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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:13,127 --> 00:01:14,461 MAN: "Critic". 2 00:01:14,462 --> 00:01:16,763 From the Latin "criticus". 3 00:01:16,764 --> 00:01:19,800 And the Greek " kritikós". 4 00:01:19,801 --> 00:01:22,837 "Via krités", a judge. 5 00:01:24,105 --> 00:01:26,107 {\an8}(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) 6 00:01:36,150 --> 00:01:37,651 (FLASHBULB POPS) 7 00:01:37,652 --> 00:01:40,254 - Your seats, Mr Erskine. - Tom. 8 00:01:40,255 --> 00:01:41,788 - Curtain? - 10:40 9 00:01:41,789 --> 00:01:43,490 - Oh. - Provided we go up on time. 10 00:01:43,491 --> 00:01:46,528 Well, ensure it, hmm? I have a deadline! 11 00:01:52,367 --> 00:01:55,302 MR ERSKINE: The drama critic is feared 12 00:01:55,303 --> 00:01:59,173 and reviled for the judgement he must bring. 13 00:02:00,375 --> 00:02:01,842 But the truth 14 00:02:01,843 --> 00:02:03,611 is imperative. 15 00:02:04,746 --> 00:02:08,682 A critic must be cold and perfectly alone. 16 00:02:08,683 --> 00:02:09,750 (TYPEWRITER BELL DINGS) 17 00:02:10,585 --> 00:02:13,555 Only the greats are remembered. 18 00:02:17,692 --> 00:02:19,594 (SHIP'S HORN BLARES) 19 00:02:26,501 --> 00:02:28,635 I must tell you, 20 00:02:28,636 --> 00:02:31,638 when you go to the theatre, 21 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,707 in the dramas presented, 22 00:02:33,708 --> 00:02:37,445 you'll find many a murderer with cold blood. 23 00:02:39,514 --> 00:02:41,181 (HUMS) 24 00:02:41,182 --> 00:02:45,385 But do take notice of the occasional killer 25 00:02:45,386 --> 00:02:47,555 - with a conscience. - (WATER SPLASHING) 26 00:02:51,359 --> 00:02:52,827 (CHARCOAL SCRATCHING) 27 00:02:54,295 --> 00:02:55,897 I shall need two more sessions. 28 00:02:56,664 --> 00:02:58,199 Can you find the time? 29 00:03:00,501 --> 00:03:03,270 For immortality, who wouldn't? 30 00:03:03,271 --> 00:03:04,739 (CHUCKLES) 31 00:03:05,540 --> 00:03:06,741 (LIGHT CRACKLES) 32 00:03:14,215 --> 00:03:16,918 (PEACOCK CALLING IN DISTANCE) 33 00:03:23,358 --> 00:03:25,293 You vicious old bastard. 34 00:03:25,927 --> 00:03:27,996 (FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING ON GRAVEL) 35 00:03:36,938 --> 00:03:41,775 My father enjoyed indulging this newspaper. 36 00:03:41,776 --> 00:03:44,979 But times are harder now. 37 00:03:45,246 --> 00:03:46,747 We're going to have to economise 38 00:03:46,748 --> 00:03:48,816 across all departments, I'm afraid. 39 00:03:50,351 --> 00:03:52,921 However, if we trim the fat, 40 00:03:53,955 --> 00:03:57,291 we can restore The Chronicle to its rightful place 41 00:03:57,292 --> 00:03:59,894 as the most read family newspaper in the country. 42 00:04:01,696 --> 00:04:03,463 So... 43 00:04:03,464 --> 00:04:06,534 let's resume our mission with renewed vigour, eh? 44 00:04:09,304 --> 00:04:11,538 MAN: No more inexplicable expenses. 45 00:04:11,539 --> 00:04:12,706 No more long lunches. 46 00:04:12,707 --> 00:04:14,008 No late copy. 47 00:04:14,275 --> 00:04:17,045 He's dragging the paper into the 20th century. 48 00:04:17,312 --> 00:04:19,746 - How dare he. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) 49 00:04:19,747 --> 00:04:21,049 MAN: Be warned. MAN 2: Hmm? 50 00:04:21,316 --> 00:04:23,417 Watch your backs. 51 00:04:23,418 --> 00:04:25,886 He won't come after the old guard. 52 00:04:25,887 --> 00:04:28,622 - We are the bloody paper! - (SNICKERS) 53 00:04:28,623 --> 00:04:30,691 He won't have pirates on board. 54 00:04:30,692 --> 00:04:33,627 We must all show loyalty to the cause. 55 00:04:33,628 --> 00:04:36,064 The sole historical cause of The Chronicle 56 00:04:36,331 --> 00:04:38,999 is to compete for readers with the Daily fucking Mail. 57 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,767 - MAN: Mm-hmm. - Fascists. 58 00:04:40,768 --> 00:04:41,835 Loyalty! 59 00:04:41,836 --> 00:04:44,938 I've been with this festering organ 40 years! 60 00:04:44,939 --> 00:04:46,640 Forty-three. 61 00:04:46,641 --> 00:04:48,042 Hmm. 62 00:04:48,309 --> 00:04:49,444 Mm. 63 00:04:50,745 --> 00:04:52,547 He should show loyalty to us. 64 00:04:53,448 --> 00:04:55,549 He's Robespierre in a top hat. 65 00:04:55,550 --> 00:04:58,987 - (ALL CHUCKLE) - Madame la Guillotine, salut! 66 00:05:01,422 --> 00:05:04,559 Nh, don't, Jim. Don't, you're plastered. 67 00:05:06,594 --> 00:05:08,729 - Stephen. - Good afternoon. 68 00:05:08,730 --> 00:05:09,797 Oh. 69 00:05:10,465 --> 00:05:11,466 David. 70 00:05:12,066 --> 00:05:14,002 Viscount Brooke, I should say. 71 00:05:14,903 --> 00:05:17,071 My condolences again. 72 00:05:17,338 --> 00:05:20,574 We all adored your father. 73 00:05:20,575 --> 00:05:21,642 Thank you. 74 00:05:21,643 --> 00:05:24,444 I remember when mine passed away. 75 00:05:24,445 --> 00:05:29,017 He was an insignificant man, but his absence was profound. 76 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,587 (CHUCKLES DRUNKENLY) 77 00:05:33,588 --> 00:05:36,390 You know, your father gave me the job 78 00:05:36,391 --> 00:05:38,893 right here in the club. (CHUCKLES) 79 00:05:39,761 --> 00:05:42,130 Over, er, lunch... No, dinner. 80 00:05:42,397 --> 00:05:44,698 And he squeezed my young cheeks, 81 00:05:44,699 --> 00:05:46,634 and, "Jimmy, 82 00:05:47,535 --> 00:05:51,105 "I hereby anoint you my chief drama critic." 83 00:05:51,372 --> 00:05:52,372 (CHUCKLES) 84 00:05:52,373 --> 00:05:53,575 Hmm. 85 00:05:56,444 --> 00:05:57,779 Working tonight? 86 00:05:58,746 --> 00:06:00,448 The White Devil. 87 00:06:02,417 --> 00:06:04,118 Best seen sober, I suspect. 88 00:06:05,153 --> 00:06:07,055 Not necessarily. 89 00:06:09,824 --> 00:06:12,025 MAN: That is the half, Mr Cooper. 90 00:06:12,026 --> 00:06:13,594 That is the half. Thirty minutes. 91 00:06:13,595 --> 00:06:15,095 Half an hour, ladies and gents. 92 00:06:15,096 --> 00:06:17,030 - (INDISTINCT TALKING) - Half an hour, Mrs Reverly. 93 00:06:17,031 --> 00:06:18,166 - Half an hour. Half an hour. - All right, Lennie. 94 00:06:18,433 --> 00:06:20,434 LENNIE: Tell him half. Half an hour, Miss Land. 95 00:06:20,435 --> 00:06:22,102 - Fuck off, Lennie. - I'll do my best. 96 00:06:22,103 --> 00:06:23,605 WOMAN: Excuse me. 97 00:06:24,606 --> 00:06:27,008 (SIGHS) I'm too old for this. 98 00:06:27,675 --> 00:06:29,611 From your secret admirer. 99 00:06:30,511 --> 00:06:33,547 - Who is he, Miss? - Oh, it's a mystery. 100 00:06:33,548 --> 00:06:35,816 I could travel to the Orkneys and act in a stable, 101 00:06:35,817 --> 00:06:38,518 two dozen white roses would appear on the first night. 102 00:06:38,519 --> 00:06:40,120 Have them. 103 00:06:40,121 --> 00:06:42,623 "Unto my lord the duke, The best of welcome. 104 00:06:42,624 --> 00:06:43,857 "More lights! Attend the duke." 105 00:06:43,858 --> 00:06:45,692 (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) 106 00:06:45,693 --> 00:06:47,961 TOM: I'm in the mood for Jacobean tragedy. 107 00:06:47,962 --> 00:06:49,163 Not often I say that. 108 00:06:49,430 --> 00:06:52,533 JIMMY: Done badly, this play could drive a nun to arson. 109 00:06:52,534 --> 00:06:54,134 MAN 1: Mr Erskine? MAN 2: Mr Erskine? 110 00:06:54,135 --> 00:06:56,470 LENNIE: Five minutes, White Devil company. 111 00:06:56,471 --> 00:06:57,838 That's the five. 112 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,574 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 113 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:06,915 You will be a sensation. 114 00:07:07,615 --> 00:07:09,683 Don't expect a good notice in The Chronicle. 115 00:07:09,684 --> 00:07:11,785 At least, not for my performance. 116 00:07:11,786 --> 00:07:13,221 Jimmy Erskine's never liked me. 117 00:07:13,488 --> 00:07:15,689 Well, tonight, the beast will experience 118 00:07:15,690 --> 00:07:17,825 - a Damascene conversion. - (EXHALES) 119 00:07:18,793 --> 00:07:20,495 Ready? Have courage. 120 00:07:22,797 --> 00:07:24,599 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 121 00:07:35,109 --> 00:07:36,577 "Unto my lord the duke, 122 00:07:36,578 --> 00:07:38,813 "The best of welcome. More lights." 123 00:07:44,252 --> 00:07:45,920 Where's Mr Erskine? 124 00:07:48,823 --> 00:07:50,191 (WHISPERS) Over there. 125 00:07:52,660 --> 00:07:54,495 How's his portrait coming along? 126 00:07:55,096 --> 00:07:56,563 (IN NORMAL VOICE) Quite well. 127 00:07:56,564 --> 00:07:58,633 His face is more interesting than his opinions. 128 00:07:59,267 --> 00:08:01,501 (SCOFFS) I love him. 129 00:08:01,502 --> 00:08:02,871 He's gutsy. 130 00:08:04,172 --> 00:08:06,040 Viscount at one o'clock. 131 00:08:13,014 --> 00:08:15,550 JIMMY: Shame his lady wife never attends. 132 00:08:17,652 --> 00:08:19,152 Perhaps she's got a prior engagement 133 00:08:19,153 --> 00:08:20,754 with a keg of lithium. 134 00:08:20,755 --> 00:08:22,924 (BOTH SNICKER) 135 00:08:25,627 --> 00:08:28,296 (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC FADES IN) 136 00:08:36,971 --> 00:08:38,639 Your best of rest. 137 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,542 Unto my lord the duke, The best of welcome. 138 00:08:41,543 --> 00:08:43,110 Attend the duke. 139 00:08:43,111 --> 00:08:45,313 - (STIFLED LAUGHTER) - More lights! 140 00:08:47,949 --> 00:08:50,617 - Flamineo. - FLAMINEO: My lord. 141 00:08:50,618 --> 00:08:52,654 Quite lost, Flamineo. 142 00:08:53,555 --> 00:08:55,155 (JIMMY GROANS SOFTLY) 143 00:08:55,156 --> 00:08:57,125 Now to the act of blood. 144 00:08:58,193 --> 00:09:01,662 There's but three Furies found in spacious hell... 145 00:09:01,663 --> 00:09:03,564 (DIALOGUE MUTED) 146 00:09:03,565 --> 00:09:06,301 (INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY) 147 00:09:06,568 --> 00:09:08,570 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 148 00:09:18,780 --> 00:09:20,247 (WOMAN CLEARS THROAT) 149 00:09:20,248 --> 00:09:23,318 I think I prefer this play to his other one. 150 00:09:24,852 --> 00:09:27,589 - His other one? - Well, his other famous one. 151 00:09:28,256 --> 00:09:29,591 Duchess of Malta. 152 00:09:30,959 --> 00:09:33,293 - Malfi. - Oh, yes! 153 00:09:33,294 --> 00:09:36,331 (LAUGHING) Duchess of Malfi. 154 00:09:36,598 --> 00:09:39,067 Jew of Malta. Duchess of Malfi. 155 00:09:40,268 --> 00:09:41,268 Same era, though. 156 00:09:41,269 --> 00:09:44,973 Webster is Jacobean. Marlowe, Elizabethan. 157 00:09:46,374 --> 00:09:50,210 Oh, a slightly pedantic distinction. 158 00:09:50,211 --> 00:09:52,146 It's the correct one. 159 00:09:53,214 --> 00:09:57,918 Well, I'm sure we can agree on tonight's performance 160 00:09:57,919 --> 00:09:58,987 thus far. 161 00:09:59,854 --> 00:10:02,790 I... I just adore Nina Land. 162 00:10:03,825 --> 00:10:06,326 She's such a mercurial actress. 163 00:10:06,327 --> 00:10:08,061 I'm... I'm... I'm sure you'll be 164 00:10:08,062 --> 00:10:11,198 dipping that famous nib in nectar tonight. 165 00:10:11,199 --> 00:10:12,733 (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) 166 00:10:12,734 --> 00:10:14,301 No need for the prussic acid. 167 00:10:14,302 --> 00:10:16,371 - (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) - Excuse me. 168 00:10:17,772 --> 00:10:19,774 Meadows! (GRUNTS) 169 00:10:21,175 --> 00:10:23,176 Will you remove that lunatic baggage? 170 00:10:23,177 --> 00:10:25,112 I'm so sorry, Mr Erskine. What seems to be the problem? 171 00:10:25,113 --> 00:10:26,246 Ah, no, not "seems". 172 00:10:26,247 --> 00:10:28,248 She invaded my table, 173 00:10:28,249 --> 00:10:31,051 she besieged me with her opinions, 174 00:10:31,052 --> 00:10:32,853 and stole my nuts! 175 00:10:32,854 --> 00:10:34,221 I must have silence! 176 00:10:34,222 --> 00:10:36,224 I must be protected from the general public! 177 00:10:36,824 --> 00:10:37,825 Move her, move her. 178 00:10:38,726 --> 00:10:40,028 (LOUDY) Run! 179 00:10:40,762 --> 00:10:43,064 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 180 00:10:43,831 --> 00:10:47,402 O, happy they who never saw the court, 181 00:10:48,303 --> 00:10:52,907 Nor ever knew great man but by report. 182 00:10:54,142 --> 00:10:55,876 - (GRUNTS) - I recover, 183 00:10:55,877 --> 00:10:57,244 like a spent taper... 184 00:10:57,245 --> 00:10:59,213 - (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) - ...for a flash. 185 00:10:59,214 --> 00:11:01,115 But instantly go out. 186 00:11:02,116 --> 00:11:04,751 The rack, the gallows, 187 00:11:04,752 --> 00:11:06,687 - and the torturing wheel... - (JIMMY SIGHS) 188 00:11:06,688 --> 00:11:09,823 ...shall be but sound sleeps to me. 189 00:11:09,824 --> 00:11:11,959 Here's my rest, 190 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,163 I limb'd this night-piece and it was my best. 191 00:11:16,164 --> 00:11:18,031 GIOVANNI: Remove the bodies. 192 00:11:18,032 --> 00:11:19,967 See my honoured lord. 193 00:11:19,968 --> 00:11:23,170 Let guilty men remember their black deeds 194 00:11:23,171 --> 00:11:27,174 Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds. 195 00:11:27,175 --> 00:11:29,043 (APPLAUSE) 196 00:11:33,948 --> 00:11:35,415 JIMMY: No... 197 00:11:35,416 --> 00:11:38,286 Replace with, er, "succubus". 198 00:11:40,488 --> 00:11:43,056 (MUMBLES) Cut all that shit. 199 00:11:43,057 --> 00:11:44,925 - This shit? - No, that shit. 200 00:11:44,926 --> 00:11:45,993 Oh. 201 00:11:45,994 --> 00:11:48,061 There is no "e" in "somnambulant". 202 00:11:48,062 --> 00:11:50,397 There never has been, God help us, never will be. 203 00:11:50,398 --> 00:11:52,799 (HUMS) 204 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,769 Change "damp squib" to... (INHALES) 205 00:11:55,770 --> 00:11:58,105 "wet blanket". No, no. Help? 206 00:11:58,106 --> 00:12:00,207 - Er, "sopping"? - Perfect, yes. 207 00:12:00,208 --> 00:12:02,477 No, "sodden". Yes. (CHUCKLES) 208 00:12:02,744 --> 00:12:04,411 All right, get typing. 209 00:12:04,412 --> 00:12:05,980 "Sodden". 210 00:12:11,452 --> 00:12:13,420 BOY: That was the longest play in the world. 211 00:12:13,421 --> 00:12:15,223 WOMAN: Longer than life itself. 212 00:12:16,191 --> 00:12:19,159 - BOY: How long is life? - Endless. 213 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:20,794 As long as you eat your vegetables. 214 00:12:20,795 --> 00:12:21,930 (BOY CHUCKLES) 215 00:12:22,830 --> 00:12:24,532 GIRL: Wasn't Nina Land the greatest? 216 00:12:25,934 --> 00:12:27,235 She's magical. 217 00:12:28,436 --> 00:12:29,971 You should paint her. 218 00:12:33,508 --> 00:12:34,876 STEPHEN: Mm. 219 00:12:37,145 --> 00:12:39,147 I think you've got secrets. 220 00:12:40,114 --> 00:12:42,116 STEPHEN: You're very direct. GIRL: You raised me to be. 221 00:12:42,850 --> 00:12:44,284 STEPHEN: True. 222 00:12:44,285 --> 00:12:45,887 But I don't. 223 00:12:47,222 --> 00:12:48,857 GIRL: I wouldn't mind if you did. 224 00:12:49,891 --> 00:12:51,391 Not if she makes you happy. 225 00:12:51,392 --> 00:12:53,160 I love your mother. (EXHALES) 226 00:12:53,161 --> 00:12:54,896 Said unconvincingly. 227 00:12:56,097 --> 00:12:58,365 STEPHEN: Your father seemed to enjoy it. 228 00:12:58,366 --> 00:12:59,967 STEPHEN'S WIFE: Mm. 229 00:12:59,968 --> 00:13:01,336 Brutal play. 230 00:13:02,203 --> 00:13:04,405 - Mm. - Extraordinary. 231 00:13:05,039 --> 00:13:07,008 All that wailing and gnashing. 232 00:13:08,810 --> 00:13:11,311 You are aware it was written in the early 17th century? 233 00:13:11,312 --> 00:13:12,981 I had gleaned it. 234 00:13:14,249 --> 00:13:16,551 People don't wail and gnash nowadays. 235 00:13:16,818 --> 00:13:18,553 - Well, we don't. - Well, if we don't... 236 00:13:19,888 --> 00:13:21,889 I mean, we are representative of everyone. 237 00:13:21,890 --> 00:13:23,191 Oh, must you? 238 00:13:23,958 --> 00:13:24,959 (SIGHS) 239 00:13:27,595 --> 00:13:29,964 (SOFT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 240 00:13:38,540 --> 00:13:40,975 JIMMY: All right, come on, Tom, hurry up. 241 00:13:42,343 --> 00:13:43,545 Ah, thank you. 242 00:13:46,915 --> 00:13:51,084 "The Duke of Bracciano's steatopygous form"? 243 00:13:51,085 --> 00:13:52,487 From the Greek. 244 00:13:53,321 --> 00:13:55,857 "Excessive flesh on the buttocks." 245 00:13:57,325 --> 00:13:59,526 I doubt our readers are familiar with the word. 246 00:13:59,527 --> 00:14:01,930 I doubt our readers can read. 247 00:14:05,233 --> 00:14:07,068 Change it, please. 248 00:14:08,336 --> 00:14:10,437 Replace with "fat-arsed". 249 00:14:10,438 --> 00:14:12,372 (CHATTER AND LAUGHTER) 250 00:14:12,373 --> 00:14:14,174 You can't leave the bloody party! 251 00:14:14,175 --> 00:14:15,944 Sorry. Exhausted. 252 00:14:16,477 --> 00:14:18,011 The producers tell me 253 00:14:18,012 --> 00:14:21,249 the vibrations are extremely positive. 254 00:14:21,950 --> 00:14:23,283 It's opening night. 255 00:14:23,284 --> 00:14:24,918 We're a hit! 256 00:14:24,919 --> 00:14:27,054 Even the beast gave me the nod. 257 00:14:27,055 --> 00:14:29,389 Caught my eye as he scarpered up the aisle. 258 00:14:29,390 --> 00:14:31,925 Hmm. Probably thinking of all the vile things 259 00:14:31,926 --> 00:14:33,328 he'll say about me. 260 00:14:34,229 --> 00:14:36,497 Well, if you can't enjoy the moment, 261 00:14:37,298 --> 00:14:39,400 you'd best fuck off. Hmm. 262 00:14:41,302 --> 00:14:43,204 Love you! (BLOWS KISS) 263 00:14:46,674 --> 00:14:49,077 (FAINT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 264 00:15:12,166 --> 00:15:14,035 MAN: A word of advice. 265 00:15:15,370 --> 00:15:17,972 Brooke told me it's the best thing he's seen all season. 266 00:15:20,575 --> 00:15:23,044 But he's not the paper's drama critic. 267 00:15:23,645 --> 00:15:25,046 Not yet. 268 00:15:26,714 --> 00:15:28,550 What do you know? 269 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,289 He's begun culling the old lags. 270 00:15:35,423 --> 00:15:36,591 And he's not so keen on you. 271 00:15:37,425 --> 00:15:39,194 Nor does he like your... 272 00:15:41,262 --> 00:15:42,964 proclivities. 273 00:15:44,132 --> 00:15:45,533 Family paper. 274 00:15:46,568 --> 00:15:48,169 Be careful. 275 00:15:52,106 --> 00:15:54,976 (MIDNIGHT, THE STARS AND YOU BY AL BOWLLY PLAYING) 276 00:16:20,602 --> 00:16:26,274 ♪ Midnight with the stars and you ♪ 277 00:16:27,408 --> 00:16:29,443 - ♪ Midnight ♪ - (WHISTLING) 278 00:16:29,444 --> 00:16:33,514 ♪ And a rendezvous ♪ 279 00:16:34,282 --> 00:16:39,620 ♪ Your eyes held a message tender ♪ 280 00:16:39,621 --> 00:16:42,690 ♪ Saying, "I surrender ♪ 281 00:16:43,391 --> 00:16:47,027 ♪ "All my love to you" ♪ 282 00:16:47,028 --> 00:16:49,229 - (POLICE ALARM BELL RINGING) - Raid! Get down. 283 00:16:49,230 --> 00:16:51,031 POLICEMAN: Stop there! 284 00:16:51,032 --> 00:16:53,400 (DOGS BARKING) 285 00:16:53,401 --> 00:16:56,037 MAN: Get off! Get off me! 286 00:16:57,171 --> 00:16:59,039 POLICEMAN: And you, you little pansy, come here! 287 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,109 (SONG CONTINUES PLAYING) 288 00:17:02,510 --> 00:17:05,479 ♪ I'll be remembering you ♪ 289 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,582 ♪ Whatever else I do ♪ 290 00:17:09,384 --> 00:17:11,484 ♪ Midnight ♪ 291 00:17:11,485 --> 00:17:14,087 ♪ With the stars and you ♪ 292 00:17:14,088 --> 00:17:16,455 - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - No baths after 10:00. 293 00:17:16,456 --> 00:17:17,558 NINA: Sorry! 294 00:17:17,559 --> 00:17:20,195 Well, turn the taps off before you wake the whole house. 295 00:17:21,462 --> 00:17:23,764 - (SONG ENDS) - (BIRDS CHIRPING) 296 00:17:28,636 --> 00:17:31,272 (MUFFLED VOICES ARGUING AND BABY CRYING) 297 00:17:33,374 --> 00:17:34,576 (SIGHS HEAVILY) 298 00:17:36,244 --> 00:17:37,478 NINA: Thank you. 299 00:17:53,728 --> 00:17:54,796 (SIGHS) 300 00:18:07,842 --> 00:18:11,812 JIMMY: The vamping and shrieking Miss Nina Land 301 00:18:11,813 --> 00:18:16,451 attempts Vittoria with all the grace of a startled mule. 302 00:18:17,318 --> 00:18:21,523 There's not a single moment of stillness nor subtlety. 303 00:18:22,557 --> 00:18:25,325 After three long hours, 304 00:18:25,326 --> 00:18:28,563 when Miss Land finally, blessedly, expires, 305 00:18:29,197 --> 00:18:32,433 her death is akin to a deflated dirigible. 306 00:18:38,172 --> 00:18:40,675 - (PHONE RINGING) - (CHEWING LOUDLY) 307 00:18:42,277 --> 00:18:44,144 (KNOCK AT DOOR) 308 00:18:44,145 --> 00:18:45,480 LANDLADY: Miss Land? 309 00:18:47,515 --> 00:18:48,750 Visitor! 310 00:18:50,919 --> 00:18:53,520 (GROANS) It's a disaster. He's so important. 311 00:18:53,521 --> 00:18:55,355 - NINA: I know. - (SIGHS) 312 00:18:55,356 --> 00:18:56,858 What did you think? 313 00:18:57,525 --> 00:18:58,826 Last night? 314 00:19:00,195 --> 00:19:02,629 Well, I... I told you. I... I raved. 315 00:19:02,630 --> 00:19:03,798 But? 316 00:19:04,566 --> 00:19:06,533 I'm your most ardent supporter. 317 00:19:06,534 --> 00:19:07,834 - It's irrelevant. - Mum. 318 00:19:07,835 --> 00:19:09,603 Well, I thought you were a touch too florid 319 00:19:09,604 --> 00:19:11,539 with your hands. You know... 320 00:19:11,873 --> 00:19:13,807 And... And you pushed a bit... 321 00:19:13,808 --> 00:19:15,442 bit too hard at times. 322 00:19:15,443 --> 00:19:18,479 But you looked striking. 323 00:19:20,248 --> 00:19:21,382 And... 324 00:19:22,317 --> 00:19:23,884 You were very audible. 325 00:19:23,885 --> 00:19:27,721 I mean, every syllable, clear as a bell. 326 00:19:27,722 --> 00:19:28,923 (SCOFFS) 327 00:19:29,190 --> 00:19:33,861 Nina, you're 30... oomph years old, 328 00:19:33,862 --> 00:19:34,963 you're a spinster, 329 00:19:35,230 --> 00:19:38,298 you're living in a squalid one little room. 330 00:19:38,299 --> 00:19:40,701 I mean, life is passing you by. 331 00:19:40,702 --> 00:19:43,705 - I'm perfectly content. - Well, you're patently not. 332 00:19:52,814 --> 00:19:53,982 You should talk to him. 333 00:19:54,883 --> 00:19:56,484 We don't talk to critics. 334 00:19:56,985 --> 00:19:58,318 It's not the done thing. 335 00:19:58,319 --> 00:20:01,388 - Confront him and have it out. - You're bloody mad! 336 00:20:01,389 --> 00:20:04,358 Deal with the odious man before he insults you again. 337 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,627 You've got 10 days before you open Twelfth Night. 338 00:20:06,628 --> 00:20:08,395 Do it now! 339 00:20:08,396 --> 00:20:09,796 I wish you'd stop meddling. 340 00:20:09,797 --> 00:20:10,899 I'm not meddling. 341 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:13,735 I'm mothering. 342 00:20:14,969 --> 00:20:17,372 (SUSPENSEFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 343 00:20:18,673 --> 00:20:19,774 (DOOR SHUTS) 344 00:20:28,016 --> 00:20:29,517 (SIGHS) 345 00:20:54,042 --> 00:20:55,577 No, no, no. 346 00:21:03,685 --> 00:21:06,520 (BREATHLESSLY) What do you require from me? 347 00:21:06,521 --> 00:21:07,855 I have a very important meeting. 348 00:21:07,856 --> 00:21:08,922 Please make it brief. 349 00:21:08,923 --> 00:21:10,824 - I want an apology. - (SCOFFS) 350 00:21:10,825 --> 00:21:12,292 For expressing my opinion? 351 00:21:12,293 --> 00:21:13,927 For the manner of its expression. 352 00:21:13,928 --> 00:21:15,729 The rudeness, the disrespect. 353 00:21:15,730 --> 00:21:18,599 One of my many solemn duties is to entertain the reader. 354 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:19,933 At my expense? 355 00:21:19,934 --> 00:21:21,569 Well, it's not just you, is it? 356 00:21:22,036 --> 00:21:24,571 I write, what, half a million words a year? 357 00:21:24,572 --> 00:21:28,042 Oh, mea culpa if 12 of them offended you. 358 00:21:28,309 --> 00:21:30,344 Over the last 10 years, 359 00:21:30,345 --> 00:21:32,479 you've compared me to livestock, 360 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,681 creatures of the sea, and an extinct bird. 361 00:21:34,682 --> 00:21:37,951 You've said my voice is "fluting", "grating", 362 00:21:37,952 --> 00:21:39,820 "girlish" and "manly". 363 00:21:39,821 --> 00:21:42,689 You've described me as plump and emaciated. 364 00:21:42,690 --> 00:21:44,391 Which is it, damn you? 365 00:21:44,392 --> 00:21:48,462 Last season, "Her Mrs Elvestad is glamourous but ungainly. 366 00:21:48,463 --> 00:21:49,897 "She doesn't seem to know how to walk." 367 00:21:49,898 --> 00:21:51,365 How to walk? 368 00:21:51,366 --> 00:21:53,467 You've been dishing it out to me for a decade 369 00:21:53,468 --> 00:21:55,103 and now it's going to stop. 370 00:21:55,370 --> 00:21:56,904 Oh, are you retiring? 371 00:21:56,905 --> 00:21:58,872 Oh, I'm tight enough to scratch your eyes out! 372 00:21:58,873 --> 00:22:00,474 Oh, I wouldn't try. 373 00:22:00,475 --> 00:22:02,042 You stand before the junior vice-captain 374 00:22:02,043 --> 00:22:03,111 of the Wigan Boxing Club. 375 00:22:03,378 --> 00:22:04,878 You all right, Miss? He's a bit weird, this one. 376 00:22:04,879 --> 00:22:06,613 This is a private conversation. 377 00:22:06,614 --> 00:22:07,681 Weird? 378 00:22:07,682 --> 00:22:09,349 Oh, be a good chap and bugger off. 379 00:22:09,350 --> 00:22:10,517 The lady's perfectly safe. 380 00:22:10,518 --> 00:22:12,654 Oh... Oh, tell. 381 00:22:13,488 --> 00:22:14,488 (WHISPERS) Please. 382 00:22:14,489 --> 00:22:15,857 MAN: He likes it rough. 383 00:22:17,425 --> 00:22:18,760 NINA: Does he, now? 384 00:22:27,902 --> 00:22:29,470 Apologise. 385 00:22:30,838 --> 00:22:32,072 I won't, Miss Land. 386 00:22:32,073 --> 00:22:34,841 I will fight to the death for freedom of thought 387 00:22:34,842 --> 00:22:36,977 and its public expression. 388 00:22:36,978 --> 00:22:39,379 "Erskine of The Chronicle 389 00:22:39,380 --> 00:22:42,082 "pays trade for rough sex." 390 00:22:42,083 --> 00:22:43,850 (SIGHS) 391 00:22:43,851 --> 00:22:45,453 Why do you like that? 392 00:22:46,054 --> 00:22:47,889 I daresay you can imagine. 393 00:22:48,857 --> 00:22:50,792 You spoke it last night. 394 00:22:52,694 --> 00:22:55,463 "My soul, like a ship in a black storm, 395 00:22:55,964 --> 00:22:57,999 "Is driven, I know not whither." 396 00:23:00,668 --> 00:23:02,170 Humiliation. 397 00:23:03,037 --> 00:23:04,439 Danger. 398 00:23:08,176 --> 00:23:10,445 I think you understand. 399 00:23:11,112 --> 00:23:13,513 (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 400 00:23:13,514 --> 00:23:15,616 Don't take what I write to heart. 401 00:23:15,617 --> 00:23:17,918 There are other critics, albeit lesser ones, 402 00:23:17,919 --> 00:23:19,620 who think you're spectacular. 403 00:23:19,621 --> 00:23:21,655 I'm not interested in them. 404 00:23:21,656 --> 00:23:24,024 - I follow you. - Me? (SCOFFS) 405 00:23:24,025 --> 00:23:25,859 I'm a monster, I'm weird. 406 00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:27,128 You most certainly are. 407 00:23:27,996 --> 00:23:30,865 But I grew up reading you. 408 00:23:31,633 --> 00:23:33,768 I wanted to act because of you. 409 00:23:34,135 --> 00:23:35,703 You're mocking me. 410 00:23:37,205 --> 00:23:38,706 You formed me. 411 00:23:40,808 --> 00:23:41,876 Well... 412 00:23:43,011 --> 00:23:45,847 that's a terribly flattering thing to say. 413 00:23:46,548 --> 00:23:49,049 You write so tenderly and... and passionately 414 00:23:49,050 --> 00:23:51,553 about the plays and the actors who move you. 415 00:23:52,220 --> 00:23:55,990 And yet you dismiss those who disappoint you so ruthlessly. 416 00:23:57,225 --> 00:23:59,159 As if you've been betrayed. 417 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:03,665 This little England lowers its standards every day. 418 00:24:04,832 --> 00:24:06,099 In my footling way, 419 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:08,101 I'm attempting to maintain them. 420 00:24:08,102 --> 00:24:10,772 I so wanted to meet your standards. 421 00:24:12,507 --> 00:24:14,075 But you think I'm appalling? 422 00:24:17,812 --> 00:24:19,613 I'm afraid so. 423 00:24:19,614 --> 00:24:21,481 (SIGHS) 424 00:24:21,482 --> 00:24:22,884 I might dissolve. 425 00:24:26,688 --> 00:24:28,857 There is art in you, Miss Land. 426 00:24:29,858 --> 00:24:33,995 My disappointment is in your failure to access it. 427 00:24:36,764 --> 00:24:38,600 You know where I live. 428 00:24:39,701 --> 00:24:41,836 You may visit if you wish. 429 00:24:51,079 --> 00:24:53,248 - (PHONES RINGING) - (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 430 00:24:55,049 --> 00:24:56,951 Dorothy. (SNIFFS) 431 00:25:03,558 --> 00:25:05,293 Joan! Good afternoon. 432 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:06,661 Jimmy. 433 00:25:07,962 --> 00:25:09,297 (SOFTLY) Yes. 434 00:25:17,539 --> 00:25:19,807 MAN: Good luck. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 435 00:25:29,784 --> 00:25:32,287 La commedia è finita. 436 00:25:39,761 --> 00:25:40,995 (DOOR OPENS) 437 00:25:42,897 --> 00:25:43,932 Jimmy. 438 00:25:45,767 --> 00:25:47,068 (SIGHS LOUDLY) 439 00:25:48,203 --> 00:25:49,671 Tone it down. 440 00:25:54,676 --> 00:25:56,344 (PEN SCRATCHING ON PAPER) 441 00:26:01,249 --> 00:26:03,718 Er, what exactly? 442 00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:07,088 The unpleasantness. 443 00:26:07,789 --> 00:26:09,190 The extravagance. 444 00:26:10,825 --> 00:26:12,292 Less. 445 00:26:12,293 --> 00:26:14,828 C... Could you be more specific? 446 00:26:14,829 --> 00:26:17,065 In order that I may obey. 447 00:26:22,036 --> 00:26:23,704 (CLEARS THROAT) "Warning. Hold your breath 448 00:26:23,705 --> 00:26:25,072 "as you pass the Duke's Theatre 449 00:26:25,073 --> 00:26:27,208 "for here is untreated theatrical sewage. 450 00:26:28,843 --> 00:26:30,110 "A play of elemental passion 451 00:26:30,111 --> 00:26:32,981 "has been reduced to the scale of a sodden sock." 452 00:26:34,949 --> 00:26:38,686 Well, it's my responsibility to discourage our readers from 453 00:26:39,387 --> 00:26:41,722 wasting their wages on tripe. 454 00:26:41,723 --> 00:26:43,191 Never mind all that. 455 00:26:43,992 --> 00:26:46,793 We're discussing the extremity of your style. 456 00:26:46,794 --> 00:26:50,031 But that's why people read me, you know. 457 00:26:50,865 --> 00:26:53,735 I wither and I effuse. 458 00:26:54,936 --> 00:26:57,704 And the proud tradition of this paper, 459 00:26:57,705 --> 00:27:00,107 established by your dear father... 460 00:27:00,108 --> 00:27:01,808 Yes, I know he was fond of you. 461 00:27:01,809 --> 00:27:03,677 He was also fond of Sir Oswald Mosley. 462 00:27:03,678 --> 00:27:06,013 You can't compare me with him. 463 00:27:06,014 --> 00:27:08,383 Anyone who threatens the reputation of this newspaper 464 00:27:08,650 --> 00:27:09,716 is an undesirable. 465 00:27:09,717 --> 00:27:11,419 Oh, so it's a witch hunt? 466 00:27:11,686 --> 00:27:12,720 Jim! 467 00:27:13,221 --> 00:27:14,722 Don't break the law. 468 00:27:15,290 --> 00:27:16,958 Don't cause a stink. 469 00:27:18,693 --> 00:27:19,928 Be kinder. 470 00:27:21,396 --> 00:27:23,731 More beauty, less beast. 471 00:27:24,365 --> 00:27:25,833 Final warning. 472 00:27:28,036 --> 00:27:29,304 NINA: Stay. 473 00:27:30,171 --> 00:27:33,240 If I think so, I think the same of you. 474 00:27:33,241 --> 00:27:36,110 Think thou right. I am not what I am. 475 00:27:36,978 --> 00:27:39,246 I... I would you... 476 00:27:39,247 --> 00:27:40,314 Yes? 477 00:27:40,315 --> 00:27:41,381 "Were as I would have you be." 478 00:27:41,382 --> 00:27:42,450 Were as I would... 479 00:27:42,717 --> 00:27:44,184 would you were as I would have you be. 480 00:27:44,185 --> 00:27:45,786 Break them. 481 00:27:45,787 --> 00:27:47,354 Lunch, everyone. That's lunch, please. 482 00:27:47,355 --> 00:27:49,057 Back in an hour. Thank you. 483 00:27:50,725 --> 00:27:52,893 We must all get over that review 484 00:27:52,894 --> 00:27:54,795 and focus on this show. 485 00:27:54,796 --> 00:27:57,364 - I know my lines. - I know you know them. 486 00:27:57,365 --> 00:27:59,099 Why can't you say them? 487 00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:00,767 - I am. - Heavily. 488 00:28:00,768 --> 00:28:02,202 Where's the lightness? 489 00:28:02,203 --> 00:28:04,105 - Where's the wit? - (SNAPS FINGERS) 490 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:06,441 (SIGHS) 491 00:28:06,708 --> 00:28:08,276 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 492 00:28:24,425 --> 00:28:26,027 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 493 00:28:26,861 --> 00:28:28,396 I'm going mad without you. 494 00:28:31,132 --> 00:28:33,067 Hello. Could you tell her I miss her? 495 00:28:34,202 --> 00:28:35,202 Could you tell him 496 00:28:35,203 --> 00:28:36,437 he's married with two children? 497 00:28:39,741 --> 00:28:40,775 STEPHEN: Please. 498 00:28:42,377 --> 00:28:43,511 Thank you. 499 00:28:44,445 --> 00:28:46,947 - Nina... - I'm in rehearsals. 500 00:28:46,948 --> 00:28:49,249 I'm being dreadful, and we open in two days. 501 00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:51,151 As we discussed at length, 502 00:28:51,152 --> 00:28:53,254 I won't be your mistress any more. 503 00:28:54,822 --> 00:28:56,191 We were lovers. 504 00:28:59,093 --> 00:29:00,495 You were my lover. 505 00:29:03,164 --> 00:29:04,766 Go home to your family. 506 00:29:10,271 --> 00:29:11,872 (LIVELY JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 507 00:29:11,873 --> 00:29:13,541 MEN: More! More! 508 00:29:13,808 --> 00:29:15,442 ...well, I say... 509 00:29:15,443 --> 00:29:17,978 - More! - MEN: More! 510 00:29:17,979 --> 00:29:21,115 (DRUNKEN INDISTINCT CHANTING) 511 00:29:22,016 --> 00:29:23,450 (LAUGHTER) 512 00:29:23,451 --> 00:29:25,319 JIMMY: If I can't write freely, 513 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:26,788 I can't write at all. 514 00:29:28,022 --> 00:29:30,558 - Don't resign. - Well, there's no need. 515 00:29:30,825 --> 00:29:33,528 (CHUCKLES) He'll be rid of me as soon as he finds an excuse. 516 00:29:33,795 --> 00:29:34,796 Oh. 517 00:29:35,396 --> 00:29:37,532 (SLURRED) I am on the scaffold, 518 00:29:37,799 --> 00:29:39,933 black cloth bag over my head 519 00:29:39,934 --> 00:29:43,470 and the frigid fart's just fumbling for the lever. 520 00:29:43,471 --> 00:29:45,372 (MEN LAUGH) 521 00:29:45,373 --> 00:29:46,440 TOM: We should turn back. 522 00:29:46,441 --> 00:29:48,442 JIMMY: They don't own the streets. 523 00:29:48,443 --> 00:29:49,544 Not yet. 524 00:29:49,811 --> 00:29:52,180 We have the right to walk here. 525 00:29:52,881 --> 00:29:55,048 - Come on. - Well, I'm turning back. 526 00:29:55,049 --> 00:29:57,018 - Let go. - No! 527 00:29:57,852 --> 00:29:59,821 (MEN CHATTERING) 528 00:30:05,159 --> 00:30:06,160 All right? 529 00:30:07,128 --> 00:30:09,264 Oh, yes. How are you? 530 00:30:09,931 --> 00:30:12,100 - I'm all right. - I'm so glad. 531 00:30:15,436 --> 00:30:16,970 Who's your friend, then? 532 00:30:16,971 --> 00:30:19,607 I'll tell you about mine if you tell me about yours. 533 00:30:19,874 --> 00:30:21,843 (GROUP CHUCKLES) 534 00:30:24,412 --> 00:30:26,848 Tell your friend to go home. 535 00:30:27,248 --> 00:30:28,482 Oh, but I'm taking him home. 536 00:30:28,483 --> 00:30:30,151 He lives in this environ. 537 00:30:31,986 --> 00:30:33,354 You're a cheeky old queer, ain't ya? 538 00:30:34,389 --> 00:30:38,859 May I return the compliment and say how splendid you look 539 00:30:38,860 --> 00:30:41,161 with your badges and crests 540 00:30:41,162 --> 00:30:43,197 and crisp black shirt? 541 00:30:43,198 --> 00:30:44,966 Did you iron it yourself? 542 00:30:45,533 --> 00:30:47,434 - Getcha! Go on! - (GROUP LAUGHS) 543 00:30:47,435 --> 00:30:49,904 - (MOCKING LAUGHTER) - MAN 2: Go on, now! 544 00:30:50,872 --> 00:30:53,241 JIMMY: Stop it! (LAUGHING) 545 00:30:54,342 --> 00:30:56,644 I'm... I'm gonna die! 546 00:30:56,911 --> 00:30:58,146 You could've got us killed! 547 00:30:58,613 --> 00:31:00,547 Oh, don't be silly. 548 00:31:00,548 --> 00:31:02,282 They could've killed us. 549 00:31:02,283 --> 00:31:06,054 Nobody gets murdered in Bloomsbury. (LAUGHS) 550 00:31:07,388 --> 00:31:09,556 You're a maniac with a death wish. 551 00:31:09,557 --> 00:31:11,425 It's true! 552 00:31:11,426 --> 00:31:12,660 (JIMMY GRUNTS) 553 00:31:13,361 --> 00:31:15,095 Stop that now. 554 00:31:15,096 --> 00:31:19,000 He who lives in fear dies of shame. 555 00:31:20,201 --> 00:31:21,535 Who said that? 556 00:31:21,536 --> 00:31:24,137 Me. Just now. 557 00:31:24,138 --> 00:31:26,474 Just scribble it down for the memoirs. 558 00:31:27,342 --> 00:31:31,579 I will never let anything bad happen to you. 559 00:31:34,616 --> 00:31:35,616 MAN: (IN DISTANCE) Oi! 560 00:31:35,617 --> 00:31:36,917 TOM: There's police on the way. 561 00:31:36,918 --> 00:31:39,486 - Oh, sod the law! - Quiet! 562 00:31:39,487 --> 00:31:42,155 Home's this way. Oh! Oh, fuck! 563 00:31:42,156 --> 00:31:44,993 - (WHISTLE BLOWING) - (JIMMY LAUGHING) 564 00:31:47,095 --> 00:31:49,429 Please get up. We have to move. 565 00:31:49,430 --> 00:31:51,666 - Give me a kiss and I will. - Oh, get up! 566 00:31:51,933 --> 00:31:54,501 Kiss me, you gorgeous bastard. 567 00:31:54,502 --> 00:31:57,105 - And then you'll get up? - Yes. 568 00:31:58,540 --> 00:32:00,974 - (WHISTLE BLOWS) - (MEN CLAMOURING) 569 00:32:00,975 --> 00:32:03,243 That's it, you filthy queers! 570 00:32:03,244 --> 00:32:05,012 Get hold of him. 571 00:32:05,013 --> 00:32:06,948 Get up, you dirty old sod! 572 00:32:08,516 --> 00:32:09,650 (GROANS) 573 00:32:09,651 --> 00:32:11,084 - (DOOR SLAMS) - OFFICER 1: Round! 574 00:32:11,085 --> 00:32:12,587 OFFICER 2: I'll check 'em for lipstick. 575 00:32:27,502 --> 00:32:29,970 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) 576 00:32:29,971 --> 00:32:31,406 MAN: Are you a homosexual? 577 00:32:33,174 --> 00:32:34,609 No. 578 00:32:37,011 --> 00:32:39,614 Have you ever engaged in unnatural practices? 579 00:32:40,415 --> 00:32:41,416 No. 580 00:32:43,718 --> 00:32:46,354 Your young friend, Thomas Turner, 581 00:32:47,388 --> 00:32:49,057 claims he's your secretary. 582 00:32:49,691 --> 00:32:51,425 What are his duties? 583 00:32:51,426 --> 00:32:53,361 (MUFFLED SHOUTING) 584 00:32:54,262 --> 00:32:57,098 Typing, filing, research. 585 00:32:58,499 --> 00:33:01,134 - And does he do shorthand? - (OFFICER SNICKERS) 586 00:33:01,135 --> 00:33:02,370 (MAN TUTS) 587 00:33:03,771 --> 00:33:06,241 Is he a proficient secretary? 588 00:33:06,741 --> 00:33:09,277 - He is first-rate. - First-rate? 589 00:33:14,415 --> 00:33:17,185 You seem surprised by his competence. 590 00:33:19,354 --> 00:33:21,556 Is it due to the colour of his skin? 591 00:33:23,157 --> 00:33:26,294 Is it correct that you co-habit with your secretary? 592 00:33:28,329 --> 00:33:29,397 He's my lodger. 593 00:33:32,033 --> 00:33:33,534 Do you share a bedroom? 594 00:33:33,535 --> 00:33:34,736 No. 595 00:33:36,237 --> 00:33:37,805 He sleeps on the sofa. 596 00:33:38,740 --> 00:33:41,576 How long has he been sleeping on your sofa? 597 00:33:42,510 --> 00:33:43,745 Six years. 598 00:33:44,712 --> 00:33:46,814 - How's his back bearing up? - (OFFICER SNICKERS) 599 00:33:48,249 --> 00:33:50,552 Where'd you find him, Mr Erskine? 600 00:33:51,319 --> 00:33:53,488 - Was he trade? - No! 601 00:33:55,256 --> 00:33:57,659 I understand you enjoy the theatre. 602 00:33:58,693 --> 00:34:01,228 I do not enjoy the theatre. 603 00:34:01,229 --> 00:34:04,198 I'm the chief drama critic of The Daily Chronicle. 604 00:34:04,199 --> 00:34:05,767 (DOOR UNLOCKS) 605 00:34:06,634 --> 00:34:08,169 (WHISPERS) His lawyer's here, sir. 606 00:34:11,238 --> 00:34:12,707 (DOOR LOCKS SHUT) 607 00:34:13,608 --> 00:34:16,410 Lambert, thank you. 608 00:34:17,745 --> 00:34:19,847 The police were in the mood to charge you. 609 00:34:20,113 --> 00:34:21,148 JIMMY: Hmm. 610 00:34:21,149 --> 00:34:22,816 I had to tell Brooke. 611 00:34:23,084 --> 00:34:25,219 Needed him to pull strings. 612 00:34:25,220 --> 00:34:26,621 (JIMMY GROANS) 613 00:34:27,789 --> 00:34:29,791 - Had to, Jim. - Yeah. 614 00:34:30,557 --> 00:34:32,192 Can't have you two going to prison. 615 00:34:32,193 --> 00:34:33,260 (CHUCKLES) 616 00:34:37,631 --> 00:34:39,434 Dorothy. 617 00:34:41,102 --> 00:34:42,669 - Terms. - JIMMY: Uh-huh. 618 00:34:42,670 --> 00:34:44,439 And one month's notice. 619 00:34:50,378 --> 00:34:51,479 (SCOFFS) 620 00:34:53,180 --> 00:34:54,682 What did you expect? 621 00:34:56,851 --> 00:34:59,152 You were found committing an indecent act 622 00:34:59,153 --> 00:35:00,889 in a public place. 623 00:35:01,155 --> 00:35:03,391 You resisted arrest and assaulted a police officer. 624 00:35:04,225 --> 00:35:05,793 You're in full breach of your contract. 625 00:35:08,129 --> 00:35:10,230 The terms are significantly more generous 626 00:35:10,231 --> 00:35:12,500 than those I advised Viscount Brooke to offer. 627 00:35:17,839 --> 00:35:19,841 (CLOCK CHIMING) 628 00:35:26,681 --> 00:35:28,883 - Oh, Tom. - TOM: Oh, Jim... 629 00:35:33,922 --> 00:35:36,356 No first nights. 630 00:35:36,357 --> 00:35:38,258 No dinners. 631 00:35:38,259 --> 00:35:39,560 No life. 632 00:35:39,561 --> 00:35:41,863 (OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY) 633 00:35:42,530 --> 00:35:44,631 I'm walking dead. 634 00:35:44,632 --> 00:35:48,169 Oh, come on. Enough self-pity. 635 00:35:49,170 --> 00:35:51,239 Well, you know my debts. 636 00:35:52,941 --> 00:35:55,843 I live like a king on a pauper's wage. 637 00:35:57,645 --> 00:36:00,581 When the fall comes, it'll sweep me under. 638 00:36:00,582 --> 00:36:02,250 Where's your spirit? 639 00:36:05,453 --> 00:36:06,721 Where's your fight? 640 00:36:13,928 --> 00:36:15,296 Fuck 'em! 641 00:36:17,899 --> 00:36:19,500 TOM: That's the spirit. 642 00:36:20,301 --> 00:36:21,536 (SLURPING) 643 00:36:27,508 --> 00:36:29,978 Stephen, I'm here for my sitting. 644 00:36:30,245 --> 00:36:31,346 Oh. 645 00:36:32,447 --> 00:36:34,215 I have got the right day? 646 00:36:34,816 --> 00:36:36,284 Well, yes, but... 647 00:36:38,353 --> 00:36:40,321 Perhaps you should contact Viscount Brooke's office. 648 00:36:48,563 --> 00:36:50,398 Are you going to eat that chop? 649 00:36:51,299 --> 00:36:52,534 (JIMMY GRUNTS) 650 00:37:03,378 --> 00:37:04,579 How's unemployment? 651 00:37:05,747 --> 00:37:09,450 Wake at noon, hunk of bread, mug of sherry, 652 00:37:10,385 --> 00:37:11,486 back to bed. 653 00:37:16,624 --> 00:37:18,525 Still go to the opera? 654 00:37:18,526 --> 00:37:19,861 Can't afford it. 655 00:37:26,367 --> 00:37:28,002 You must have something on him? 656 00:37:29,404 --> 00:37:31,605 Ethos of the club. 657 00:37:31,606 --> 00:37:33,875 We don't machinate against fellow members. 658 00:37:34,676 --> 00:37:36,544 Yes, we do. 659 00:37:37,045 --> 00:37:38,412 (SIGHS) 660 00:37:38,413 --> 00:37:40,715 Brooke is known as a very decent fellow. 661 00:37:41,349 --> 00:37:42,749 Look how he's cared for his bonkers bride 662 00:37:42,750 --> 00:37:44,451 all these years. 663 00:37:44,452 --> 00:37:45,753 The man's a saint. 664 00:37:46,821 --> 00:37:48,489 Don't be sloppy. 665 00:37:49,357 --> 00:37:50,992 No one is a saint. 666 00:37:51,826 --> 00:37:53,493 Literature teaches us that. 667 00:37:53,494 --> 00:37:54,696 Romeo? 668 00:37:55,363 --> 00:37:57,564 Betrays entire Montague dynasty 669 00:37:57,565 --> 00:37:59,399 for his own selfish lust. 670 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,536 - Oliver Twist. - Class traitor. 671 00:38:02,337 --> 00:38:03,605 Causes death of Nancy. 672 00:38:04,072 --> 00:38:05,540 You're deranged. 673 00:38:08,343 --> 00:38:09,676 (SIGHS) 674 00:38:09,677 --> 00:38:13,381 All men have secrets. 675 00:38:14,616 --> 00:38:15,917 I'll find his. 676 00:38:16,684 --> 00:38:18,886 (SENTIMENTAL CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 677 00:38:18,887 --> 00:38:22,323 ORSINO: Come, boy, my thoughts are ripe in mischief. 678 00:38:23,091 --> 00:38:26,326 I'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love, 679 00:38:26,327 --> 00:38:28,596 to spite a raven's heart within a dove. 680 00:38:29,697 --> 00:38:33,000 And I, most jocund, apt, and willingly, 681 00:38:33,001 --> 00:38:35,869 To do you rest, a thousand deaths would die. 682 00:38:35,870 --> 00:38:38,439 (SENTIMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES) 683 00:38:39,340 --> 00:38:41,041 (NINA BREATHES DEEPLY) 684 00:38:41,042 --> 00:38:42,110 (BELL RINGS) 685 00:38:42,377 --> 00:38:45,513 WOMAN: Fifteen minutes, please. Back at 4:20. 686 00:38:48,016 --> 00:38:49,850 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 687 00:38:49,851 --> 00:38:51,019 (DOOR BELL RINGS) 688 00:39:00,361 --> 00:39:01,629 Nina Land. 689 00:39:03,097 --> 00:39:04,699 JIMMY: What does she want? 690 00:39:05,667 --> 00:39:06,868 Sounds weepy. 691 00:39:08,736 --> 00:39:10,071 Let her in. 692 00:39:11,439 --> 00:39:13,474 Do a good deed for once, huh? 693 00:39:14,075 --> 00:39:15,509 Welcome! 694 00:39:15,510 --> 00:39:18,011 Um, I was just passing. Sorry if it's too late. 695 00:39:18,012 --> 00:39:19,713 Oh, we receive at all hours. 696 00:39:19,714 --> 00:39:22,116 - (CHUCKLES) - This is Tom. 697 00:39:22,383 --> 00:39:23,685 - Hello. - Hello. 698 00:39:24,519 --> 00:39:25,987 Oh. Thank you. 699 00:39:31,092 --> 00:39:33,027 - You were an actor? - Mm-hmm. 700 00:39:33,728 --> 00:39:35,096 For two years. 701 00:39:36,130 --> 00:39:38,032 My zenith was Laertes. 702 00:39:38,867 --> 00:39:40,435 In Dundee. 703 00:39:45,673 --> 00:39:46,674 Oh. 704 00:39:47,742 --> 00:39:49,143 JIMMY: Oscar Wilde, of course. 705 00:39:50,445 --> 00:39:53,513 I saw him once when I was young. 706 00:39:53,514 --> 00:39:55,082 I made a pilgrimage to the stage door 707 00:39:55,083 --> 00:39:57,785 of the Theatre Royal and waited for hours. 708 00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:01,922 And then he appeared. 709 00:40:01,923 --> 00:40:04,559 Rolling up Suffolk Street, quite alone... 710 00:40:06,728 --> 00:40:08,463 in the clear bright sunshine. 711 00:40:09,931 --> 00:40:11,598 A king. 712 00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:14,768 Were he to command me to give him my body and soul 713 00:40:14,769 --> 00:40:17,705 right there, I would have done it... (CHUCKLES) 714 00:40:18,940 --> 00:40:20,008 gratefully. 715 00:40:20,942 --> 00:40:24,078 But... (SIGHS) he swept by. 716 00:40:25,547 --> 00:40:28,149 I wasn't pretty enough to engage his eye. Hmm. 717 00:40:36,991 --> 00:40:38,993 Henry James. (SNIFFS) 718 00:40:39,761 --> 00:40:41,628 JIMMY: Well, attributed. 719 00:40:41,629 --> 00:40:43,131 His last words. 720 00:40:44,232 --> 00:40:48,169 NINA: "So here it is at last, the distinguished thing"? 721 00:40:49,103 --> 00:40:50,104 Death. 722 00:40:54,509 --> 00:40:56,877 Oh, forgive me. Come on. 723 00:40:56,878 --> 00:40:59,013 - Now, do sit down. - (SOBS SOFTLY) 724 00:41:05,053 --> 00:41:07,021 Has something happened? 725 00:41:08,656 --> 00:41:10,725 (SIGHS) I've got the fear. 726 00:41:11,860 --> 00:41:12,861 Ah. 727 00:41:13,494 --> 00:41:15,029 And we open tomorrow night. 728 00:41:16,030 --> 00:41:19,132 You're the last person in the world I should tell. (EXHALES) 729 00:41:19,133 --> 00:41:20,601 Hmm. 730 00:41:20,602 --> 00:41:23,171 Or the only one that you can, huh? 731 00:41:27,876 --> 00:41:29,077 Drink? 732 00:41:37,785 --> 00:41:39,087 (GULPING) 733 00:41:46,528 --> 00:41:48,095 (INHALES DEEPLY) 734 00:41:48,096 --> 00:41:50,164 - (GLASS THUDS) - (EXHALES) 735 00:41:51,699 --> 00:41:53,568 Another, hmm? 736 00:41:55,937 --> 00:41:59,240 You're too keen to please. (CLEARS THROAT) 737 00:42:01,075 --> 00:42:03,076 Now, when an actor tries too hard, 738 00:42:03,077 --> 00:42:05,914 it sends mustard gas through the house. 739 00:42:06,881 --> 00:42:08,283 You have to trust. 740 00:42:08,550 --> 00:42:10,718 And it's very difficult to trust, but... 741 00:42:13,054 --> 00:42:17,292 the courage to give of the self entirely 742 00:42:18,626 --> 00:42:20,295 is what all great actors share. 743 00:42:20,562 --> 00:42:24,599 I mean those with the capacity to conjure the sublime. 744 00:42:26,067 --> 00:42:29,938 You have to trust that we are present to you. 745 00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,310 That we're sensitive to your deepest sufferings, 746 00:42:37,045 --> 00:42:40,615 your gentlest feelings, your most intimate thoughts. 747 00:42:41,316 --> 00:42:45,320 But you must trust that we can perceive all this 748 00:42:46,688 --> 00:42:48,189 without your help. 749 00:42:51,059 --> 00:42:52,327 Less. 750 00:42:54,796 --> 00:42:55,863 (CHUCKLES) 751 00:42:55,864 --> 00:43:00,268 It's a dagger to the soul, but "less" is the only note. 752 00:43:04,205 --> 00:43:05,974 NINA: (AS OLIVIA) What is your parentage? 753 00:43:06,774 --> 00:43:09,243 Above my fortunes, yet my state is well. 754 00:43:09,244 --> 00:43:10,878 I'm a gentleman. 755 00:43:10,879 --> 00:43:12,913 I'll be sworn thou art. 756 00:43:12,914 --> 00:43:13,981 (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 757 00:43:13,982 --> 00:43:16,884 Thy tongue, thy face, 758 00:43:16,885 --> 00:43:19,686 thy limbs, actions, and spirit 759 00:43:19,687 --> 00:43:21,755 do give thee five-fold blazon. 760 00:43:21,756 --> 00:43:23,391 (LAUGHS) Whew! 761 00:43:23,658 --> 00:43:25,626 - (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) - Not too fast. 762 00:43:25,627 --> 00:43:28,096 Soft, soft. 763 00:43:29,330 --> 00:43:32,367 (SIGHS) Unless the master were the man. 764 00:43:33,835 --> 00:43:35,168 How now? 765 00:43:35,169 --> 00:43:38,239 Even so quickly may one catch the plague? 766 00:43:39,140 --> 00:43:42,109 O, methinks I feel this youth's perfections 767 00:43:42,110 --> 00:43:44,211 with an invisible and subtle stealth 768 00:43:44,212 --> 00:43:46,648 - to creep in at mine eyes... - (BREATHING HEAVILY) 769 00:43:49,984 --> 00:43:51,218 TOM: He's crying. 770 00:43:51,219 --> 00:43:54,422 NINA: (AS OLIVIA) Well, let it be. 771 00:44:01,129 --> 00:44:03,697 Er, Mr Erskine, I've reserved a private room 772 00:44:03,698 --> 00:44:05,332 for you through here. 773 00:44:05,333 --> 00:44:07,167 I do hope it will suit. 774 00:44:07,168 --> 00:44:08,735 Well, thank you, Graham. 775 00:44:08,736 --> 00:44:10,371 That's really very thoughtful of you. 776 00:44:13,174 --> 00:44:14,942 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 777 00:44:14,943 --> 00:44:17,945 Erm, I didn't catch your name. 778 00:44:17,946 --> 00:44:20,681 - Ivan. - Ivan. 779 00:44:20,682 --> 00:44:22,282 Would you invite the Viscount 780 00:44:22,283 --> 00:44:24,686 to join us in the private room? 781 00:44:27,789 --> 00:44:28,923 JIMMY: Mm. 782 00:44:30,358 --> 00:44:32,293 We should throw a dinner for you. 783 00:44:33,394 --> 00:44:34,963 A celebration for your retirement. 784 00:44:36,197 --> 00:44:38,098 I would be honoured. 785 00:44:38,099 --> 00:44:40,167 Will you continue to write? 786 00:44:40,168 --> 00:44:41,803 JIMMY: Oh, no, no, no. 787 00:44:42,403 --> 00:44:44,305 I couldn't work for another paper. 788 00:44:45,807 --> 00:44:48,208 But, er, I might start my memoirs. 789 00:44:48,209 --> 00:44:49,344 BROOKE: Hmm. 790 00:44:50,912 --> 00:44:53,848 Well, break a leg. 791 00:45:00,822 --> 00:45:02,055 Enjoying the show? 792 00:45:02,056 --> 00:45:03,124 Very much. 793 00:45:03,892 --> 00:45:06,127 Some fine acting on display. 794 00:45:07,862 --> 00:45:09,764 (INHALES) Yes, I particularly... 795 00:45:12,433 --> 00:45:14,968 - Sorry? - No, I, er... 796 00:45:14,969 --> 00:45:16,170 Hmm? 797 00:45:17,338 --> 00:45:20,040 I was going to say, I thought, er, 798 00:45:20,041 --> 00:45:23,110 the Olivia and Viola were both excellent. 799 00:45:23,111 --> 00:45:25,213 Oh, Miss Nina Land. 800 00:45:27,048 --> 00:45:28,449 Er, which one? 801 00:45:29,517 --> 00:45:30,852 Olivia. 802 00:45:31,986 --> 00:45:33,521 Olivia, is she? 803 00:45:35,523 --> 00:45:39,060 She has a very particular talent. 804 00:45:40,461 --> 00:45:42,530 - Do you think? - Oh, yes. 805 00:45:42,797 --> 00:45:44,032 And she's beloved. 806 00:45:44,799 --> 00:45:47,801 Whenever I've been a touch harsh about her, 807 00:45:47,802 --> 00:45:48,869 (INHALES) 808 00:45:48,870 --> 00:45:53,173 sacks of angry mail arrive from her devoted supporters. 809 00:45:53,174 --> 00:45:55,176 Are you a devotee? 810 00:45:56,411 --> 00:45:59,179 I... I don't think I've ever seen her before. 811 00:45:59,180 --> 00:46:01,983 Oh, but you have, you know, here. 812 00:46:04,285 --> 00:46:05,886 In The White Devil. 813 00:46:05,887 --> 00:46:07,388 Twice, I believe. 814 00:46:09,090 --> 00:46:10,290 Yes, of course. 815 00:46:10,291 --> 00:46:13,861 And I seem to recall you attended Hedda Gabler 816 00:46:13,862 --> 00:46:15,129 at The Globe. 817 00:46:16,064 --> 00:46:17,432 Last season. 818 00:46:18,566 --> 00:46:20,334 Nina Land was 819 00:46:20,335 --> 00:46:25,172 "an indecently fetching" Mrs Elvestad. 820 00:46:25,173 --> 00:46:26,808 (CHUCKLING) 821 00:46:29,344 --> 00:46:31,345 Well, I... I'm quoting your father. (CHUCKLES) 822 00:46:31,346 --> 00:46:35,383 Well, that doesn't make me a devotee. 823 00:46:36,951 --> 00:46:38,553 Oh. Oh, no. 824 00:46:40,522 --> 00:46:42,056 Of course not. 825 00:46:49,864 --> 00:46:51,232 Final para. 826 00:46:52,066 --> 00:46:53,568 (JIMMY HUMS) 827 00:46:55,103 --> 00:46:58,372 TOM: "Miss Nina Land's magnificent Olivia." 828 00:46:58,373 --> 00:46:59,541 (CONTINUES HUMMING) 829 00:47:00,141 --> 00:47:02,043 - Really? - (LIGHTER CLICKS) 830 00:47:03,144 --> 00:47:05,280 I move mysteriously, hmm. 831 00:47:06,948 --> 00:47:10,051 In my valedictory weeks, why not be generous? 832 00:47:11,152 --> 00:47:13,054 Huh? (CHUCKLES) 833 00:47:14,856 --> 00:47:17,424 JIMMY: Attention to those who have heeded 834 00:47:17,425 --> 00:47:19,326 my recent warning 835 00:47:19,327 --> 00:47:22,229 regarding a foul stench emanating from the Aldwych. 836 00:47:22,230 --> 00:47:27,068 I am most pleasantly surprised to report good news. 837 00:47:28,169 --> 00:47:30,537 I must stand and applaud 838 00:47:30,538 --> 00:47:34,008 Miss Nina Land's magnificent Olivia. 839 00:47:34,609 --> 00:47:36,476 She now offers a performance 840 00:47:36,477 --> 00:47:39,947 of such astonishing, delightful nuance... 841 00:47:39,948 --> 00:47:41,048 (PHONE RINGING) 842 00:47:41,049 --> 00:47:43,283 ...and depth of feeling that I fear... 843 00:47:43,284 --> 00:47:44,518 LANDLADY: Miss Land! 844 00:47:44,519 --> 00:47:46,588 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 845 00:47:50,525 --> 00:47:51,626 (WHISPERS) Go. 846 00:47:55,263 --> 00:47:56,597 - (DOOR CLOSES) - Hello? 847 00:47:56,598 --> 00:47:58,532 JIMMY: Good morning, Miss Land. 848 00:47:58,533 --> 00:48:00,467 Oh, hello. 849 00:48:00,468 --> 00:48:03,137 Oh, and thank you for what you said. 850 00:48:03,938 --> 00:48:06,473 Did you really mean it, or did you take pity? 851 00:48:06,474 --> 00:48:08,142 Oh, I never lie. 852 00:48:09,143 --> 00:48:11,245 And this is only the beginning. 853 00:48:11,246 --> 00:48:14,015 Great success awaits you. 854 00:48:16,117 --> 00:48:17,552 - (EXHALES) - Er, Nina? 855 00:48:18,953 --> 00:48:20,054 Yes, 856 00:48:20,588 --> 00:48:21,589 Jimmy? 857 00:48:23,291 --> 00:48:27,929 I have something a little delicate to discuss. 858 00:48:28,963 --> 00:48:31,466 One could say it's a part. 859 00:48:32,367 --> 00:48:33,501 NINA: In a play? 860 00:48:34,202 --> 00:48:37,138 No, no, no. Er, a performance. 861 00:48:41,342 --> 00:48:45,012 Consider a man of around 60, 862 00:48:45,013 --> 00:48:46,681 powerful, rich. 863 00:48:48,082 --> 00:48:50,151 But catastrophically married. 864 00:48:51,019 --> 00:48:52,954 And it transpires 865 00:48:54,322 --> 00:48:56,256 that he's secretly obsessed 866 00:48:56,257 --> 00:49:00,028 with a vivacious younger woman. 867 00:49:02,030 --> 00:49:03,431 Which part do I play? 868 00:49:04,432 --> 00:49:06,568 (BOTH LAUGH) 869 00:49:08,169 --> 00:49:09,470 Who is he? 870 00:49:10,104 --> 00:49:12,006 Viscount Brooke. 871 00:49:14,275 --> 00:49:16,343 - Your proprietor? - Mm-hmm. 872 00:49:16,344 --> 00:49:18,445 - Do you know him? - (GRUNTS SOFTLY) 873 00:49:18,446 --> 00:49:20,348 Decent chap, handsome. 874 00:49:21,449 --> 00:49:23,084 Wife barking... 875 00:49:24,018 --> 00:49:26,588 - in the aristocratic mode. - And? 876 00:49:30,258 --> 00:49:32,126 I want you to please him. 877 00:49:36,231 --> 00:49:37,999 Coyness doesn't suit you. 878 00:49:39,267 --> 00:49:41,101 You want me to fuck him. 879 00:49:41,102 --> 00:49:43,004 (LAUGHS WHEEZILY) 880 00:49:43,504 --> 00:49:44,739 That's my girl there. 881 00:49:49,310 --> 00:49:51,479 I'm afraid I must decline the role. 882 00:49:53,081 --> 00:49:54,749 I don't want to play a prostitute. 883 00:49:55,016 --> 00:49:58,285 Oh, dearest Nina, there's no vulgar cash involved. 884 00:49:58,286 --> 00:50:01,155 I'm asking you to do me a little service. 885 00:50:02,524 --> 00:50:04,158 And in return, 886 00:50:05,260 --> 00:50:07,595 you will gain my unyielding favour. 887 00:50:09,397 --> 00:50:11,699 Stunning reviews. 888 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:14,201 Acclaim. 889 00:50:14,202 --> 00:50:16,204 "The actress of her generation." 890 00:50:17,305 --> 00:50:19,473 And we might start with an interview 891 00:50:19,474 --> 00:50:22,477 for my "Backstage Whispers'" column. 892 00:50:23,545 --> 00:50:28,383 And my chum, Cecil, will photograph you. 893 00:50:29,117 --> 00:50:30,752 Only the best for Nina. 894 00:50:33,054 --> 00:50:35,489 And there'll be parties, 895 00:50:35,490 --> 00:50:38,793 gatherings, entrées, dinners. 896 00:50:39,060 --> 00:50:42,063 All that's required to make you a star. 897 00:50:43,097 --> 00:50:45,600 Everything you crave. 898 00:50:46,768 --> 00:50:48,269 And deserve. 899 00:50:51,339 --> 00:50:54,342 An immortal of the stage and screen. 900 00:50:57,245 --> 00:50:58,745 I can't do it. 901 00:50:58,746 --> 00:51:00,848 - It's not me. - It's a part. 902 00:51:01,115 --> 00:51:03,484 - It's not you. - (SIGHS) 903 00:51:06,654 --> 00:51:11,358 Your cruel profession bestows glory on its young. 904 00:51:11,359 --> 00:51:14,194 And time has no pity. 905 00:51:14,195 --> 00:51:17,798 It will define you or cast you out. 906 00:51:17,799 --> 00:51:19,333 (EXHALES SHARPLY) 907 00:51:19,334 --> 00:51:21,402 (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 908 00:51:23,738 --> 00:51:25,372 JIMMY: I blame the writers. 909 00:51:25,373 --> 00:51:28,108 Repertoire is so lacking in parts 910 00:51:28,109 --> 00:51:29,509 for the mature actress. 911 00:51:29,510 --> 00:51:32,412 And between playing the soubrette and the old maid 912 00:51:32,413 --> 00:51:35,550 lie decades of waste. 913 00:51:38,286 --> 00:51:40,288 Except for the select. 914 00:51:46,461 --> 00:51:49,696 You said you yearn to meet my standards. 915 00:51:49,697 --> 00:51:51,599 Well, here they are. 916 00:51:58,273 --> 00:51:59,773 JOAN: Miss Land. 917 00:51:59,774 --> 00:52:01,142 NINA: Hello. 918 00:52:06,414 --> 00:52:09,216 Congratulations. You're the hit of the season. 919 00:52:09,217 --> 00:52:10,885 Oh, thank you so much. 920 00:52:24,766 --> 00:52:25,900 (DOOR OPENS) 921 00:52:26,167 --> 00:52:27,267 JOAN: Miss Land. 922 00:52:27,268 --> 00:52:28,869 Welcome. 923 00:52:28,870 --> 00:52:30,271 NINA: Hello. 924 00:52:30,905 --> 00:52:32,339 Have a seat. 925 00:52:32,340 --> 00:52:33,541 Thank you. 926 00:52:38,913 --> 00:52:40,847 It's so kind of you to see me. 927 00:52:40,848 --> 00:52:42,317 Not at all. 928 00:52:43,318 --> 00:52:45,719 I... I've come here to beg a favour. 929 00:52:45,720 --> 00:52:47,721 I... I don't suppose you've seen my photograph 930 00:52:47,722 --> 00:52:48,790 in your paper today? 931 00:52:49,691 --> 00:52:51,491 My rather demanding mother 932 00:52:51,492 --> 00:52:54,194 has requested a print for her birthday next week. 933 00:52:54,195 --> 00:52:56,197 - (CHUCKLES COYLY) - I see. 934 00:52:57,265 --> 00:52:59,199 Perhaps I could offer you some tickets 935 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:00,835 for these plays I'm in? 936 00:53:02,937 --> 00:53:05,740 Well, to be honest, I've... I've seen both of them. 937 00:53:07,342 --> 00:53:08,576 And you were... 938 00:53:10,445 --> 00:53:11,579 excellent. 939 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:13,214 Oh. 940 00:53:13,982 --> 00:53:15,950 I might blush. (CHUCKLES) 941 00:53:18,519 --> 00:53:20,622 Well, we mustn't disappoint your mother. 942 00:53:22,390 --> 00:53:24,225 How can I possibly thank you? 943 00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:27,895 Perhaps you could have supper with me? 944 00:53:27,896 --> 00:53:29,831 I could give you the photograph? 945 00:53:31,232 --> 00:53:33,434 A very reasonable exchange. 946 00:53:34,602 --> 00:53:37,404 Right, well, if, er, you give Joan your details, 947 00:53:37,405 --> 00:53:38,773 she can organise us. 948 00:53:39,474 --> 00:53:42,243 She has the most spectacular flowers on her desk. 949 00:53:44,646 --> 00:53:47,448 Yes, her sister's a florist. 950 00:53:49,551 --> 00:53:52,020 I have a secret admirer who's been sending me 951 00:53:52,287 --> 00:53:56,024 two dozen white roses every opening night since 1928. 952 00:53:57,759 --> 00:53:59,794 And he's never made himself known? 953 00:54:02,830 --> 00:54:04,699 Isn't it mysterious? 954 00:54:11,739 --> 00:54:13,741 (SOFT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 955 00:54:16,911 --> 00:54:18,545 Just there, please. 956 00:54:18,546 --> 00:54:19,948 (NINA CHUCKLES) 957 00:54:21,449 --> 00:54:23,051 - Thank you. Thank you so much. - Thank you, Miss Land. 958 00:54:35,363 --> 00:54:36,731 BROOKE: Thank you. 959 00:54:37,832 --> 00:54:39,000 (CUP CLINKS) 960 00:54:39,868 --> 00:54:41,336 (EXHALES) 961 00:54:42,303 --> 00:54:43,605 Shall I, um... 962 00:54:45,306 --> 00:54:46,774 fetch the photograph? 963 00:54:49,944 --> 00:54:51,880 You go. I'll follow. 964 00:55:05,793 --> 00:55:07,328 (DOOR OPENS) 965 00:55:10,798 --> 00:55:12,433 (SIGHS HEAVILY) 966 00:55:29,951 --> 00:55:31,786 - May I take your coat? - Hmm. 967 00:55:39,427 --> 00:55:40,628 For you. 968 00:55:44,832 --> 00:55:46,534 Would you like a drink? 969 00:55:48,136 --> 00:55:49,504 Later. 970 00:56:16,497 --> 00:56:18,466 (YAWNS) 971 00:56:21,870 --> 00:56:23,872 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 972 00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:27,408 (EXHALES) 973 00:56:45,627 --> 00:56:47,462 - (WATER SPLASHES) - (EXHALES) 974 00:56:49,898 --> 00:56:51,799 (BREATHES HEAVILY) 975 00:56:54,769 --> 00:56:55,970 (SHUDDERS) 976 00:56:57,972 --> 00:56:59,007 (EXHALES) 977 00:57:00,742 --> 00:57:02,477 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 978 00:57:07,215 --> 00:57:09,082 - (SWITCH CLICKS) - Too... Too bright. 979 00:57:09,083 --> 00:57:10,718 (NINA GROANS QUIETLY) 980 00:57:11,853 --> 00:57:13,655 Er, I have to get home. 981 00:57:14,222 --> 00:57:16,657 Well, shall I send for the car? 982 00:57:16,658 --> 00:57:17,892 No, thank you. 983 00:57:32,207 --> 00:57:33,508 Here. 984 00:57:34,475 --> 00:57:36,510 - (EXHALES) - (JEWELLERY CLINKS) 985 00:57:36,511 --> 00:57:38,079 Thank you. (CHUCKLES) 986 00:57:38,713 --> 00:57:40,114 Where did you put my coat? 987 00:57:41,149 --> 00:57:43,051 - Your coat is here. - Oh. 988 00:57:44,018 --> 00:57:45,653 (NINA CLEARS THROAT) 989 00:57:51,192 --> 00:57:52,927 You've forgotten something. 990 00:57:58,900 --> 00:58:00,602 Oh. (CHUCKLES) 991 00:58:02,570 --> 00:58:05,173 Look, I'm old, I'm married. 992 00:58:06,841 --> 00:58:08,142 I'm very grateful. 993 00:58:10,612 --> 00:58:11,812 But don't see me again 994 00:58:11,813 --> 00:58:13,548 if it's not something you want. 995 00:58:15,183 --> 00:58:16,985 Are you saying you don't want to? 996 00:58:18,519 --> 00:58:19,954 You know I'm besotted. 997 00:58:22,757 --> 00:58:25,226 Well, then... see you tomorrow. 998 00:58:44,546 --> 00:58:47,916 - (DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE) - (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) 999 00:58:51,819 --> 00:58:53,120 I won't do it again. 1000 00:58:53,121 --> 00:58:55,255 Not tonight, not ever. 1001 00:58:55,256 --> 00:58:57,758 You'll play as cast, as agreed. 1002 00:58:57,759 --> 00:58:59,294 As contracted. 1003 00:59:01,129 --> 00:59:03,063 You told me to please him. 1004 00:59:03,064 --> 00:59:04,164 I did. 1005 00:59:04,165 --> 00:59:06,901 He's very grateful. He doesn't need more. 1006 00:59:07,769 --> 00:59:10,271 Our great partnership is in its infancy. 1007 00:59:11,639 --> 00:59:15,043 Brooke expects you tonight. Don't let me down. 1008 00:59:16,277 --> 00:59:17,845 Or what? 1009 00:59:18,646 --> 00:59:20,948 Well, if you don't do my bidding, 1010 00:59:20,949 --> 00:59:24,052 I'd be obliged to withdraw my favour. 1011 00:59:26,754 --> 00:59:28,823 And you'd suffer its opposite. 1012 00:59:44,973 --> 00:59:47,040 It's not just wrong, it's evil. 1013 00:59:47,041 --> 00:59:49,209 I'm fighting for my life here. 1014 00:59:49,210 --> 00:59:50,378 She's done enough! 1015 00:59:50,645 --> 00:59:52,647 Once is never enough! 1016 00:59:54,249 --> 00:59:55,916 You're the help. 1017 00:59:55,917 --> 00:59:58,051 You're my squire. (SCOFFS) 1018 00:59:58,052 --> 01:00:00,154 If you're not with me, you're against me! 1019 01:00:03,124 --> 01:00:05,092 - Nina. - Go away. 1020 01:00:05,093 --> 01:00:06,327 I can't. 1021 01:00:07,028 --> 01:00:09,630 You're a good egg, more or less. 1022 01:00:09,631 --> 01:00:12,400 And I'm vain, selfish and madly ambitious. 1023 01:00:12,667 --> 01:00:14,067 And this is news? 1024 01:00:14,068 --> 01:00:16,203 I'm driven in ways I don't understand. 1025 01:00:16,204 --> 01:00:19,139 I need things it doesn't occur to you to want. 1026 01:00:19,140 --> 01:00:20,308 I'm trouble. 1027 01:00:21,109 --> 01:00:22,277 Stay away. 1028 01:00:35,757 --> 01:00:37,058 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) 1029 01:00:44,132 --> 01:00:46,066 Apologies for the lateness of the hour, 1030 01:00:46,067 --> 01:00:49,771 but it, er, is a matter of some importance. 1031 01:00:50,338 --> 01:00:51,839 Well, it'll have to wait, I'm busy. 1032 01:00:52,407 --> 01:00:54,075 No, you're not. 1033 01:00:54,943 --> 01:00:57,178 - I can assure you, I am. - She is not coming. 1034 01:01:00,014 --> 01:01:01,449 - Who? - (SCOFFS) 1035 01:01:02,383 --> 01:01:03,851 Let's not, eh? 1036 01:01:04,352 --> 01:01:07,121 I can confirm she arrived downstairs, but then 1037 01:01:07,889 --> 01:01:09,757 the flighty little thing departed. 1038 01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:13,160 What? 1039 01:01:13,161 --> 01:01:15,230 (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) 1040 01:01:18,266 --> 01:01:20,268 (VEHICLE APPROACHING) 1041 01:01:39,220 --> 01:01:40,488 The vulnerable young actress 1042 01:01:40,755 --> 01:01:42,457 you lured to this room last night? 1043 01:01:42,724 --> 01:01:46,394 The poor innocent woman that you took advantage of? 1044 01:01:48,062 --> 01:01:50,397 The sweet girl you assaulted? 1045 01:01:50,398 --> 01:01:52,967 Or so she will say. 1046 01:01:53,902 --> 01:01:55,069 In court. 1047 01:01:56,971 --> 01:01:59,307 - That's not true. - True or false, 1048 01:02:00,108 --> 01:02:01,476 it's the same scandal. 1049 01:02:02,977 --> 01:02:05,380 But please, don't despair, 1050 01:02:06,014 --> 01:02:07,181 good Viscount. 1051 01:02:08,249 --> 01:02:09,816 I'm here to help. 1052 01:02:09,817 --> 01:02:11,219 (CAR DEPARTS) 1053 01:02:17,125 --> 01:02:19,026 BROOKE: Your employment, 1054 01:02:19,027 --> 01:02:21,462 a reprieve with a modest pay rise 1055 01:02:22,897 --> 01:02:24,265 is acceptable. 1056 01:02:25,366 --> 01:02:28,303 Reinstate Hugh Morris as opera critic? No. 1057 01:02:29,437 --> 01:02:31,439 He was drowning, and you know it. 1058 01:02:34,309 --> 01:02:37,878 Your reinclusion in the portrait is impossible. 1059 01:02:37,879 --> 01:02:39,147 We've selected another man. 1060 01:02:40,248 --> 01:02:41,783 Get rid of him. 1061 01:02:43,084 --> 01:02:45,118 "Twelve Distinguished Gentlemen of the Club." 1062 01:02:45,119 --> 01:02:46,888 Are you sure you qualify? 1063 01:02:48,089 --> 01:02:49,090 Most certainly. 1064 01:02:51,893 --> 01:02:54,195 How on earth do you live with yourself? 1065 01:02:55,263 --> 01:02:57,165 Well, it's a struggle. 1066 01:02:58,132 --> 01:03:00,802 Now, returning to the, er... the portrait. I... 1067 01:03:01,936 --> 01:03:03,972 I have a number of, er, letters 1068 01:03:05,473 --> 01:03:09,209 stamped and addressed to your wife, your daughter, 1069 01:03:09,210 --> 01:03:13,447 the club secretary, the editor of the Daily Mail, 1070 01:03:13,448 --> 01:03:15,249 and other assorted ghouls. 1071 01:03:15,250 --> 01:03:18,051 Now, please... (EXHALES) 1072 01:03:18,052 --> 01:03:19,853 don't oblige me to slip them 1073 01:03:19,854 --> 01:03:21,489 into the post box downstairs. 1074 01:03:26,928 --> 01:03:27,996 I suppose I... 1075 01:03:30,565 --> 01:03:32,000 I should assume... 1076 01:03:33,601 --> 01:03:35,603 Miss Land doesn't even like me? 1077 01:03:39,073 --> 01:03:41,142 Do you know, we've never discussed it. 1078 01:03:43,111 --> 01:03:44,212 Shall I ask her? 1079 01:03:49,217 --> 01:03:50,317 STEPHEN: Who is he? 1080 01:03:50,318 --> 01:03:52,553 (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) 1081 01:03:52,554 --> 01:03:54,088 Don't ask. 1082 01:03:55,890 --> 01:03:58,560 If you ever loved me, don't ask. 1083 01:04:02,130 --> 01:04:03,965 (NINA SIGHS HEAVILY) 1084 01:04:05,033 --> 01:04:06,367 I miss you. 1085 01:04:07,969 --> 01:04:09,137 What? 1086 01:04:12,073 --> 01:04:13,308 I miss you. 1087 01:04:19,647 --> 01:04:22,083 (MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES) 1088 01:04:32,293 --> 01:04:34,028 (DOOR OPENS) 1089 01:04:41,369 --> 01:04:42,971 Where were you? 1090 01:04:44,272 --> 01:04:46,107 I slept at the studio. 1091 01:04:48,076 --> 01:04:49,310 Alone? 1092 01:04:51,279 --> 01:04:52,280 No. 1093 01:04:55,350 --> 01:04:57,418 So your affair has resumed? 1094 01:04:59,153 --> 01:05:00,455 I think so. 1095 01:05:05,293 --> 01:05:06,628 Who is she? 1096 01:05:09,197 --> 01:05:10,465 I can't say. 1097 01:05:13,268 --> 01:05:15,069 Well, then pack. 1098 01:05:21,709 --> 01:05:23,311 BROOKE: He'll be back. 1099 01:05:25,013 --> 01:05:27,081 He won't survive poverty. 1100 01:05:27,615 --> 01:05:29,284 He'll make a virtue of it. 1101 01:05:30,652 --> 01:05:32,520 He's always resented our wealth, 1102 01:05:34,289 --> 01:05:37,025 our name, our standing. 1103 01:05:39,527 --> 01:05:41,396 I should never have married a Jew. 1104 01:05:42,297 --> 01:05:43,431 Cora! 1105 01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:47,468 Spare me your disapproval. 1106 01:05:51,372 --> 01:05:53,474 (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) 1107 01:06:21,469 --> 01:06:23,036 What? 1108 01:06:23,037 --> 01:06:25,106 I'd be most grateful if you'd now include him. 1109 01:06:26,407 --> 01:06:29,043 - Why? - My father would've wanted it. 1110 01:06:30,211 --> 01:06:32,380 (INHALES SHARPLY) He loved a character. 1111 01:06:33,348 --> 01:06:35,216 Though he never much cared for mine. 1112 01:06:37,785 --> 01:06:39,653 I'll step down, it'll be a clean dozen. 1113 01:06:39,654 --> 01:06:41,488 You can paint me out 1114 01:06:41,489 --> 01:06:43,358 and stick him in. 1115 01:06:44,659 --> 01:06:46,694 I don't mean to diminish your art. 1116 01:06:48,696 --> 01:06:49,697 Fine. 1117 01:06:50,632 --> 01:06:52,366 But I don't approve. 1118 01:06:52,367 --> 01:06:54,536 And I don't deserve immortality. 1119 01:06:56,104 --> 01:06:58,172 All my achievements have been due to nepotism. 1120 01:07:01,476 --> 01:07:03,211 Item two. 1121 01:07:04,345 --> 01:07:05,346 Cora. 1122 01:07:06,748 --> 01:07:09,116 I know my daughter can be tricky. 1123 01:07:09,117 --> 01:07:11,152 She has her ways. But the thing of it is... 1124 01:07:13,555 --> 01:07:15,657 - it's really not her fault. - David. 1125 01:07:17,158 --> 01:07:18,493 I can't go back. 1126 01:07:20,595 --> 01:07:21,796 May I know who she is? 1127 01:07:23,464 --> 01:07:24,799 If she's going to be stepmother 1128 01:07:25,066 --> 01:07:27,569 to my grandchildren, I'd like to know something about her. 1129 01:07:29,837 --> 01:07:31,806 But, er, don't feel obliged, I... 1130 01:07:33,174 --> 01:07:34,409 I really shouldn't pry. 1131 01:07:35,109 --> 01:07:36,611 - Always the gent. - (CHUCKLES) 1132 01:07:37,612 --> 01:07:38,745 It's a curse. 1133 01:07:38,746 --> 01:07:40,815 (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 1134 01:07:45,687 --> 01:07:47,421 She's an actress. 1135 01:07:47,422 --> 01:07:48,789 - Oh. - We met last year. 1136 01:07:48,790 --> 01:07:50,390 She happened to come to my opening. 1137 01:07:50,391 --> 01:07:53,528 Actually, you saw her in those productions at the Duke's. 1138 01:07:56,331 --> 01:07:57,332 Oh? 1139 01:07:58,433 --> 01:07:59,667 Nina Land. 1140 01:08:06,441 --> 01:08:07,742 (SCOFFS SOFTLY) 1141 01:08:08,710 --> 01:08:09,777 She was... 1142 01:08:11,512 --> 01:08:12,747 very fine. 1143 01:08:14,215 --> 01:08:15,750 I have to admit, I am... 1144 01:08:17,418 --> 01:08:19,219 I'm head over heels. 1145 01:08:22,190 --> 01:08:24,291 (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) 1146 01:08:32,834 --> 01:08:34,201 David? 1147 01:08:36,670 --> 01:08:37,906 (INHALES SHARPLY) 1148 01:08:39,474 --> 01:08:41,808 I really shouldn't say this, but, er... 1149 01:08:46,581 --> 01:08:48,316 I wish you good fortune. 1150 01:08:55,223 --> 01:08:57,224 (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) 1151 01:09:17,445 --> 01:09:19,380 (DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES) 1152 01:09:23,718 --> 01:09:25,753 You... You open it. 1153 01:09:28,656 --> 01:09:31,191 - It's personal, Miss. - We're intimates. 1154 01:09:31,192 --> 01:09:33,561 You see me at my worst every day. 1155 01:09:35,429 --> 01:09:36,830 "Dear Miss Land, 1156 01:09:36,831 --> 01:09:39,199 "late last night, I received a visit..." 1157 01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:40,869 BROOKE: ...from your co-conspirator. 1158 01:09:41,969 --> 01:09:44,906 I daresay you can imagine my disappointment. 1159 01:09:47,407 --> 01:09:48,842 My personal feelings aside, 1160 01:09:48,843 --> 01:09:51,410 I'm writing to tell you that I fear no good will come 1161 01:09:51,411 --> 01:09:53,447 from your association with this man. 1162 01:09:55,750 --> 01:09:57,485 I urge you to end it. 1163 01:10:08,863 --> 01:10:10,431 (EXHALES) 1164 01:10:19,774 --> 01:10:20,875 Tom! 1165 01:10:24,312 --> 01:10:25,513 I've been used. 1166 01:10:25,847 --> 01:10:27,781 We all get used, darling. 1167 01:10:27,782 --> 01:10:29,483 Use him back. 1168 01:10:29,484 --> 01:10:30,751 You've done his bidding, 1169 01:10:30,752 --> 01:10:32,287 now get what you want from him. 1170 01:10:40,995 --> 01:10:43,263 The whole thing's disgusting. 1171 01:10:43,264 --> 01:10:45,632 I'm disgusting, he's disgusting, 1172 01:10:45,633 --> 01:10:47,602 and you're disgusting for letting him do it. 1173 01:10:48,803 --> 01:10:50,004 Sleep on it. 1174 01:11:04,819 --> 01:11:06,921 (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) 1175 01:11:14,829 --> 01:11:17,397 - (GUNSHOT ECHOES) - (BIRDS' WINGS FLUTTER) 1176 01:11:17,398 --> 01:11:19,434 (BIRDS SQUAWKING IN DISTANCE) 1177 01:11:24,439 --> 01:11:26,074 (CLOCK TICKING) 1178 01:11:28,376 --> 01:11:29,611 (PERSON SNIFFLING) 1179 01:11:42,824 --> 01:11:44,658 - (PHONE RINGING) - (SNORING) 1180 01:11:44,659 --> 01:11:45,960 (RECEIVER CLICKS) 1181 01:11:49,063 --> 01:11:51,466 - (CONTINUES SNORING) - Jim. 1182 01:11:57,338 --> 01:11:59,574 (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) 1183 01:12:04,612 --> 01:12:05,847 STEPHEN: Nina Land. 1184 01:12:07,849 --> 01:12:09,017 She was... 1185 01:12:10,718 --> 01:12:11,819 very fine. 1186 01:12:15,957 --> 01:12:18,026 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 1187 01:12:27,702 --> 01:12:29,503 My father-in-law committed suicide. 1188 01:12:29,504 --> 01:12:31,539 I know. I'm so sorry. 1189 01:12:32,674 --> 01:12:33,907 You knew? 1190 01:12:33,908 --> 01:12:35,542 I mean, I... 1191 01:12:35,543 --> 01:12:36,744 I didn't know he... 1192 01:12:37,545 --> 01:12:39,747 I... I just knew he was dead. 1193 01:12:41,849 --> 01:12:43,585 When did you find out? 1194 01:12:47,755 --> 01:12:49,057 This afternoon. 1195 01:12:53,661 --> 01:12:56,164 His secretary sent a message to stage door. 1196 01:12:57,665 --> 01:12:59,667 And why would Joan do that? 1197 01:13:00,001 --> 01:13:02,570 Why would she inform you of his death? 1198 01:13:09,744 --> 01:13:11,880 (BELL TOLLING IN DISTANCE) 1199 01:13:19,554 --> 01:13:20,688 Did you... 1200 01:13:22,624 --> 01:13:23,992 Were you in love with him? 1201 01:13:24,726 --> 01:13:26,561 I didn't know him. 1202 01:13:29,597 --> 01:13:30,999 Then why? (SNIFFS) 1203 01:13:39,741 --> 01:13:41,442 (TEARFULLY) I'm too ashamed. 1204 01:13:43,778 --> 01:13:45,146 Let me explain. 1205 01:13:47,181 --> 01:13:48,650 There's no need. 1206 01:13:53,688 --> 01:13:56,224 - Why be so predictable? - Why be so cheap? 1207 01:14:05,667 --> 01:14:07,101 (OBJECT THUDS) 1208 01:14:11,639 --> 01:14:13,241 (CRIES QUIETLY) 1209 01:14:17,679 --> 01:14:19,881 (FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING ON GRAVEL) 1210 01:14:41,102 --> 01:14:43,136 You and I are cursed. 1211 01:14:43,137 --> 01:14:44,939 Drawn to weak men. 1212 01:14:45,740 --> 01:14:47,242 Let him have the children. 1213 01:14:48,042 --> 01:14:51,646 You can have more with a man who's worthy of you. 1214 01:15:00,555 --> 01:15:01,623 Dear Jimmy. 1215 01:15:02,991 --> 01:15:04,791 We met in this room. 1216 01:15:04,792 --> 01:15:07,295 Oh, now what an occasion that was. 1217 01:15:08,296 --> 01:15:10,298 You're absolutely full of shit. 1218 01:15:11,266 --> 01:15:13,568 You are absolutely right. (CHUCKLES) 1219 01:15:14,769 --> 01:15:16,737 Rattle the old memory box, will you? 1220 01:15:16,738 --> 01:15:18,606 It was my 10th birthday. 1221 01:15:19,307 --> 01:15:21,276 (EXHALES) Of course. 1222 01:15:23,645 --> 01:15:26,047 You should know I intend to oversee the paper. 1223 01:15:27,882 --> 01:15:28,882 Excellent. 1224 01:15:28,883 --> 01:15:32,219 The new Chronicle will be a platform for common sense 1225 01:15:32,220 --> 01:15:34,055 and measured debate. 1226 01:15:36,858 --> 01:15:38,825 (INHALES) A source tells me 1227 01:15:38,826 --> 01:15:41,261 that a few weeks after you were fired, 1228 01:15:41,262 --> 01:15:43,130 my late father reinstated you 1229 01:15:43,131 --> 01:15:45,099 with a new contract on improved terms. 1230 01:15:48,803 --> 01:15:50,171 I will honour your contract. 1231 01:15:51,172 --> 01:15:53,007 But no more fisticuffs with the law. 1232 01:15:54,842 --> 01:15:56,844 And if you must practise your perversion, 1233 01:15:58,713 --> 01:16:00,114 behind closed doors. 1234 01:16:01,950 --> 01:16:04,953 I gratefully accept your generous terms. 1235 01:16:10,191 --> 01:16:12,160 (ENGINE DRONING) 1236 01:16:15,263 --> 01:16:17,832 (JIMMY HUMS MERRILY) 1237 01:16:19,067 --> 01:16:21,803 Must you hum? The man killed himself. 1238 01:16:22,804 --> 01:16:24,906 Don't you read the newspapers? 1239 01:16:25,840 --> 01:16:27,941 It was a shooting accident. 1240 01:16:27,942 --> 01:16:29,643 You drove him to it. 1241 01:16:29,644 --> 01:16:31,813 He pulled the fucking trigger! 1242 01:16:33,181 --> 01:16:34,983 Have you no shame? 1243 01:16:37,151 --> 01:16:39,253 I merely fought for my job 1244 01:16:39,254 --> 01:16:42,323 as all working men must do in these dark days. 1245 01:16:43,191 --> 01:16:44,858 I'm handing in my notice. 1246 01:16:44,859 --> 01:16:46,361 Four weeks and I'm off. 1247 01:16:46,628 --> 01:16:47,996 Oh, for God's sake, man. 1248 01:16:48,796 --> 01:16:51,665 You've got the second best job in London. 1249 01:16:51,666 --> 01:16:52,833 - What? - (SNIFFS) 1250 01:16:52,834 --> 01:16:55,403 Well, in theatrical London. 1251 01:16:56,070 --> 01:16:58,739 You write for a... a right-wing rag! 1252 01:16:58,740 --> 01:17:00,774 With readers. 1253 01:17:00,775 --> 01:17:04,145 Our loathsome paper has millions of readers. 1254 01:17:04,746 --> 01:17:06,280 And we are forming 1255 01:17:06,281 --> 01:17:08,850 the aesthetic taste of generations. 1256 01:17:09,918 --> 01:17:13,421 The Fascists may come and go, but theatre is eternal. 1257 01:17:13,688 --> 01:17:15,957 It matters more than politics. 1258 01:17:17,659 --> 01:17:19,026 More than society. 1259 01:17:19,027 --> 01:17:21,028 It's life itself! 1260 01:17:21,029 --> 01:17:23,331 - (YELLS) - (LAUGHS) 1261 01:17:28,836 --> 01:17:29,971 - Whoa! - JIMMY: Oh, Christ! 1262 01:17:31,105 --> 01:17:32,207 Hey! 1263 01:17:33,374 --> 01:17:34,975 JIMMY: Darling, what a lovely surprise. 1264 01:17:34,976 --> 01:17:37,412 I want to talk to you, Jim. 1265 01:17:37,679 --> 01:17:39,112 - Splendid! - Here's good. 1266 01:17:39,113 --> 01:17:42,049 No, no, no. Up here. Come on. Yes. Yep. 1267 01:17:42,050 --> 01:17:43,918 - There. - NINA: Oh. Oh. 1268 01:17:44,419 --> 01:17:45,420 JIMMY: It's slippery. NINA: No. 1269 01:17:45,687 --> 01:17:46,954 JIMMY: There we are, yes. 1270 01:17:46,955 --> 01:17:49,923 It's a bit slippery here. Yes. Good. 1271 01:17:49,924 --> 01:17:51,092 (GIGGLES) 1272 01:17:52,026 --> 01:17:53,995 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING INSIDE) 1273 01:17:56,331 --> 01:17:58,466 Excuse me. Is Nina Land still inside? 1274 01:17:58,733 --> 01:18:00,801 She was indisposed tonight, sir. 1275 01:18:00,802 --> 01:18:02,003 The understudy went on. 1276 01:18:04,772 --> 01:18:07,075 Yes, that's right. You help yourself. 1277 01:18:14,182 --> 01:18:15,315 (SNIFFS) 1278 01:18:15,316 --> 01:18:16,751 (SIGHS HEAVILY) 1279 01:18:19,153 --> 01:18:20,321 (JIMMY SIGHS) 1280 01:18:23,725 --> 01:18:25,993 You do know we killed him? 1281 01:18:25,994 --> 01:18:27,495 No, we didn't! 1282 01:18:27,762 --> 01:18:29,464 Do you even care that he's dead? 1283 01:18:30,732 --> 01:18:31,966 Of course I do. 1284 01:18:33,968 --> 01:18:35,169 It's terribly sad. 1285 01:18:36,170 --> 01:18:37,405 It really is. 1286 01:18:39,140 --> 01:18:41,875 And our indirect involvement in the matter 1287 01:18:41,876 --> 01:18:44,479 is all terribly secret. 1288 01:18:46,114 --> 01:18:47,782 He was quite a nice chap. 1289 01:18:48,483 --> 01:18:50,919 Sweet, in a way. 1290 01:18:52,320 --> 01:18:55,455 He was so excited, it was all over in a minute. 1291 01:18:55,456 --> 01:18:57,958 Have you come here to grieve? 1292 01:18:57,959 --> 01:19:00,161 You see, I have been at the funeral, 1293 01:19:00,828 --> 01:19:04,499 and I've done a considerable amount of grieving already. 1294 01:19:04,766 --> 01:19:06,833 - Was Stephen there? - Hmm? 1295 01:19:06,834 --> 01:19:08,869 His son-in-law. 1296 01:19:08,870 --> 01:19:11,406 Stephen Wyley? 1297 01:19:12,473 --> 01:19:14,942 (FALTERS) Do you know him? 1298 01:19:14,943 --> 01:19:16,878 I know him very well. 1299 01:19:19,147 --> 01:19:21,815 He found out about me and Brooke. 1300 01:19:21,816 --> 01:19:22,951 Did you tell him? 1301 01:19:23,451 --> 01:19:25,085 No. Why... Why would I? 1302 01:19:25,086 --> 01:19:27,087 'Cause you're the beast. 1303 01:19:27,088 --> 01:19:29,290 - (BISCUIT THUDS) - Stop that. 1304 01:19:30,091 --> 01:19:31,391 Don't! 1305 01:19:31,392 --> 01:19:34,028 - (NINA GRUNTS) - (PLATE CLATTERING) 1306 01:19:35,363 --> 01:19:38,032 I'm going to run you a cold bath. 1307 01:19:39,167 --> 01:19:40,834 And you're going to remove your make-up, 1308 01:19:40,835 --> 01:19:42,903 as professionals do. 1309 01:19:42,904 --> 01:19:44,238 And then you're going to lie in that bath 1310 01:19:44,239 --> 01:19:45,305 until you sober up. 1311 01:19:45,306 --> 01:19:48,208 And then we will have a constructive conversation 1312 01:19:48,209 --> 01:19:51,179 about your wonderful new career. 1313 01:19:53,314 --> 01:19:54,816 I won't be long. 1314 01:19:55,483 --> 01:19:57,352 NINA: (SOFTLY) I'm going to the police. 1315 01:19:59,020 --> 01:20:00,854 (LOUDLY) I'm going to the police! 1316 01:20:00,855 --> 01:20:02,890 What? You what? 1317 01:20:02,891 --> 01:20:05,259 I'm gonna tell them everything about the case. 1318 01:20:05,260 --> 01:20:06,827 Might help with the case. 1319 01:20:06,828 --> 01:20:08,529 There is no case! 1320 01:20:08,530 --> 01:20:10,097 The man's in the ground. 1321 01:20:10,098 --> 01:20:13,134 But it's important. People need to know the truth. 1322 01:20:14,135 --> 01:20:15,903 I'll go to the papers. 1323 01:20:15,904 --> 01:20:17,037 That's better. 1324 01:20:17,038 --> 01:20:19,107 Stop. Think. 1325 01:20:20,575 --> 01:20:21,843 It's over. 1326 01:20:23,177 --> 01:20:24,312 He's dead. 1327 01:20:26,381 --> 01:20:28,882 The distinguished thing. 1328 01:20:28,883 --> 01:20:30,451 Precisely. 1329 01:20:31,886 --> 01:20:35,056 What will it say when we meet it? 1330 01:20:36,224 --> 01:20:37,592 How will it judge us? 1331 01:20:38,526 --> 01:20:40,861 There's no Judgement Day. 1332 01:20:40,862 --> 01:20:44,498 Here is life. No God, no justice. 1333 01:20:44,499 --> 01:20:46,167 Just t... 1334 01:20:47,035 --> 01:20:49,370 two people in a room. 1335 01:20:51,372 --> 01:20:53,274 We did what we did, 1336 01:20:54,542 --> 01:20:56,543 and now we have to live with it. 1337 01:20:56,544 --> 01:20:58,913 (REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 1338 01:21:06,955 --> 01:21:09,022 NINA: It's fucking freezing! 1339 01:21:09,023 --> 01:21:10,424 JIMMY: It'll do you good. 1340 01:21:10,425 --> 01:21:12,360 (WATER SPLASHING) 1341 01:21:13,361 --> 01:21:15,430 Do you share your baths with Tom? 1342 01:21:17,465 --> 01:21:19,934 - Not for years. - (NINA LAUGHS) 1343 01:21:21,536 --> 01:21:23,071 Where is he? 1344 01:21:23,671 --> 01:21:26,139 He'll be back soon. 1345 01:21:26,140 --> 01:21:28,175 (HUMS DISTRACTEDLY) 1346 01:21:28,176 --> 01:21:30,244 You've got a little boat. (CHUCKLES) 1347 01:21:30,245 --> 01:21:32,614 And you're welcome to play with it. 1348 01:21:33,681 --> 01:21:35,282 (SHUDDERS) 1349 01:21:35,283 --> 01:21:37,485 NINA: Can I add some hot water, please? 1350 01:21:38,386 --> 01:21:40,554 JIMMY: You're not sober yet. 1351 01:21:40,555 --> 01:21:42,490 Oh, come on! 1352 01:21:43,625 --> 01:21:45,292 JIMMY: Fine! 1353 01:21:45,293 --> 01:21:48,262 - NINA: Mm. - (BREATHES HEAVILY) 1354 01:21:48,263 --> 01:21:50,197 Did you really love my Olivia 1355 01:21:50,198 --> 01:21:52,266 or did you just rave to enlist me? 1356 01:21:52,267 --> 01:21:53,668 (SIGHS) 1357 01:21:53,935 --> 01:21:55,703 I thought you were magnificent! 1358 01:21:55,970 --> 01:21:57,437 (GRUNTS SOFTLY) 1359 01:21:57,438 --> 01:22:00,174 - I always will. - Really? 1360 01:22:01,376 --> 01:22:04,012 Well, yes. (GRUNTS) 1361 01:22:06,714 --> 01:22:09,049 Maybe I should tell Stephen's wife 1362 01:22:09,050 --> 01:22:11,286 about her father, 1363 01:22:12,086 --> 01:22:14,488 and me, and you. 1364 01:22:14,489 --> 01:22:15,556 (GRUNTS) 1365 01:22:15,557 --> 01:22:18,026 And why would you do that? 1366 01:22:18,726 --> 01:22:22,296 'Cause you've driven me mad, and you've broken my heart. 1367 01:22:22,297 --> 01:22:23,997 (GRUNTING RESTLESSLY) 1368 01:22:23,998 --> 01:22:26,967 Yes, I'm going to confess everything to Cora. 1369 01:22:26,968 --> 01:22:29,236 How do you like that, Jimmy? 1370 01:22:29,237 --> 01:22:31,105 (JIMMY BREATHES HEAVILY) 1371 01:22:42,250 --> 01:22:43,250 (KEYS JANGLING) 1372 01:22:43,251 --> 01:22:44,419 (DOOR OPENS) 1373 01:22:47,755 --> 01:22:49,123 TOM: Jimmy? 1374 01:22:49,657 --> 01:22:51,259 JIMMY: We're here. 1375 01:22:53,661 --> 01:22:56,197 (JIMMY PANTING) 1376 01:23:05,006 --> 01:23:06,307 (JIMMY GRUNTS) 1377 01:23:08,409 --> 01:23:10,043 TOM: I should call for the police. 1378 01:23:10,044 --> 01:23:12,646 Oh, no, wait. Now, think. 1379 01:23:12,647 --> 01:23:15,750 No one knows she's here. 1380 01:23:16,017 --> 01:23:19,152 - No. No... - (MUMBLES) 1381 01:23:19,153 --> 01:23:20,522 I owe you my life. 1382 01:23:22,090 --> 01:23:23,291 But I won't. 1383 01:23:25,360 --> 01:23:26,361 Oh... 1384 01:23:27,729 --> 01:23:30,198 You think you won't be implicated? 1385 01:23:31,499 --> 01:23:34,167 Think the law won't assume foul play? 1386 01:23:34,168 --> 01:23:36,137 A couple of queers with a corpse? 1387 01:23:37,071 --> 01:23:39,407 Huh? Well, I don't matter, but... 1388 01:23:40,241 --> 01:23:44,345 Oh, no, no, man, think about your future. 1389 01:23:47,248 --> 01:23:51,419 Just one final task, and then I promise 1390 01:23:52,620 --> 01:23:54,721 I will set you free. 1391 01:23:54,722 --> 01:23:56,824 (SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYING) 1392 01:24:10,505 --> 01:24:11,806 (GRUNTS) 1393 01:24:17,545 --> 01:24:19,447 (BREATH TREMBLING) 1394 01:24:27,789 --> 01:24:30,225 (SOUND OF WATER DRIPPING) 1395 01:24:35,430 --> 01:24:38,132 - (SOUND OF WATER SPLASHING) - (INHALES) 1396 01:24:51,546 --> 01:24:53,548 (SOMBRE MUSIC FADING OUT) 1397 01:25:05,193 --> 01:25:06,895 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 1398 01:25:07,896 --> 01:25:10,198 (DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE) 1399 01:25:16,471 --> 01:25:18,339 Are you here to visit Nina? 1400 01:25:20,308 --> 01:25:22,310 I'm a friend. Stephen Wyley. 1401 01:25:23,878 --> 01:25:27,148 I'm, um, Annabel Land, her mother. 1402 01:25:28,182 --> 01:25:29,317 Well, hello. 1403 01:25:29,884 --> 01:25:31,686 Hello! Good to meet you. 1404 01:25:32,854 --> 01:25:35,255 The dragon says that she's not here. 1405 01:25:35,256 --> 01:25:36,791 So I've been... I've been waiting all night. 1406 01:25:42,197 --> 01:25:43,598 Are you a close friend? 1407 01:25:45,466 --> 01:25:48,269 She... hasn't mentioned me? 1408 01:25:50,805 --> 01:25:54,508 Well, we... we've had a sort of a falling out. 1409 01:25:54,509 --> 01:25:56,643 But, er, I'm completely mad about her. 1410 01:25:56,644 --> 01:25:58,680 I've come to beg her forgiveness. 1411 01:26:07,522 --> 01:26:10,525 She was found on a beach last night in Kent. 1412 01:26:14,329 --> 01:26:17,364 Police said her alcohol levels 1413 01:26:17,365 --> 01:26:18,867 were really high. (VOICE BREAKS) 1414 01:26:22,770 --> 01:26:24,205 Yeah, she... 1415 01:26:25,807 --> 01:26:27,775 She took her own life. 1416 01:26:28,743 --> 01:26:30,812 She'd attempted it before... 1417 01:26:32,714 --> 01:26:34,482 when she was 16. 1418 01:26:40,355 --> 01:26:42,524 (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) 1419 01:26:48,329 --> 01:26:50,331 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) 1420 01:26:52,333 --> 01:26:54,335 CORA: This drowned actress. 1421 01:26:55,270 --> 01:26:57,739 Is her passing a great loss to the British theatre? 1422 01:26:58,439 --> 01:27:00,641 An ordinary girl from ordinary stock. 1423 01:27:00,642 --> 01:27:03,645 A girl like our readers, who, I don't know, lost her way. 1424 01:27:05,380 --> 01:27:06,747 - Write it up, then. - Hmm. 1425 01:27:06,748 --> 01:27:08,416 An appreciation. 1426 01:27:09,717 --> 01:27:11,719 (TYPING) 1427 01:27:29,704 --> 01:27:31,706 (CONTINUES TYPING) 1428 01:27:40,281 --> 01:27:41,316 (TYPING STOPS) 1429 01:27:42,483 --> 01:27:43,785 (SIGHS SOFTLY) 1430 01:27:50,291 --> 01:27:51,626 (DOOR OPENS) 1431 01:27:53,795 --> 01:27:54,828 (DOOR CLOSES) 1432 01:27:54,829 --> 01:27:56,998 (CHURCH BELL TOLLING) 1433 01:28:01,336 --> 01:28:03,838 (MIDNIGHT, THE STARS AND YOU BY AL BOWLLY PLAYING) 1434 01:28:12,347 --> 01:28:13,948 (LIGHTER CLICKS) 1435 01:28:21,923 --> 01:28:23,458 (LAUGHTER) 1436 01:28:30,365 --> 01:28:32,866 JIMMY: The death of any promising young actress 1437 01:28:32,867 --> 01:28:34,435 is always a shock. 1438 01:28:34,836 --> 01:28:37,905 Regarding Miss Nina Land's recent passing, 1439 01:28:37,906 --> 01:28:40,407 it's tantamount to tragedy. 1440 01:28:40,408 --> 01:28:42,409 I raved about her. 1441 01:28:42,410 --> 01:28:46,014 And all too briefly, she tasted glory. 1442 01:28:47,115 --> 01:28:50,484 Who knows what demons drove poor Nina 1443 01:28:50,485 --> 01:28:52,686 to her lonely grave. 1444 01:28:52,687 --> 01:28:54,922 Perhaps the same demons 1445 01:28:54,923 --> 01:28:56,823 with which she summoned greatness 1446 01:28:56,824 --> 01:29:00,528 in her final performances on the London stage. 1447 01:29:05,567 --> 01:29:11,639 ♪ Midnight with the stars and you ♪ 1448 01:29:12,140 --> 01:29:17,044 ♪ Midnight and a rendezvous ♪ 1449 01:29:17,045 --> 01:29:19,147 (TYPING) 1450 01:29:19,414 --> 01:29:25,018 ♪ Your eyes held a message tender ♪ 1451 01:29:25,019 --> 01:29:32,093 ♪ Saying, "I surrender all my love to you" ♪ 1452 01:29:33,661 --> 01:29:39,934 ♪ Midnight brought us sweet romance ♪ 1453 01:29:40,735 --> 01:29:42,569 ♪ I know ♪ 1454 01:29:42,570 --> 01:29:46,174 - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - ♪ All my whole life through ♪ 1455 01:29:46,441 --> 01:29:47,609 (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY) 1456 01:29:52,814 --> 01:29:54,682 I'm sorry if my letter upset you. 1457 01:29:55,783 --> 01:29:57,819 Why have you stayed silent so long? 1458 01:29:59,587 --> 01:30:00,955 I was his accomplice. 1459 01:30:02,657 --> 01:30:04,492 In telling you, I risk imprisonment. 1460 01:30:05,627 --> 01:30:07,028 And yet here you are. 1461 01:30:09,130 --> 01:30:10,598 I have a conscience. 1462 01:30:11,666 --> 01:30:13,034 (SCOFFS SOFTLY) 1463 01:30:13,968 --> 01:30:15,603 You seem surprised. 1464 01:30:18,106 --> 01:30:20,007 A man with a conscience would have stopped Mr Erskine 1465 01:30:20,008 --> 01:30:21,209 a long time ago. 1466 01:30:22,076 --> 01:30:23,478 He was my friend. 1467 01:30:24,879 --> 01:30:26,747 I greatly admired him. 1468 01:30:26,748 --> 01:30:28,149 And he was kind to me. 1469 01:30:33,555 --> 01:30:34,689 So... 1470 01:30:38,660 --> 01:30:41,529 The letters he used to blackmail your father. 1471 01:30:57,545 --> 01:30:59,980 I assume you'll be wanting compensation? 1472 01:30:59,981 --> 01:31:02,183 (SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYING) 1473 01:31:06,688 --> 01:31:08,690 (MUFFLED INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 1474 01:31:10,792 --> 01:31:12,727 (FLASHBULB POPS) 1475 01:31:15,897 --> 01:31:17,799 (FLASHBULB POPS) 1476 01:31:26,641 --> 01:31:27,842 No. 1477 01:31:30,812 --> 01:31:32,046 Justice. 1478 01:31:41,923 --> 01:31:44,158 (HAMMERING ON DOOR) 1479 01:31:45,994 --> 01:31:48,196 (INSISTENT HAMMERING ON DOOR) 1480 01:31:57,772 --> 01:31:59,741 (PHONES RINGING) 1481 01:32:06,314 --> 01:32:08,616 (PLAINTIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 1482 01:32:11,052 --> 01:32:12,620 (CELL DOOR SLAMS) 1483 01:32:14,956 --> 01:32:16,191 JIMMY: Tom, 1484 01:32:17,158 --> 01:32:19,194 did you follow the trial? 1485 01:32:20,595 --> 01:32:22,931 Did you see how I protected you? 1486 01:32:24,299 --> 01:32:27,835 "No, Your Honour, I acted alone." 1487 01:32:29,938 --> 01:32:32,674 I do regret the unpleasantness with Miss Land. 1488 01:32:34,042 --> 01:32:36,344 But, you see, she couldn't be trusted. 1489 01:32:36,611 --> 01:32:38,146 I had no choice. 1490 01:32:40,715 --> 01:32:43,251 In fact, I rather liked her. 1491 01:32:47,021 --> 01:32:49,189 Despite her crimes against the theatre, 1492 01:32:49,190 --> 01:32:52,360 she was sensationally gorgeous when drunk. 1493 01:32:55,129 --> 01:32:58,733 As for Mr Wyley and his oily little brush, 1494 01:32:59,868 --> 01:33:01,869 glad to be out of his awful painting. 1495 01:33:01,870 --> 01:33:05,607 Immortality in their company? No, thanks. 1496 01:33:08,243 --> 01:33:09,677 To the matter. 1497 01:33:10,812 --> 01:33:13,681 I've left you my entire estate. 1498 01:33:14,949 --> 01:33:19,320 It's not much. Furnishings, minor works of art, books. 1499 01:33:20,922 --> 01:33:23,925 And I've appointed you my literary executor. 1500 01:33:27,061 --> 01:33:29,730 Notoriety might inspire publication 1501 01:33:29,731 --> 01:33:32,033 of my uncollected essays. 1502 01:33:32,934 --> 01:33:34,735 You'll find them in the file 1503 01:33:34,736 --> 01:33:37,205 you labelled "miscellaneous shit". 1504 01:33:43,211 --> 01:33:46,915 I encourage you to continue your education in the theatre. 1505 01:33:48,016 --> 01:33:50,685 I believe you have a talent for the trade. 1506 01:33:53,821 --> 01:33:57,225 I once thought you were too kind to plunge the dagger. 1507 01:33:58,193 --> 01:33:59,326 Events have revealed 1508 01:33:59,327 --> 01:34:01,930 you're made of stronger stuff than I knew. 1509 01:34:06,734 --> 01:34:07,869 Tom, 1510 01:34:09,204 --> 01:34:11,206 - you know where I am. - (APPLAUSE) 1511 01:34:12,006 --> 01:34:13,141 Do visit. 1512 01:34:15,109 --> 01:34:16,277 Please. 1513 01:34:17,879 --> 01:34:20,748 I won't be here forever. 1514 01:34:22,116 --> 01:34:23,451 (LIGHT CRACKLES) 1515 01:34:31,793 --> 01:34:34,128 (SENTIMENTAL CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 1516 01:38:47,949 --> 01:38:49,951 (SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYING) 103081