 Your new girlfriend. Sally? 127 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:59,438 Do you really want to talk about that? 128 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,120 Oh just... what sort of woman is she? I'm interested. 129 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:07,040 She's lovely. 130 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:10,760 Hmm. Good. 131 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:18,040 Victor's a lawyer. He's Mexican and he's charming. 132 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,440 Terrific. 133 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,600 Somebody told me she was like Sybil. 134 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,438 My wife Sybil? 135 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,438 Yeah. Your ex wife. 136 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:38,440 Who told you that, anyway? She's... What? What's she like? 137 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,678 I'm sorry. I... 138 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:47,280 Go to your room! It's three o'clock. 139 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:59,598 Richard, I had an idea about doing another play, a Coward. 140 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,078 Elizabeth! I swear to God, if you don't shut up, 141 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,078 I'm going to climb out of this bed, get in my car and drive back 142 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,680 to The Dorchester in my bloody underpants! 143 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:52,200 Oh, Christ. 144 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,118 I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. 145 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,358 I'm so sorry I'm late. 146 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:06,960 Elizabeth. 147 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,358 I'm so sorry I'm late. 148 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,758 - It's quite all right. Was there a problem? - No. 149 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,318 Hi. I'm Elizabeth. 150 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,158 - I'm John, nice to meet you. - Hi, John. 151 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,918 - Hi, I'm Kathryn. - Hi Kathryn! Hi, Jane. 152 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,520 Hi. 153 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,198 Hello, Richard. 154 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:28,760 Hello, Elizabeth. 155 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,478 OK. Let's make a start! 156 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,840 If you want to pull up some chairs, we'll have a little read. 157 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,760 I got you a present. 158 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:49,518 It's tradition! The producer always buys the star a little welcome gift. 159 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,398 Sorry, everyone. 160 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,398 It's fine. We got ages. Chen, I need my Coke. 161 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:55,838 Right here. 162 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,958 Open it. 163 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,318 Oh, it's beautiful. Isn't it? 164 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:01,758 Gorgeous. 165 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,438 It's Cartier. 166 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,798 So. If we could get started. We break for lunch in 20. 167 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,280 Of course. 168 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,118 Thank you, darling. 169 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,198 I have your bag up there. 170 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,160 Thank you. Thank you. You can all go, babe. 171 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,038 Come on, guys, let's leave them to it. 172 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,118 Christ, if we have that many turn up on our first night, 173 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,678 we'll consider ourselves blessed. 174 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,598 Great. So... can I first welcome you all... 175 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,918 I am so looking forward to this. Can I just say that? 176 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,718 A great director, 177 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,518 great fellow actors and a play which, I'm sure, 178 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,438 will do none of us a disservice. 179 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,198 Well, it seems to have passed muster so far in its life. 180 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,360 I know. I can't wait to read it. 181 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,678 Elizabeth. 182 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,238 What? 183 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,278 Well I'd rather assumed you might... What, read it? God, no. No. 184 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,198 I always make it a rule never to look at anything 185 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,638 until I'm starring in it. Keeps it fresh. 186 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,958 What you've never read it?! Ever? 187 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,798 I mean, you didn't think it might be a good idea just to take 188 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,718 a glance before we got going? 189 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,638 No, I told you, I like to keep things fresh. 190 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,038 That's why rehearsals are called rehearsals. 191 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,398 Don't lecture me on the bloody theatre. 192 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,638 OK. I tell you what, 193 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:32,240 let's take lunch now, come back at two prompt, and start over again. 194 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,960 How's that sound? 195 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,080 I'll just get my bag. 196 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,520 See you later. See you. 197 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,958 Richard? He seem OK to you? 198 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,718 What? 199 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,558 Milton. Bailed kind of early. 200 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:11,438 I think he'll be fine. He has an excellent reputation. 201 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:16,038 Good, good. Cos I trust you so much on this. 202 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:20,398 I mean, I, I would never fall out with you about the theatre. 203 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,598 "The world's greatest stage actor. " At the launch. 204 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,598 That was me. I put that in. 205 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,038 Right. Thank you. 206 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,000 Don't thank me. It's true. 207 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,638 So, I got us a table at Sardi's. 208 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:41,398 The best table. And the linguini and clams are still to die for. 209 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,918 What? You've got to eat lunch! 210 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,878 I can't. I'm meeting Sally back at the apartment. 211 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,638 I'm seeing Mike first to sort out some business but she's joining us. 212 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:57,120 Oh, oh, I, er... Right. 213 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:04,638 She staying around? Sally is? For all the rehearsals? 214 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,958 Well, what did you and I do when the other was working? 215 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,520 That was us, Richard. 216 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:16,398 No, er, no, it's great. I mean, no, I just assumed that she'd, 217 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,798 I don't know, have other stuff to get on with, back in Europe. 218 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,358 But, er, no it'll be lovely for you to have the company. 219 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:26,280 Yes. It will. Well, I'd better go. 220 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,120 I'm only just around the corner. 221 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:33,280 Thank you for the scarf. 222 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,318 Any more news? On the Lear deal? 223 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,638 No. I'll chase it up this afternoon. 224 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,560 Good, if you could. 225 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,240 Thou should'st not have been old till thou hadst been wise. 226 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:38,278 Elizabeth. Of course she hasn't read it. I mean, that's our girl. 227 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:39,798 That's what she does. 228 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,838 Doesn't mean it isn't irritating. 229 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,680 Well, so what, though? She just works differently to me, that's all. 230 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,560 You know, when we did Cleopatra... 231 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,558 I'd come straight from the Old Vic. 232 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,878 I went over to Hollywood and she walked out onto the sound stage 233 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,760 and she was just tits and make up. 234 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:09,078 And then we had our first scene together and she did nothing. 235 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:13,598 Nothing. No voice, no movement, 236 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,480 no, no performance. 237 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,480 I thought she'd had a bloody stroke or something. 238 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:28,880 And, er, then I saw the rushes and I was acting Anthony. 239 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,040 But she was Cleopatra. 240 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:39,240 She just sort of bleeds into a role... 241 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,478 like osmosis. 242 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,958 Hard to rehearse around. 243 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,880 Impossible at times. 244 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,520 God, she's good, Mike. She's so bloody good. 245 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,678 Anyway, this last scene's a bit of a worry. 246 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,398 I'm afraid I won't be able to carry her on. 247 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,118 What? 248 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:04,918 Cordelia - Lear. Howl, howl, howl. How will I do that? 249 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,238 My arms are bloody useless at times. 250 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,558 Then don't take it on! Three hours on stage every night... 251 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:16,320 No, no. No, I've made promises. To myself. I must do it. 252 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,558 What's the matter, darling? Are you hungry? 253 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:22,838 Not a bit. 254 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,358 You're very strange all of a sudden and rather cruel. 255 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:29,078 Just because I'm feminine it doesn't mean I'm crafty and calculating. 256 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,718 I never said you were either of those things. 257 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,278 I hate these half mas... 258 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,278 Sorry. Half masculine. Can I take the line again? 259 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:37,918 Well, sure, go ahead. 260 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,238 I hate these half masculine women who go banging about. 261 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,518 I hate anyone who goes banging about. 262 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,640 I should think you needed a little quiet womanliness after Amanda. 263 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,078 Why do you keep on talking about her? 264 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,878 That's good. That's a great idea, Rich, 265 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,638 holding a lighter away from her. 266 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,038 Works for me! 267 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,238 Right. Let's go back to, er, Amanda's entrance. 268 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,080 That's me. 269 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,238 That was great. 270 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,758 Oh! You OK? You were wonderful. 271 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,198 Thank you. No, it was... 272 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,440 No, it was... well, you were just funny. 273 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:20,758 You all right, love? 274 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,398 Of course I'm all right. 275 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,318 You eat enough at lunch? 276 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,838 Probably not as much as you did. 277 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,078 Er, Chen, can I have my, erm, chair? 278 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,360 OK, er... from the top? When everybody's ready. 279 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,600 Do you want these? No, I'm fine. Thanks. 280 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,558 And. 281 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,120 Mandy! 282 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,480 Mandy! 283 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,358 Elizabeth, that's your cue, from off stage. 284 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:04,998 Off stage? 285 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,598 Oh, well, if I'm off stage, can't somebody else do it? 286 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,278 No. It has to be your voice and you are answering him. So... 287 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,358 Oh, OK. OK, honey. Sorry. Hang on. 288 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:19,358 Honey, what page are we on? 289 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:21,038 Page five. 290 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,240 Five. Hang on. 291 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,800 OK. Here we are. 292 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:30,798 Mandy! 293 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,438 What? 294 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:36,120 Come outside. The view is wonderful. 295 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,198 I'm still damp from the bath. 296 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,160 Wait a minute. 297 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,518 I shall catch... 298 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,358 What's that? 299 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:49,120 Pneumonia. 300 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,600 Er, can we just take a break? 301 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,118 What? 302 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:00,718 Yeah, I need to talk to costume, 303 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,158 cos it says here I'm wearing a negligee. 304 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,198 And I don't want to look... Can I have a word, love? 305 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,678 What are you, what are you doing, Richard? 306 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,638 You sound really smashed! 307 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,358 I am not! 308 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:14,200 What have you taken? 309 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,318 Beyond the Coke. The always open Coke! 310 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,438 Which given that you can drink me under the table, Elizabeth, I 311 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,518 can't imagine is solely responsible for the way you're behaving. 312 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:30,118 Some pills. I have to take certain pills for my tummy. 313 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:32,638 You know the trouble I had in Puerto Vallarta. 314 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,358 It was after that, some years ago... Just don't take any more of them! 315 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:38,800 You're making a spectacle of yourself. 316 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,718 Yeah, you might think about... 317 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,760 No, I'm fine. 318 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,560 What a place. 319 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,158 You know it's Rock Hudson's? He's letting me borrow it. 320 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,078 It's fabulous. 321 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,878 No. It's an apartment. This is fabulous. 322 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,638 Come to Granny. 323 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,358 There isn't a single book in the entire apartment. 324 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:36,840 Dad! Stop it! A television the size of the Odeon Leicester Square... 325 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,038 Gee, look at these two, it's like they've never seen one before. 326 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,958 We've never seen a nice one before. You two were horrible. 327 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,078 Hey, well, you'll be pleased to know that we're going... 328 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:50,878 OK, bye-bye. 329 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,478 Bye, darling. 330 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:56,238 We're going to see you again, before we lose you to this extravaganza. 331 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,598 Say bye. Bye-bye, Gran. 332 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,200 I love you, don't worry. 333 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,600 Bye-bye. I need to put him to bed. 334 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,318 Oh, girls? Yeah? You all right for cash? 335 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:11,918 Yes! Daddy. 336 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,000 All right. Come on. 337 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,678 What are you doing? 338 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,118 I'm getting a drink. Do you want one? 339 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:26,438 Could this be one of your little occasions? 340 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,238 I came here to work. I know. But that doesn't mean... 341 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,078 Elizabeth! This is serious! We open in ten days. 342 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,638 You're not remembering the words, your cues, any of the business. 343 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,838 We both know why that is. Don't we? 344 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,838 I'm not doing that any more! 345 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,598 Not since yesterday morning, as a matter of fact. 346 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,958 I'm not taking anything. 347 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,038 Except the bare bones. 348 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,078 Because they do, they CAN befuddle me, Richard, it's true. 349 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,358 They can befuddle me so for the sake of the show, 350 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:59,878 I am putting my health to one side. And... 351 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,158 Well, you can expect a different Elizabeth from here on in, 352 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,158 I, I promise. 353 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,798 OK, good. Well, let's work on some scenes. 354 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,718 It's the third act that needs the work but, er, 355 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,480 let's just start from the top and mark the action. 356 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,440 You have no idea, have you? 357 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:23,760 You stand there and you tell me that I have to pull myself together. 358 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,118 This is difficult, Richard! 359 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,958 This is a difficult situation. 360 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,758 Well, I wasn't going to say anything, I wasn't going to say anything 361 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,158 but no, well what could I say? 362 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,038 I never see you to talk to. You just go! 363 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,918 After every rehearsal, after every fitting... Elizabeth. 364 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,280 No, just disappear, back to your apartment. I have to work! 365 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,478 This isn't how I planned it. 366 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,120 I see. 367 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,598 I just thought we'd spend time with each other. 368 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,200 I was looking forward to that. Weren't you? 369 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:11,880 That we'd get to see each other again? And... have fun? 370 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,158 I, I don't know what to say. 371 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:18,920 I don't. 372 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,760 I don't know what to say. 373 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,958 You have a... You have a God-given gift. 374 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,758 You can do it anywhere, on stage, on film. What?! 375 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,318 I'm just a dumb broad. 376 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,998 You're not dumb. Don't say that. It's not true. 377 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,758 And it makes me angry when you say it. 378 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,478 OK. 379 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,360 I'm not dumb. But... 380 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:54,078 The stage is not my home and I, I, er, well this play is hard, 381 00:27:55,080 --> 00:28:00,240 really hard and... I'm isolated. 382 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,358 And I thought you'd be there to back me up. 383 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:12,358 I am! Really, I am. That's why I'm here now. To help. 384 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:13,680 And I will! 385 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,320 Good. 386 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,878 I just didn't want to disappoint you. 387 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:25,238 Disappoint me? Just learn your lines, love, go on stage, say them, 388 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,080 and you will electrify. 389 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,038 And irrespective of what happens here tonight, 390 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:47,038 the entire run of this show is already sold out, 391 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,958 guaranteeing both stars a payday 392 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,798 somewhere in the region of 1 million! 393 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,398 'Here outside the theatre, massive crowds wait 394 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,038 'for a glimpse of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. ' 395 00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,998 '.. by Noel Coward is the first time Taylor and 396 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,078 Burton have been on stage together since... ' 397 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,478 'Ladies and Gentlemen, 398 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,198 'welcome to this evening's performance of Private Lives. 399 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,238 'We would like to take this time to remind you 400 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,158 'that all photography in this performance is strictly prohibited. 401 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,558 'We hope you enjoy this evening's performance. ' 402 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,398 We go up in ten minutes. Where the bloody hell is she? 403 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,238 - They're parking up. - What? 404 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,358 People are parking on the side of the road 405 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,198 and in the middle of it, hoping to get a glimpse as she goes by. 406 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,558 - It's caused a gridlock. - Oh, Christ! 407 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,758 'Ladies and gentlemen, will you please... ' 408 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,598 Mike! 409 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,838 Will you fetch me The Times crossword please? 410 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,398 And possibly get the kettle on. 411 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,678 Oh, and a couple of sleeping bags also, 412 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,760 it's going to be a bloody long night. 413 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,438 'Ladies and Gentlemen, unfortunately this evening's performance 414 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,640 'of Private Lives is delayed for another 25 minutes. ' 415 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,958 It's now 45 minutes till Act One beginners. 416 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,760 45 minutes till Act One beginners. 417 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,958 Hi, Gino. I'm here, I'm here! 418 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,718 I'm here! 419 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,118 I am so sorry I'm late. 420 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,518 Here, here, here, Chen. 421 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,798 I'm so sorry. I'm so, so, sorry. 422 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,998 I did my make up in the car. I thought that might help. 423 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,478 Thank you. 424 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,638 Not at all. In these situations, we've got to all pull together. 425 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,278 You're a bloody menace! 426 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,758 You should have come out. Everyone was calling your name. 427 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,838 And I signed so many posters for Virginia Woolf. 428 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,438 Virginia Woolf! 429 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,718 I know. For that. I was so fat. Anyway, can't talk. 430 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,960 Got a play to do. 431 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,398 A parrot?! 432 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,160 He's called Alvin. 433 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,440 What is she? An actress or a bloody zoo? 434 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,880 Thank you, Jess. 435 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,558 Sibyl! 436 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:14,998 Yes. 437 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,638 I've brought the cocktails outside. Hurry up. 438 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,638 I can't find my lipstick. 439 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,880 Never mind. Send down to the kitchen for some cochineal. 440 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,320 Don't be silly. Hurry! 441 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:14,758 Whose yacht is that? 442 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,238 The Duke of Westminster's, I expect. It always is. 443 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:19,758 I wish I were on it. 444 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,480 I wish you were, too. 445 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:29,078 There's no need... to be nasty. 446 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,078 Yes, there is, every need. 447 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:35,078 I've never in my life felt a greater urge to be nasty. 448 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,480 And you've had some urges in your time, haven't you? 449 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,838 If you start bickering with me, 450 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,878 Amanda, I swear I shall throw you over the edge. 451 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,120 Try it, that's all, just try it. 452 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,758 'Intermission, ladies and gentleman. 453 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,760 '20 minutes till Act Two beginners. ' 454 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,958 What a start, Rich. 455 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:03,480 I set them up, you knock them down! 456 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,038 Did you notice her at supper, 457 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,560 blowing all those shrimps through her ear trumpet? 458 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,918 What are you thinking about? 459 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,958 Oh, nothing in particular. 460 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,240 Come on, I know that face. 461 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:35,800 Poor Sibyl. 462 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,480 Sibyl? 463 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,840 Yes, I suppose she loves you terribly. 464 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,040 Oh, my God. What have we done? 465 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,198 Rich... listen. 466 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,998 Didn't you hear them? 467 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,838 When Sibyl was mentioned. They reacted like it was my wife Sybil. 468 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,638 Richard Burton! We did it. You did it! 469 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,998 A standing ovation. Five, six, curtain calls. 470 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,758 I knew this play would be a hit. I knew it right from the off! 471 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,318 What's the matter? Couldn't you hear it? 472 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,838 Richard, I heard laughter and I heard cheering. 473 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:34,718 That's usually a good sign, isn't it? 474 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:38,238 They were laughing at us. No, they were not. They were. 475 00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:40,878 They didn't think they were watching a play. 476 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,598 They thought they'd had an invite into our lives, 477 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,678 to see us HAPPEN in front of them. 478 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,998 Stop it! You're overreacting. 479 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,198 Well, OK, maybe there were a few that were more interested in us 480 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,318 than in the show but you always get that on the first-night crowd. 481 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,598 You get the rubber neckers. But they were not the majority. 482 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,398 And the majority loved what we did, they loved it! 483 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,638 'Mike to stage door, please. ' 484 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,360 I'm proud of you, Elizabeth. 485 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,238 You're phenomenal. 486 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,718 There's no-one like you. 487 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:16,400 Thank you. So stop worrying! OK. And let's go wow. 488 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:23,400 The party. We've got a club in town. The whole place. And a band. 489 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,998 I'm sorry. I've made arrangements. 490 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,358 Later, perhaps I... 491 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,840 But people'll be expecting it. Us. 492 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:39,278 Rich! Sally's brought the car around. Are you going to be long? 493 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,760 Or do you want me to ask her back? No, no. I'm coming. Thank you. 494 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,640 No, it's fine. It's fine. I forgot. 495 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,318 You do what you've got to do. 496 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,120 I'll see you. 497 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,558 Hello, love. 498 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,360 Chen?! 499 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,040 I've got a table booked. 500 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,760 Thou art a soul in bliss... 501 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,960 But I am bound upon a wheel of fire. 502 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,120 That mine own tears do scold like molten lead. 503 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,838 You loathsome... 504 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,480 loathsome man. 505 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,638 - They're not the best I've read. - Ha! 506 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,078 Elizabeth. Please. Critics deserve nothing but our pity. 507 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,198 To be so close to art and yet to contribute absolutely nothing 508 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,438 whatsoever towards it. It's like being... a eunuch at an orgy. 509 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,078 Yeah, but how can they say those things? 510 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,800 They're cunts. That's a more prosaic version of what I just said. 511 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:38,198 Christ, Elizabeth! You don't need THEIR approbation. 512 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:39,798 Approbation! 513 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,958 No, don't, don't, don't do it to yourself. 514 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,798 No, no, no. Listen to this. 515 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:49,718 "Miss Taylor plays Amanda Prynne in perhaps the strangest voice 516 00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:52,318 "this side of the Disney cartoon. 517 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:57,838 "She squeaks, peeps, swoops and then pauses as though speaking Pinter. " 518 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,640 Approbation? I just want their fucking manners. 519 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,760 Do you have a handkerchief? 520 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:13,958 Here. 521 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,998 I don't deserve that. You don't. You're right. 522 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,238 Let's not forget, they weren't exactly gushing about me, were they? 523 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,158 Yeah, well, they all like your voice. Of course they do! 524 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,278 It's the theatrical equivalent of a big cock. 525 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:27,638 Everyone likes it. 526 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,160 Doesn't make you a great lover per se, though, does it? 527 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,078 Here, have some of my burger. 528 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,758 No, I'm on a diet! Two of those bastards said 529 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,878 I was spending more time in the green room than on stage. 530 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,240 Sod them! None of their business. 531 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,318 But you are right. You shouldn't have to endure it. 532 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,080 And nor should I. 533 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:53,718 Nor do we have to. 534 00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:55,198 What do you mean? 535 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:56,918 Let's cancel the run. 536 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,438 Right here. Now. Spare ourselves any more pain. 537 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,518 Either from these idiots or from the ones who plonk themselves 538 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:06,078 down in the front rows and treat us like we're a bloody freak show! 539 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:10,438 But we can't just cancel. The theatre'd sue us. 540 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:14,718 Why don't we pay them? I think I've got enough in my current account. 541 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:18,038 What about you? Wouldn't entirely clear us out, would it? 542 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,678 We pop in later today, 543 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,518 we bid a fond farewell to the other actors and that's it. 544 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,200 We go our separate ways. Sounds like bliss. 545 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,918 No! I won't give them the pleasure. 546 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,798 Richard, we're going to do this play! 547 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,958 And we're going to make people laugh, we're going to make people applaud. 548 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,318 And we're going to make a pile of money while we do it. 549 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:45,960 And no-one, not them or anyone else, is going to stand in our way! 550 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:00,598 Sibyl. Yes! 551 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,798 I've bought the cocktails outside, hurry up. 552 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,838 Considering what a hell she made your life, 553 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,478 I think you're very nice about her. 554 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:10,198 And yet I'm sorry for her. Why? Because she's marked for tragedy. 555 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,358 She's bound to make a mess of everything. 556 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,160 If it's all her fault, I don't see that it matters much. 557 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:20,158 You're a vile, loose-living, wicked little beast 558 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,518 and I never want to set eyes on you... 559 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:26,118 This is the end. Do you understand? Finally! And for ever! 560 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,038 You're not going like this. Oh, yes, I am. You're not. 561 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:30,880 Oh, yes, I am. Let go of me! 562 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:06,478 Very enjoyable. Never had much of that anyhow. 563 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,600 Quite insufferable. I expect it's because you're drunk! 564 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,560 Keep going, you two! We love you, Liz! 565 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:26,518 - What the hell was that? - What? 566 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,158 You were mugging for the audience. 567 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,038 I... You were. I saw you! 568 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,798 Er, Elizabeth. Costume. 569 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,878 Shut your mouth! I'm talking to her. 570 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:38,438 Don't you dare speak to my friends like that! 571 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,438 And don't you dare think that you can tell me 572 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:45,598 how to play my role. They loved it! The audience loved it. 573 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,998 They adored that they were in on the gag. 574 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,798 And the audience, may I remind you, 575 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,038 are the ones who are paying our wages. 576 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:56,358 Or rather, they're paying my company, who are paying your wages. 577 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,160 Fuck off! 578 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,318 Richard. Rich! 579 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:06,598 What? 580 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:10,678 Please. Don't storm off like that. 581 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,680 Don't go off like that. 582 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,478 When you still haven't apologised! 583 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,478 Bitch! You bully! Get off! How dare you! Stop it! 584 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,598 - Don't you raise your hand to me! - Well, stop fucking hitting me! 585 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,400 Only when you've fucking apologised! 586 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,360 - We're fine. - We were just talking. 587 00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,518 I'm sorry. You're right. 588 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,438 I was... unprofessional. 589 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:53,078 It's all we have! To rise above the rubbish in the stalls! 590 00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,518 Richard, I was unprofessional, you were rude. 591 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,558 Which is much worse. 592 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,958 We do not treat those around us, those who look after us, like dirt. 593 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,238 That is inexcusable. And you know it! 594 00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:08,080 So, please, do the right thing now. Now! 595 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:13,838 Or I am going to spend the entire final act of this play in full 596 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:15,958 conversation with whoever in the front row, 597 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,200 wants to join in with me the most! 598 00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,918 Chen? I erm, I'm so sorry about that outburst. 599 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,398 My tone... I don't know what came over me. 600 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,518 It's fine, Richard. 601 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:41,158 Well, it won't happen again. I can assure you. Sorry. 602 00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:42,880 Thank you. 603 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:52,200 Thank you. 604 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,078 Would you like some supper afterwards? 605 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:00,598 What? 606 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,318 I was wondering if you'd care for a late supper? 607 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:07,918 What about Sally? Is she not in tonight? She usually is. 608 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:11,558 No. She's busy. I think she might have gone to the Met. 609 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,718 - So has Victor. - Gone to the opera? 610 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:15,838 No. He's busy. 611 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:17,800 Oh, well, all the more reason then. 612 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,158 Ideal. 613 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:22,760 OK. 614 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:41,960 Thank you. 615 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,400 Thank you. 616 00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,238 So sorry I'm late. You're not. 617 00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:02,158 Miss Taylor. Mr Burton. Compliments of the management. 618 00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:03,680 How lovely. 619 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,240 Thank you. 620 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:13,198 Er, can I get a Tab as well please? And some iced water? 621 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:14,918 Of course, sir. 622 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:16,320 - Thank you. - Thank you. 623 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,000 Thank you. 624 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,798 Menu, ma'am. 625 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,158 This is lovely. Very intimate! 626 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,518 Thank you. 627 00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,838 I got a round of applause when I came in. 628 00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:44,560 I notice you didn't. 629 00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:51,758 What? 630 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:55,718 It's bizarre. I mean, all these years and they're still interested. 631 00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:57,560 You'd think they'd tire. 632 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,478 Are you going to be like this all night? Just drifting off. 633 00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:08,918 No. I was just thinking of that restaurant in Rome, Alfredo's? 634 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:13,118 Uh-huh. Remember at the height of Le Scandale. 635 00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:16,318 We were holed up in that little flat, 636 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,918 half the world's press on our doorstep. Cameras everywhere. 637 00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,838 And the Vatican telling us we were morally reprehensible. 638 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:24,558 Then one day, you said, 639 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,318 "Sod it, let's go and have some fettucine at Alfredo's!" 640 00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:28,680 Sure did. 641 00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:34,760 We went down the Via Veneto, into the restaurant and bang! 642 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,360 Boy, did we go public! 643 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:41,640 Remember? 644 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:44,640 Every day. 645 00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:50,640 I think we're ready to order, please. 646 00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:55,038 I like this. 647 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,438 What? 648 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,598 I can be quiet with you. 649 00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,718 You can't with Victor? 650 00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:07,158 Sure I can. I'm saying, though, it's also true of you. 651 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,240 Geez, can't a guy take a compliment any more? 652 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,880 Feeling's mutual, love, I promise. 653 00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:20,280 Ma'am. 654 00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:23,440 Sir. 655 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:29,798 It's funny, isn't it, what's at the heart of a good relationship. 656 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,958 I mean, love, obviously but that's a catch all, really, 657 00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,878 a collective noun for all the other bits put together. 658 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,478 The question is, what's the critical element 659 00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:42,440 around which everything else... clusters? 660 00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:46,558 Er, passion. 661 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:48,318 Maybe. 662 00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,238 Sex. 663 00:48:50,240 --> 00:48:53,080 Hmmm. Important. Very. 664 00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:56,120 Trust. 665 00:48:57,720 --> 00:48:59,718 That's not bad. 666 00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:03,598 Being able to trust one's most abject self to the other, 667 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:07,640 in the knowledge that they'll tread carefully on your screams. 668 00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:15,038 I always did feel like that with you. 669 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:20,038 Really? That's what bound us? Trust? 670 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:21,960 I always thought it was my tits. 671 00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:27,040 Yes, well they... clearly had a role. 672 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:34,078 And they are still magnificent, by the way. May I say that? 673 00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:37,598 No, you may not! They're not yours to talk about any more. 674 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,440 They'll always be mine! 675 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,758 So are we going to have pudding or go straight for coffee? 676 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:51,918 Richard, listen, listen, listen, listen. I want to say some things. 677 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,718 I've wanted to say them for a while. 678 00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:58,718 Erm, I nearly did at Rock's but, I dunno, you seemed kind of frail. 679 00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:00,438 I am kind of frail. 680 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:02,198 I mean it's a, it is a worry. 681 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:04,758 I mean, it's the thing that concerns me about Lear. 682 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:07,718 I'll be fine with the words but it's the physical demands... 683 00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:09,758 I'm not talking about acting, Richard! 684 00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:12,640 I'm talking about you and me. And why we're doing this. 685 00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:16,358 70,000 a week. 686 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:17,998 That is not true. 687 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,800 Elizabeth! Please. 688 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:27,200 Can I say something, now that it's on my mind? 689 00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:31,798 There's a couple of things which have crept in over 690 00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:34,198 the course of the run. 691 00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:38,998 The tiny things, but your first entrance, for instance. 692 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:43,158 You're now playing it very confidently, which I think is losing 693 00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:46,518 some sense of Amanda protecting herself, which she undoubtedly is... 694 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,760 You're giving me notes? 695 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,998 I'm trying to talk to you and you're giving me acting notes? 696 00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,718 No... Jesus, Richard! What are you doing? 697 00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:58,638 - Why did you ask me out tonight? - What? 698 00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:00,998 Why did you ask me out to supper tonight? 699 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,358 Why did you do that? 700 00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:05,438 Because I wanted to see you. You're my ex wife. 701 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,478 It's perfectly natural for me to want to see you, isn't it? 702 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,038 Fine, in which case, I'll take that note. 703 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:14,038 Where did my Anthony go? Remember? 704 00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:16,398 The man who would have risked everything for me. 705 00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,438 Who did! Who tossed it all against the rocks 706 00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,558 so he could be with me. Where did he go, Richard? 707 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:25,360 Tell me where my fucking Anthony went?! 708 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:53,278 There's still no sign. 709 00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:56,198 We need to start or we'll still be here at midnight. 710 00:51:56,200 --> 00:52:00,400 Rich, we can't be certain... 711 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:03,160 Get ready, love. 712 00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:09,040 You'll be wonderful! Trust me. 713 00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:17,318 'Ladies and gentlemen, due to a sudden illness, 714 00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,718 'Ms Taylor is sadly indisposed 715 00:52:19,720 --> 00:52:22,920 'and the role of Amanda will be played tonight by Kathryn Walker. ' 716 00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:49,158 'Five minutes stand-by for Mr Burton. ' 717 00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:50,960 'Mr Burton, please stand-by. ' 718 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:55,438 How's it going? 719 00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:58,598 How do you think? I'm Richard Burton. 720 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:01,998 I don't play to 50 people! 721 00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:06,878 Christ, Mike, don't ever put that woman's back up. Not ever. 722 00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:08,878 What did you say to her? 723 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:13,758 I gave her a note. And this is hers, back to me. 724 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:17,278 This is La Taylor saying, loud and clear, 725 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,838 "Don't you forget, boyo, who the star of this show really is!" 726 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:22,400 Bitch! 727 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:02,478 Yes! 728 00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:06,158 It was a great show, Rich. You and Kathryn, you really... 729 00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:08,080 What's the matter? 730 00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:13,320 We're going to go dark, just until Elizabeth gets better. 731 00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:16,238 What? 732 00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:19,438 I've spoken to Zev and the numbers, tickets coming back 733 00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:21,840 and phone calls, I... 734 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:26,758 People really want to see Liz, Rich. 735 00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:31,798 So... it seems crazy. We're going to take a break. 736 00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,200 As soon as she's well again, we'll pick it up. 737 00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,958 OK, folks, please strike this and re-set for act one. 738 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:07,880 We are back on the road. 739 00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,720 Todd, can you get on to resetting the doors? 740 00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:22,720 I'm here, I'm here. Hi, Gino. 741 00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,238 Come on, babies. 742 00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:29,958 You go with Auntie Hayley. 743 00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:32,958 Hey, can you see, I'm going to go and see Uncle Rich. 744 00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,238 Hi, honey, I'm sorry I'm late. 745 00:55:35,240 --> 00:55:36,840 Elizabeth? 746 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,158 What? 747 00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:44,520 Elizabeth, apologies, I didn't realise you were already in. 748 00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:49,718 What is happening? 749 00:55:49,720 --> 00:55:55,078 Nothing. I... Richard's on his way, Mike called from the airport. 750 00:55:55,080 --> 00:55:57,400 Airport? Where's he been? 751 00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:05,598 Can someone please tell me what the goddamn hell is going on? 752 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:08,838 Honey, let's go to your room. Huh? 753 00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:11,640 We can talk better there. Come on. 754 00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:28,358 Can you guys give us some space, please! 755 00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:31,800 Peter, take the dogs out, thank you. 756 00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:35,320 Thank you. We'll be outside. 757 00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:38,600 Well? 758 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:49,320 Guess they got an exclusive. It wasn't in any of the others, so... 759 00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:02,240 He got married in Vegas? 760 00:57:03,720 --> 00:57:05,920 Why would he do that? 761 00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:31,560 Yeah? 762 00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:37,478 Richard. 763 00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:39,760 I wondered how you were feeling. 764 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:44,400 I'm on the mend, thank you. 765 00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:52,478 I, er, do wish you'd told me of your plans. 766 00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:57,278 I was a little surprised to read of them in the newspaper. 767 00:57:57,280 --> 00:57:58,920 I'm sorry. 768 00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:03,000 Events rather overtook us. 769 00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:06,200 Really? 770 00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:10,478 We'd always intended it, you know that. 771 00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:14,360 And then the break. Seemed like an ideal opportunity. 772 00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:17,920 I've no doubt it was. 773 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,240 Congratulations. 774 00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:23,678 Well, isn't that what you say a performance must always have? 775 00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:25,398 Some danger. 776 00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:27,120 Not parrots. 777 00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:33,320 You really can be more irritating than anyone in the world. 778 00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:39,800 Hmmm, I fail to see what I've done that is so terribly irritating. 779 00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:50,438 They want us to fight. Don't you see? 780 00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:52,798 No, I don't, why should they? 781 00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:55,480 Primitive feminine instinct. It's what... 782 00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:01,798 Boring females. Very enjoyable. 783 01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:04,118 The end. Finally and for ever. 784 01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:06,758 - You're not going like this! - Oh, yes, I am! - You're not! 785 01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:08,600 Oh, yes, I am. Let go of me! 786 01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:15,760 You're a cruel fiend. I hate you and I loathe you! 787 01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:32,280 - Great work, Rich. - Wonderful. 788 01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:47,278 I hope I didn't hurt you, did I, Richard? 789 01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:49,840 At the end of Act Two? You seemed to wince. 790 01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:55,558 Only on Noel's behalf. You're slurred again. 791 01:00:55,560 --> 01:00:58,040 You swallowed half the lines. 792 01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:24,798 Christ! 793 01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:26,560 What a bloody shambles! 794 01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:46,398 It's OK. 795 01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,080 What's going on? 796 01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:51,198 Elizabeth! 797 01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:53,238 Leave her! She's poorly! 798 01:01:53,240 --> 01:01:56,598 We're getting her straight back to the apartment. 799 01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:59,438 There's nothing wrong with her! 800 01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:02,358 Really? Well, if she is, take it from one who knows, 801 01:02:02,360 --> 01:02:04,318 she's got it from a bloody bottle! 802 01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:07,678 Can you blame her? You treat her like shit! 803 01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:10,598 She finds out you're married from a newspaper article, 804 01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:13,958 you criticise her as an actress. 805 01:02:13,960 --> 01:02:16,478 I have never criticised her as an actress! 806 01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:18,518 She is peerless as an actress! 807 01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:20,558 Jesus! 808 01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:24,718 You call that acting, out there? It's like a bloody pantomime dame. 809 01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:27,118 Tripping over all her lines. I know she can act. 810 01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:28,958 I know better than anyone! 811 01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:31,718 Which is why I'm not going to tolerate that any more! 812 01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:34,678 In which case, maybe you'll leave her alone once and for all. 813 01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:37,478 Because Miss Taylor was fine until you took this job. 814 01:02:37,480 --> 01:02:40,878 She was well until you decided to come back into her life again. 815 01:02:40,880 --> 01:02:45,078 Now, why you did that, only you can know for sure but from here, 816 01:02:45,080 --> 01:02:48,800 it looks like it was for one reason only - to break her heart. 817 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:02,598 What did he say? 818 01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:05,318 Did he ask if I was all right? 819 01:03:05,320 --> 01:03:09,158 He didn't say much. But I told him. 820 01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:12,000 I think it's disgusting the way he treats you. 821 01:03:14,680 --> 01:03:16,800 You said what? 822 01:03:23,120 --> 01:03:24,760 Get out. 823 01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:27,638 Get out! 824 01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:29,198 I said get out! 825 01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:31,720 Get out! Get the fuck out of here! 826 01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:58,320 Chen! Chen! 827 01:04:01,040 --> 01:04:03,840 Chen! 828 01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:37,720 You OK, Mr Burton? 829 01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:34,520 Never. Never. 830 01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:58,118 Thou art the thing itself. 831 01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:04,120 Unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal. 832 01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:11,720 As thou art. 833 01:07:18,720 --> 01:07:21,080 Congratulations. 834 01:07:22,840 --> 01:07:25,680 - Hey! Great work, Rich! - Thanks, Jess. 835 01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:30,518 You were terrific. Thank you. 836 01:07:30,520 --> 01:07:32,880 Thanks, John. Likewise, likewise. 837 01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:37,598 Rich! Thank you, thank you, thank you. 838 01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:41,438 For what? 839 01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:44,558 And he was everything I dreamed of and more. 840 01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:47,760 You were brilliant. Really. 841 01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:51,198 See you at the party? 842 01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:52,720 Er, well, we'll see. 843 01:08:19,880 --> 01:08:21,878 Well done. 844 01:08:21,880 --> 01:08:24,600 Yes. And you. 845 01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:32,438 There's a party. I... I know. Kathryn said. 846 01:08:32,440 --> 01:08:36,800 - Yeah, I imagine you'll... - No. I... er, I dunno. I might call in. 847 01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:48,840 You're quite an actor. 848 01:08:55,600 --> 01:08:57,198 Elizabeth! 849 01:08:57,200 --> 01:08:58,958 What? 850 01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:02,640 I... I will... I'll try and come to the party. 851 01:09:19,556 --> 01:09:21,714 Ladies and gentlemen. for the last time - 852 01:09:21,726 --> 01:09:26,604 Act One was 43 minutes, Act Two, 44 minutes 853 01:09:26,606 --> 01:09:28,444 and Act Three, 46 minutes. 854 01:09:28,801 --> 01:09:32,481 There will be no call on Monday. Thank you and good night. 855 01:10:14,361 --> 01:10:17,239 There you go! Thank you. 856 01:10:17,241 --> 01:10:18,759 Thank you, ma'am. 857 01:10:18,761 --> 01:10:20,839 You really shouldn't do that, you know. 858 01:10:20,841 --> 01:10:24,081 Richard, I bought you a present. I want to hang it up. 859 01:10:25,330 --> 01:10:27,048 Yes, the thing about hotels, love, 860 01:10:27,050 --> 01:10:29,588 is that they come with the pictures already provided. 861 01:10:29,635 --> 01:10:31,473 Yeah, copies. Not originals. 862 01:10:31,475 --> 01:10:34,675 This one had its own seat in first all the way from Madrid. 863 01:10:38,235 --> 01:10:39,953 What ARE you wearing? 864 01:10:39,955 --> 01:10:42,193 Dior. Don't you like it? 865 01:10:42,281 --> 01:10:44,279 No. I mean, why are you dressed, as t'were, 866 01:10:44,279 --> 01:10:47,197 like an overripe tart, when we're about to start exercising? 867 01:10:47,582 --> 01:10:50,062 I thought maybe we could screw afterwards. 868 01:10:51,622 --> 01:10:54,740 Mmm, I can taste Jack. Lucky Jack. 869 01:10:54,742 --> 01:10:58,382 Right, Francis, you old bugger. Get us going. 870 01:11:02,822 --> 01:11:05,022 Elizabeth. Elizabeth, come on. 871 01:11:09,102 --> 01:11:11,780 Right, start with side bends. Ready? 872 01:11:15,862 --> 01:11:17,860 Ready and one, two, three and... 873 01:11:20,702 --> 01:11:23,620 One, two, three and... 874 01:11:26,902 --> 01:11:28,822 One, two, three. 875 01:11:30,262 --> 01:11:33,420 - We're supposed to do a hundred of those. - What?! 876 01:11:33,422 --> 01:11:35,060 Well, I imagine you work up. 877 01:11:35,062 --> 01:11:37,620 We don't have to break any records at the outset. 878 01:11:37,622 --> 01:11:41,860 Right, next, jog on the spot for five minutes. Without stopping?! 879 01:11:41,862 --> 01:11:44,900 No, love, after 30 seconds, they encourage you to have another 880 01:11:44,902 --> 01:11:47,540 Jack Daniels and ring room service for another hot dog. 881 01:11:47,542 --> 01:11:50,062 Of course you don't stop. Are you ready? 882 01:11:51,262 --> 01:11:52,740 OK. 883 01:11:54,662 --> 01:11:55,982 Knees up. 884 01:11:57,502 --> 01:11:59,900 - What are you doing? - What do you mean? 885 01:11:59,902 --> 01:12:01,780 What are you doing? 886 01:12:01,782 --> 01:12:04,300 Richard, I'm holding my bosom. 887 01:12:04,302 --> 01:12:06,420 It's bouncing up and down. 888 01:12:06,422 --> 01:12:10,180 Richard, I'm 40 years of age. They're 40 years of age. 889 01:12:10,182 --> 01:12:12,702 They've gained a certain... elasticity. 890 01:12:20,382 --> 01:12:22,460 You are so gorgeous. 891 01:12:22,462 --> 01:12:28,140 Your tits are gorgeous, your arse is gorgeous, your legs, your belly... 892 01:12:28,142 --> 01:12:30,220 Did I mention your tits? 893 01:12:32,022 --> 01:12:34,140 Let's just screw. 894 01:12:34,142 --> 01:12:36,062 We can be extra vigorous. 895 01:12:44,702 --> 01:12:46,460 Rich? 896 01:12:46,462 --> 01:12:48,620 Stop the car, will you? What? 897 01:12:48,622 --> 01:12:51,222 - Stop the car! Stop the car. - What's the matter? 898 01:12:52,742 --> 01:12:56,180 I'm... I'm going to walk. I need some air. 899 01:12:56,182 --> 01:12:58,382 I'll see you at the apartment. 900 01:13:00,062 --> 01:13:02,102 Tell Sally, will you? 901 01:14:21,422 --> 01:14:23,542 Now there's a surprise. 902 01:14:25,382 --> 01:14:30,222 I went to the party. Chen said you hadn't shown up so... 903 01:14:32,222 --> 01:14:33,902 No, I'm... 904 01:14:35,462 --> 01:14:37,342 I'm glad you came back. 905 01:14:38,382 --> 01:14:41,742 The... way it's all ended, it... 906 01:14:48,582 --> 01:14:50,502 Not how you planned it? 907 01:14:54,062 --> 01:14:56,340 No-one made you do it. 908 01:14:56,342 --> 01:14:59,622 No. You're right. I chose to. 909 01:15:08,742 --> 01:15:11,702 You need help, Elizabeth. You know that, don't you? 910 01:15:14,222 --> 01:15:15,942 Yes. 911 01:15:21,582 --> 01:15:23,020 I say that as someone who... 912 01:15:23,022 --> 01:15:25,980 No, I know, you've got your help. I understand. 913 01:15:25,982 --> 01:15:28,342 And I'm happy for you. No, I am. Really. 914 01:15:30,702 --> 01:15:33,102 I'm sure Victor would... Oh, we'll see. 915 01:15:36,102 --> 01:15:37,702 I love you, Richard. 916 01:15:39,462 --> 01:15:40,982 I always will. 917 01:15:54,982 --> 01:15:58,100 - You want me to say it, don't you? - Yes, please. 918 01:15:58,102 --> 01:15:59,942 Of course I love you. 919 01:16:03,702 --> 01:16:07,382 Don't say any more. I just want to hear the first bit. OK? 920 01:16:23,342 --> 01:16:27,300 We're addicts, Elizabeth, you and I. 921 01:16:27,302 --> 01:16:29,100 What? 922 01:16:29,102 --> 01:16:32,900 It's what King Lear's all about, that's why I want to do it so much. 923 01:16:32,902 --> 01:16:38,740 About the need we all have for drugs of... one kind or another, 924 01:16:38,742 --> 01:16:41,380 without which we crumble. 925 01:16:41,382 --> 01:16:43,020 What drugs? 926 01:16:43,022 --> 01:16:46,300 Kingship, power, love... 927 01:16:46,302 --> 01:16:48,422 Love is not a drug. Isn't it? 928 01:16:50,422 --> 01:16:54,782 I dunno. You can have too much. 929 01:16:57,422 --> 01:17:02,702 Until just a sip takes you beyond and ravages you. 930 01:17:11,702 --> 01:17:14,620 I'll always love you, Elizabeth, 931 01:17:14,622 --> 01:17:16,702 as long as I live but... 932 01:17:19,222 --> 01:17:22,140 us, together, 933 01:17:22,142 --> 01:17:24,502 it'll destroy me. 934 01:17:27,342 --> 01:17:29,582 I can't do it. 935 01:17:34,662 --> 01:17:37,980 That's what I wanted to say to you. All I have to say, but... 936 01:17:37,982 --> 01:17:43,782 That's why I did this bloody job, to ask your forgiveness, because... 937 01:17:46,222 --> 01:17:51,222 your love, I know, is total and unqualified... 938 01:17:53,742 --> 01:17:57,820 and it makes a mockery of all my bombast. 939 01:17:57,822 --> 01:18:02,020 I can't do it any more. I can't match you, Elizabeth. 940 01:18:02,022 --> 01:18:04,462 I'm not as brave as you. 941 01:18:05,502 --> 01:18:07,902 And I'm sorry for that. 942 01:18:09,862 --> 01:18:12,660 For not measuring up, as a man. 943 01:18:12,662 --> 01:18:15,340 You're Richard Burton. 944 01:18:15,342 --> 01:18:18,102 You're every man there ever was. 945 01:18:23,662 --> 01:18:25,940 I know. 946 01:18:25,942 --> 01:18:29,182 And I have known... for a while. 947 01:18:31,222 --> 01:18:34,222 I just didn't want to admit it. 948 01:18:36,582 --> 01:18:38,782 I'm going to miss you. 949 01:18:44,062 --> 01:18:46,060 I'm going to miss you. 950 01:18:46,062 --> 01:18:49,060 No, no, love. 951 01:18:49,062 --> 01:18:50,900 No. 952 01:18:50,902 --> 01:18:52,702 I couldn't manage that, either. 953 01:18:54,782 --> 01:18:57,020 I love Sally, Elizabeth. 954 01:18:57,022 --> 01:19:01,822 My time is with her now. But I, I need you in my life, as well. 955 01:19:03,582 --> 01:19:06,542 I can't ever be completely apart from you again. 956 01:19:08,302 --> 01:19:13,462 Right, so you want me close but not, not too close? 957 01:19:16,222 --> 01:19:19,180 I'm sorry, I'm bloody hopeless. 958 01:19:19,182 --> 01:19:22,342 Yeah, you are bloody hopeless. 959 01:19:27,262 --> 01:19:29,180 What about another play? 960 01:19:29,182 --> 01:19:31,862 Oh, God! No! 961 01:19:33,502 --> 01:19:35,222 At least, not together. 962 01:19:38,302 --> 01:19:42,822 Yeah. Well, I think I'm ready for a break from the stage. 963 01:19:46,742 --> 01:19:50,620 I'll come and watch you, though. And whatever you're in... 964 01:19:50,622 --> 01:19:54,582 You're the greatest actor I have ever seen, Richard. 965 01:19:56,102 --> 01:19:57,822 Likewise, Elizabeth. 966 01:20:01,182 --> 01:20:03,302 What a king you'll be. 967 01:20:11,382 --> 01:20:14,300 I'm worried, you know, about my arms - 968 01:20:14,302 --> 01:20:16,620 carrying on Cordelia at the end. 969 01:20:16,622 --> 01:20:18,380 Ah, you'll be fine. 970 01:20:18,382 --> 01:20:21,860 They're so weak. The nerve damage is... 971 01:20:21,862 --> 01:20:25,980 Richard. You can do it. Look, try. Try now. 972 01:20:25,982 --> 01:20:27,620 Lift you? 973 01:20:27,622 --> 01:20:30,860 Yeah, just take me over to the couch. But Cordelia's... 974 01:20:30,862 --> 01:20:32,980 What? Thinner? 975 01:20:32,982 --> 01:20:36,300 No, no. She's younger. I mean, she's waif-like. 976 01:20:36,302 --> 01:20:37,942 Thinner. 977 01:20:40,662 --> 01:20:42,420 I... 978 01:20:42,422 --> 01:20:46,620 Come on, you can do it, come on. 979 01:20:46,622 --> 01:20:49,780 Yay! You see, you see! You can do it, Richard. 980 01:20:49,782 --> 01:20:53,260 - Yeah, it's OK. - You see, I know you. Better than you know yourself. 981 01:20:53,262 --> 01:20:55,580 Yeah. 982 01:20:55,582 --> 01:20:58,102 - You want to say the lines? - No, not at the same time, no! 983 01:21:09,302 --> 01:21:10,940 I'll never do it! 984 01:21:10,942 --> 01:21:12,622 You'll be fine!