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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:56,123 [man] Critic, from the Latin "criticus" 2 00:00:56,190 --> 00:00:59,326 and the Greek "kritikos", 3 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:02,262 via "krites", a judge. 4 00:01:16,844 --> 00:01:19,179 -Your seats, Mr Erskine. -Tom. 5 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:20,781 -Curtain? -10:40. 6 00:01:20,848 --> 00:01:22,616 -Oh! -Provided we go up on time. 7 00:01:22,683 --> 00:01:25,919 Well, ensure it, eh? I have a deadline! 8 00:01:31,625 --> 00:01:36,029 The drama critic is feared and reviled, 9 00:01:36,129 --> 00:01:38,732 for the judgement he must bring. 10 00:01:39,466 --> 00:01:43,103 But the truth is imperative. 11 00:01:44,137 --> 00:01:49,109 The critic must be cold, and perfectly alone. 12 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:53,647 Only the great are remembered. 13 00:01:57,017 --> 00:01:59,319 [ship's horn] 14 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:10,764 I must tell you, when you go to the theatre, 15 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:13,033 in the dramas presented, 16 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:17,337 you'll find many a murderer with cold blood. 17 00:02:20,274 --> 00:02:22,409 But to take notice 18 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:26,847 of the occasional killer with a conscience... 19 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,088 I shall need two more sessions. 20 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:37,191 Can you find the time? 21 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:43,897 For immortality, who wouldn't? [chuckles] 22 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:04,618 You vicious old bastard. 23 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:20,834 [man 2] My father enjoyed indulging this newspaper. 24 00:03:21,435 --> 00:03:24,271 But times are harder now. 25 00:03:24,338 --> 00:03:26,073 We're going to have to economise 26 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:28,442 across all departments, I'm afraid. 27 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:33,280 However, if we trim the fat, 28 00:03:33,347 --> 00:03:36,350 we can restore The Chronicle to its rightful place 29 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:39,486 as the most-read family newspaper in the country. 30 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:46,059 So, let's resume our mission with renewed vigour, hey? 31 00:03:48,428 --> 00:03:52,032 No more inexplicable expenses, no more long lunches, 32 00:03:52,099 --> 00:03:53,500 no late copy. 33 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:56,537 He's dragging the paper into the 20th century. 34 00:03:56,603 --> 00:03:59,173 -How dare he? -[they laugh] 35 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:02,676 Be warned, watch your backs. 36 00:04:02,743 --> 00:04:05,245 He won't come after the old guard. 37 00:04:05,379 --> 00:04:07,381 We are the bloody paper! 38 00:04:08,048 --> 00:04:09,983 He won't have pirates on board. 39 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:12,953 We must all show loyalty to the cause. 40 00:04:13,020 --> 00:04:15,489 The sole historical cause of The Chronicle 41 00:04:15,556 --> 00:04:18,425 is to compete for readers with The Daily fucking Mail. 42 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:19,993 Fascists. 43 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:24,364 Loyalty! I've been with this festering organ 40 years. 44 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:25,933 Forty-three. 45 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:27,201 Hmm! 46 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:32,873 He should show loyalty to us. 47 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:34,975 He's Robespierre in a top hat. 48 00:04:35,042 --> 00:04:38,512 [laughs] Madame la Guillotine, salut! 49 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:43,884 Oh, don't, Jim. Don't, you're plastered. 50 00:04:45,786 --> 00:04:47,955 -Stephen. -Good afternoon. 51 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:54,161 David. Viscount Brooke, I should say. 52 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:59,833 My condolences again. We all adored your father. 53 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:00,901 Thank you. 54 00:05:00,968 --> 00:05:03,737 I remember when mine passed away. 55 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:06,340 He was an insignificant man, but... 56 00:05:06,473 --> 00:05:09,309 his absence was profound. 57 00:05:11,111 --> 00:05:12,880 [chuckles] 58 00:05:12,946 --> 00:05:15,649 You know, your father gave me the job 59 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:18,919 right here in the club. [laughs] 60 00:05:18,986 --> 00:05:21,588 Over, uh, lunch. No, dinner! 61 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:25,125 And he squeezed my young cheeks and... 62 00:05:25,192 --> 00:05:30,697 "Jimmy, I hereby anoint you my chief drama critic." 63 00:05:30,764 --> 00:05:32,466 -[chuckles] -Hmm. 64 00:05:35,869 --> 00:05:37,070 Working tonight? 65 00:05:37,137 --> 00:05:39,973 Oh. The White Devil. 66 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:43,544 Best seen sober, I suspect. 67 00:05:44,811 --> 00:05:46,547 Not necessarily. 68 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:52,186 [man] That is the half. Mr Cooper, that is the half. 69 00:05:52,252 --> 00:05:54,855 Thirty minutes, half an hour, ladies and gents. 70 00:05:54,922 --> 00:05:57,157 Half an hour, Mrs Reverly, half an hour. 71 00:05:57,224 --> 00:05:58,492 Half an hour. 72 00:05:58,559 --> 00:05:59,693 Half an hour, Miss Land. 73 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,795 -Fuck off, Lennie. -[Lennie] I'll do my best. 74 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:03,197 [woman] Excuse me. 75 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:06,366 [sighs] I'm too old for this. 76 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:08,869 From your secret admirer. 77 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:12,840 -Who is he, miss? -Oh, it's a mystery. 78 00:06:12,906 --> 00:06:15,008 I could travel to the Orkneys and act in a stable, 79 00:06:15,075 --> 00:06:17,744 and two dozen white roses would appear on the first night. 80 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:18,946 Have them. 81 00:06:19,847 --> 00:06:21,815 Unto my lord the Duke, the best of welcome. 82 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:23,217 More lights! [mutters] 83 00:06:25,085 --> 00:06:27,487 [man] I'm in the mood for Jacobean tragedy. 84 00:06:27,554 --> 00:06:28,755 Not often I say that. 85 00:06:28,822 --> 00:06:31,992 [Jim] Done badly, this play could drive a nun to arson. 86 00:06:32,059 --> 00:06:33,560 [man 2] Mr Erskine? Mr Erskine? 87 00:06:33,627 --> 00:06:35,829 [Lennie] Five minutes, White Devil company! 88 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:37,431 That's the five! 89 00:06:44,671 --> 00:06:46,840 You will be a sensation. 90 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:49,042 Don't expect a good notice in The Chronicle. 91 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:52,613 At least not for my performance. Jimmy Erskine's never liked me. 92 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:55,048 Well, tonight, the beast will experience 93 00:06:55,115 --> 00:06:56,917 a Damascene conversion. 94 00:06:58,118 --> 00:07:00,420 Ready? Have courage. 95 00:07:14,568 --> 00:07:18,105 Unto my lord the Duke, the best of welcome. More lights. 96 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:25,512 Where's Mr Erskine? 97 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:29,483 Over there. 98 00:07:32,019 --> 00:07:34,388 How's his portrait coming along? 99 00:07:34,488 --> 00:07:35,889 Quite well. 100 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:38,258 His face is more interesting than his opinions. 101 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:42,162 I love him. He's gutsy. 102 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:45,732 Viscount at one o'clock. 103 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:55,509 [Jim] Shame his lady wife never attends. 104 00:07:56,877 --> 00:07:58,679 Perhaps she's got a prior engagement 105 00:07:58,745 --> 00:08:00,280 with a keg of lithium, hmm? 106 00:08:00,347 --> 00:08:03,083 [chuckles] 107 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:17,931 Your best of rest. 108 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:20,834 Unto my lord the Duke, the best of welcome. 109 00:08:20,968 --> 00:08:24,771 Attend the Duke! More lights! 110 00:08:27,374 --> 00:08:29,977 -Flamineo! -My lord. 111 00:08:30,043 --> 00:08:31,845 Quite lost, Flamineo. 112 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:34,515 [sighs] 113 00:08:34,648 --> 00:08:37,518 Now to the act of blood. 114 00:08:37,584 --> 00:08:40,988 There's but three Furies found in spacious hell... 115 00:08:44,525 --> 00:08:45,759 [sighs] 116 00:08:58,038 --> 00:08:59,673 [clears throat] 117 00:08:59,773 --> 00:09:03,343 I think I prefer this play to his other one. 118 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:07,681 -His other one? -Well, his other famous one. 119 00:09:07,748 --> 00:09:08,849 Duchess of Malta. 120 00:09:10,184 --> 00:09:11,752 Malfi. 121 00:09:11,885 --> 00:09:15,856 Oh, yes! [laughs] The Duchess of Malfi. 122 00:09:15,923 --> 00:09:18,825 Jew of Malta. Duchess of Malfi. 123 00:09:19,693 --> 00:09:20,694 Same era, though. 124 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:24,264 Webster is Jacobean. Marlowe, Elizabethan. 125 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:29,670 A slightly... pedantic distinction. 126 00:09:29,736 --> 00:09:31,471 It's the correct one. 127 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,244 Well, I'm sure we can agree on tonight's performance, 128 00:09:37,311 --> 00:09:38,445 thus far. 129 00:09:39,313 --> 00:09:42,916 I... I just adore Nina Land. 130 00:09:43,050 --> 00:09:45,752 Such a mercurial actress. 131 00:09:45,819 --> 00:09:47,387 I'm... I'm sure you'll be 132 00:09:47,454 --> 00:09:51,024 dipping that famous nib in nectar tonight. 133 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:53,727 No need for the prussic acid. 134 00:09:53,794 --> 00:09:56,997 -Excuse me. -[chuckles] 135 00:09:57,064 --> 00:09:59,132 Meadows! Come here. 136 00:10:00,501 --> 00:10:02,469 Will you remove that lunatic baggage? 137 00:10:02,603 --> 00:10:04,738 I'm so sorry, Mr Erskine. What seems to be the problem? 138 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:07,674 Oh, no, not seems. She invaded my table. 139 00:10:07,741 --> 00:10:10,377 She besieged me with her opinions. 140 00:10:10,444 --> 00:10:12,212 And stole my nuts! 141 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:13,714 I must have silence! 142 00:10:13,780 --> 00:10:15,616 I must be protected from the general public! 143 00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:18,118 Yes, sir. Move her, move her. 144 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:19,419 [Jim] Run! 145 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:27,561 Oh, happy they who never saw the court! 146 00:10:27,661 --> 00:10:32,165 Nor ever knew great man but by report. 147 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:37,337 -Oh! -I recover like a spent taper, 148 00:10:37,404 --> 00:10:38,572 for a flash. 149 00:10:38,672 --> 00:10:41,475 But instantly go out. 150 00:10:41,542 --> 00:10:45,946 The rack, the gallows and the torturing wheel 151 00:10:46,013 --> 00:10:49,082 shall be but sound sleeps to me. 152 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:51,285 Here's my rest. 153 00:10:51,351 --> 00:10:55,489 I limbed this night-piece, and it was my best. 154 00:10:55,556 --> 00:10:57,124 Remove the body. 155 00:10:57,191 --> 00:10:59,259 See my honoured lord, 156 00:10:59,326 --> 00:11:02,396 let guilty men remember their black deeds, 157 00:11:02,462 --> 00:11:06,533 do lean on crutches made of slender reeds. 158 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,836 [applause] 159 00:11:13,307 --> 00:11:14,808 No. 160 00:11:14,942 --> 00:11:17,678 Replace with, uh, "succubus". 161 00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:23,050 -Oh... cut all that shit. -This shit? 162 00:11:23,116 --> 00:11:24,985 -No, that shit. -Oh. 163 00:11:25,052 --> 00:11:27,321 There is no "e" in "somnambulant". 164 00:11:27,387 --> 00:11:29,890 There never has been. God help us, never will be. 165 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:32,092 [hums] 166 00:11:32,159 --> 00:11:36,029 Change "damp squib" to... "wet blanket". 167 00:11:36,096 --> 00:11:38,799 -No, no. Help? -Uh, "sopping"? 168 00:11:38,866 --> 00:11:41,969 Perfect, yes. No, "sodden". Yes. [chuckles] 169 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:43,804 All right, get typing. 170 00:11:43,871 --> 00:11:45,405 Sodden! 171 00:11:50,878 --> 00:11:52,946 [boy] That was the longest play in the world. 172 00:11:53,013 --> 00:11:55,349 [woman] Longer than life itself. 173 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:56,483 [boy] How long is life? 174 00:11:57,351 --> 00:12:00,554 Endless. As long as you eat your vegetables. 175 00:12:02,022 --> 00:12:04,324 [woman] Wasn't Nina Land the greatest? 176 00:12:04,858 --> 00:12:09,329 She's magical. You should paint her. 177 00:12:13,033 --> 00:12:14,034 Hm. 178 00:12:16,537 --> 00:12:18,438 I think you've got secrets. 179 00:12:19,206 --> 00:12:21,742 -[man] You're very direct. -[woman] You raised me to be. 180 00:12:21,808 --> 00:12:24,745 [man] True. But I don't. 181 00:12:26,380 --> 00:12:28,081 [woman] I wouldn't mind if you did. 182 00:12:29,216 --> 00:12:32,286 -What if she makes you happy? -I love your mother. 183 00:12:32,352 --> 00:12:34,087 Said unconvincingly. 184 00:12:35,289 --> 00:12:37,257 [man] Your father seemed to enjoy it. 185 00:12:37,324 --> 00:12:39,226 Hmm. 186 00:12:39,293 --> 00:12:40,894 Brutal play. 187 00:12:41,028 --> 00:12:43,764 -Hmm. -Extraordinary. 188 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:46,300 All that wailing and gnashing. 189 00:12:48,035 --> 00:12:50,637 You are aware it was written in the early 17th century? 190 00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:52,272 I had gleaned it. 191 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,076 People don't wail and gnash nowadays. 192 00:12:56,143 --> 00:12:58,378 -[woman] Well, we don't. -No, we don't. 193 00:12:59,146 --> 00:13:01,215 I mean, we are representative of everyone. 194 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:02,583 Oh, must you? 195 00:13:18,532 --> 00:13:20,300 Tom, hurry up. 196 00:13:21,635 --> 00:13:23,170 Oh, thank you. 197 00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:30,377 "The Duke of Brachiano's... steatopygous form"? 198 00:13:30,444 --> 00:13:32,613 From the Greek. 199 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,582 Excessive flesh on the buttocks. 200 00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:38,952 I doubt our readers are familiar with the word. 201 00:13:39,019 --> 00:13:41,321 I doubt our readers can read. 202 00:13:44,625 --> 00:13:47,027 Change it, please. 203 00:13:47,828 --> 00:13:49,863 Replace with "fat-arsed". 204 00:13:49,930 --> 00:13:51,899 [loud chatter] 205 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:53,534 You can't leave the bloody party. 206 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,736 Sorry, exhausted. 207 00:13:55,869 --> 00:13:57,471 The producers tell me 208 00:13:57,538 --> 00:14:01,108 the vibrations are extremely positive. 209 00:14:01,208 --> 00:14:04,411 -It's opening night. -We're a hit! 210 00:14:04,478 --> 00:14:06,313 Even the beast gave me the nod. 211 00:14:06,380 --> 00:14:08,615 Caught my eye as he scarpered up the aisle. 212 00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:11,218 Hmm. He's probably thinking of all the vile things 213 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:12,753 he'll say about me. 214 00:14:13,554 --> 00:14:16,623 Well, if you can't enjoy the moment, 215 00:14:16,690 --> 00:14:18,192 you'd best fuck off. 216 00:14:20,761 --> 00:14:22,196 Love you! 217 00:14:51,592 --> 00:14:53,227 [man] A word of advice. 218 00:14:54,895 --> 00:14:57,598 Brooke told me it's the best thing he's seen all season. 219 00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:03,003 But he's not the paper's drama critic. 220 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:04,705 Not yet. 221 00:15:06,540 --> 00:15:08,175 What do you know? 222 00:15:11,812 --> 00:15:14,815 He's begun culling the old lags. 223 00:15:14,948 --> 00:15:18,785 And he's not so keen on you. Nor does he like your... 224 00:15:20,721 --> 00:15:22,222 proclivities. 225 00:15:23,457 --> 00:15:24,858 Family paper. 226 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:27,661 Be careful. 227 00:15:32,566 --> 00:15:34,601 [♪ "Midnight With the Stars and You"] 228 00:15:59,993 --> 00:16:05,232 ♪ Midnight with the stars and you 229 00:16:06,834 --> 00:16:11,572 -♪ Midnight and a rendezvous -[whistles] 230 00:16:13,607 --> 00:16:19,046 ♪ Your eyes held a message tender 231 00:16:19,112 --> 00:16:22,449 ♪ Saying "I surrender 232 00:16:22,516 --> 00:16:26,587 ♪ All my love to you" 233 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:28,522 -[bell rings] -Raid. Get down. 234 00:16:28,589 --> 00:16:32,726 [men shouting, police whistles, dog barks] 235 00:16:32,793 --> 00:16:35,362 [man] Get off me! Get off me! 236 00:16:36,096 --> 00:16:38,332 [officer] Stand still, you pansy! Come here! 237 00:16:41,768 --> 00:16:45,105 ♪ I'll be remembering you 238 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:48,575 ♪ Whatever else I do 239 00:16:48,642 --> 00:16:52,713 ♪ Midnight with the stars and you 240 00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:55,749 -[knocking at door] -No baths after ten! 241 00:16:55,816 --> 00:16:56,884 [Nina] Sorry. 242 00:16:57,017 --> 00:16:59,786 Well, turn the taps off before you wake the whole house! 243 00:17:02,756 --> 00:17:06,493 [dog barking, car horns blaring outside] 244 00:17:08,529 --> 00:17:12,599 -[distant shouting] -[baby crying] 245 00:17:12,666 --> 00:17:13,767 [sighs] 246 00:17:15,569 --> 00:17:16,837 Thank you. 247 00:17:47,301 --> 00:17:51,338 [Jim] The vamping and shrieking Miss Nina Land 248 00:17:51,405 --> 00:17:56,643 attempts Vittoria with all the grace of a startled mule. 249 00:17:56,710 --> 00:18:01,148 There's not a single moment of stillness or subtlety. 250 00:18:02,082 --> 00:18:04,651 After three long hours, 251 00:18:04,718 --> 00:18:07,855 when Miss Land finally and blessedly expires, 252 00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:12,226 her death is akin to a deflated dirigible. 253 00:18:17,431 --> 00:18:19,600 [phone rings] 254 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:23,370 [knocking at door] 255 00:18:23,437 --> 00:18:24,805 [landlady] Miss Land? 256 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,342 Visitor. 257 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:32,779 Oh, it's a disaster. He's so important. 258 00:18:32,846 --> 00:18:34,648 -[Nina] I know. -[sighs] 259 00:18:34,715 --> 00:18:38,252 What did you think? Last night? 260 00:18:39,620 --> 00:18:42,055 Well, I... I told you, I raved. 261 00:18:42,122 --> 00:18:43,190 [Nina] But? 262 00:18:43,924 --> 00:18:45,859 I'm your most ardent supporter, 263 00:18:45,926 --> 00:18:47,261 -it's irrelevant. -Mum. 264 00:18:47,327 --> 00:18:49,696 Well, I thought you were a touch too florid with your hands. 265 00:18:49,763 --> 00:18:50,831 You know. 266 00:18:50,898 --> 00:18:53,367 And... and you pushed a bit. 267 00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:54,735 Bit too hard at times. 268 00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:57,871 But you looked striking. 269 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:00,641 And... 270 00:19:01,608 --> 00:19:03,410 you were very audible. 271 00:19:03,477 --> 00:19:07,581 I mean, every syllable clear as a bell. 272 00:19:08,482 --> 00:19:13,487 Nina, you're 30... oomph years old, 273 00:19:13,554 --> 00:19:17,591 you're a spinster, you're living in a squalid one little room. 274 00:19:17,658 --> 00:19:20,093 I mean, life is passing you by. 275 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,630 -I'm perfectly content. -Well, you're patently not. 276 00:19:32,339 --> 00:19:33,407 You should talk to him. 277 00:19:34,408 --> 00:19:37,544 We don't talk to critics. It's not the done thing. 278 00:19:37,611 --> 00:19:39,546 [mum] Confront him and have it out. 279 00:19:39,613 --> 00:19:40,647 You're bloody mad. 280 00:19:40,714 --> 00:19:43,617 Deal with the odious man before he insults you again. 281 00:19:43,684 --> 00:19:46,053 You've got ten days before you open Twelfth Night. 282 00:19:46,186 --> 00:19:47,654 Do it now. 283 00:19:47,721 --> 00:19:49,089 I wish you'd stop meddling. 284 00:19:49,223 --> 00:19:53,060 I'm not meddling. I'm mothering. 285 00:20:07,508 --> 00:20:08,842 [sighs] 286 00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:34,601 No, no. 287 00:20:43,076 --> 00:20:45,812 What do you require from me? 288 00:20:45,879 --> 00:20:48,348 I have a very important meeting. Please make it brief. 289 00:20:48,415 --> 00:20:49,483 [Nina] I want an apology. 290 00:20:49,550 --> 00:20:51,585 [scoffs] For expressing my opinion? 291 00:20:51,652 --> 00:20:53,353 [Nina] For the manner of its expression. 292 00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:55,055 The rudeness, the disrespect. 293 00:20:55,122 --> 00:20:57,991 One of my many solemn duties is to entertain the reader. 294 00:20:58,058 --> 00:20:59,359 [Nina] At my expense? 295 00:20:59,426 --> 00:21:01,461 Well, it's not just you, is it? 296 00:21:01,528 --> 00:21:03,864 I write, what, half a million words a year. 297 00:21:03,931 --> 00:21:07,768 Oh, mea culpa if 12 of them offended you. 298 00:21:07,835 --> 00:21:11,305 Over the last ten years, you've compared me to livestock, 299 00:21:11,371 --> 00:21:14,041 creatures of the sea, and an extinct bird. 300 00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:19,179 You've said my voice is fluting, grating, girlish and manly. 301 00:21:19,313 --> 00:21:22,082 You've described me as plump and emaciated. 302 00:21:22,149 --> 00:21:23,684 Which is it, damn you? 303 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:27,721 Last season. "Her Mrs Elvsted is glamorous but ungainly." 304 00:21:27,788 --> 00:21:30,591 "She doesn't seem to know how to walk." How to walk?! 305 00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:33,227 You've been dishing it out to me for a decade, 306 00:21:33,293 --> 00:21:34,528 and now it's going to stop. 307 00:21:34,595 --> 00:21:36,196 Oh, are you retiring? 308 00:21:36,330 --> 00:21:38,298 I'm tight enough to scratch your eyes out. 309 00:21:38,365 --> 00:21:41,502 Oh, I wouldn't try. You stand before the junior vice captain 310 00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:42,569 of the Wigan Boxing Club. 311 00:21:42,636 --> 00:21:44,671 You all right, miss? He's a bit weird, this one. 312 00:21:44,738 --> 00:21:47,007 -This is a private conversation. -[Nina] Weird? 313 00:21:47,074 --> 00:21:48,642 Oh, be a good chap and bugger off. 314 00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:52,446 -The lady's perfectly safe. -Oh, tell. 315 00:21:53,814 --> 00:21:58,619 -[man] He likes it rough. -[Nina] Does he now? 316 00:22:07,394 --> 00:22:08,862 Apologise. 317 00:22:10,230 --> 00:22:11,498 I won't, Miss Land. 318 00:22:11,565 --> 00:22:14,201 I will fight to the death for freedom of thought 319 00:22:14,268 --> 00:22:16,403 and its public expression. 320 00:22:16,470 --> 00:22:21,575 Erskine of The Chronicle pays trade for rough sex. 321 00:22:21,642 --> 00:22:23,177 [sighs] 322 00:22:23,243 --> 00:22:25,445 Why do you like that? 323 00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:28,115 [Jim] I daresay you can imagine. 324 00:22:28,182 --> 00:22:30,617 You spoke it. Last night. 325 00:22:32,019 --> 00:22:35,389 "My soul, like a ship in a black storm, 326 00:22:35,455 --> 00:22:37,858 is driven I know not whither." 327 00:22:40,093 --> 00:22:43,897 Humiliation. Danger. 328 00:22:47,734 --> 00:22:50,304 I think you understand. 329 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,942 Don't take what I write to heart. 330 00:22:55,008 --> 00:22:56,109 There were other critics, 331 00:22:56,176 --> 00:22:59,012 albeit lesser ones, who think you're spectacular. 332 00:22:59,079 --> 00:23:00,981 I'm not interested in them. 333 00:23:01,048 --> 00:23:03,450 -I follow you. -Me? 334 00:23:03,517 --> 00:23:05,185 I'm a monster. I'm weird. 335 00:23:05,252 --> 00:23:07,287 You most certainly are. 336 00:23:07,421 --> 00:23:10,190 But I grew up reading you. 337 00:23:10,958 --> 00:23:13,026 I wanted to act because of you. 338 00:23:13,093 --> 00:23:14,995 You're mocking me. 339 00:23:16,697 --> 00:23:18,265 You formed me. 340 00:23:20,167 --> 00:23:25,138 Well... that's a terribly flattering thing to say. 341 00:23:25,806 --> 00:23:28,542 You write so tenderly and passionately 342 00:23:28,609 --> 00:23:31,545 about the plays and the actors who move you. 343 00:23:31,612 --> 00:23:35,916 And yet you dismiss those who disappoint you so ruthlessly. 344 00:23:36,683 --> 00:23:38,585 As if you've been betrayed. 345 00:23:38,652 --> 00:23:44,091 This little England lowers its standards every day. 346 00:23:44,157 --> 00:23:47,528 In my footling way, I'm attempting to maintain them. 347 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:50,464 I so wanted to meet your standards. 348 00:23:51,865 --> 00:23:53,834 But you think I'm appalling. 349 00:23:57,271 --> 00:23:58,906 I am afraid so. 350 00:24:00,908 --> 00:24:02,910 I might dissolve. 351 00:24:05,946 --> 00:24:08,382 There is art in you, Miss Land. 352 00:24:09,249 --> 00:24:13,320 My disappointment is in your failure to access it. 353 00:24:16,156 --> 00:24:17,824 You know where I live. 354 00:24:19,092 --> 00:24:21,828 You may visit, miss, if you wish. 355 00:24:29,369 --> 00:24:31,872 [phones ringing, chatter] 356 00:24:34,408 --> 00:24:35,676 Dorothy. 357 00:24:42,950 --> 00:24:45,652 -Joan! Good afternoon. -Jimmy. 358 00:24:47,521 --> 00:24:48,655 Yes. 359 00:24:55,662 --> 00:24:57,798 [sighs, sniffs] 360 00:25:09,176 --> 00:25:12,412 La commedia e finita. 361 00:25:19,019 --> 00:25:20,521 [door opens] 362 00:25:22,222 --> 00:25:23,323 Jimmy. 363 00:25:25,125 --> 00:25:26,627 [sighs] 364 00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:29,029 Tone it down. 365 00:25:40,741 --> 00:25:43,277 Uh, what exactly? 366 00:25:45,045 --> 00:25:46,346 The unpleasantness. 367 00:25:47,214 --> 00:25:48,782 The extravagance. 368 00:25:50,284 --> 00:25:51,318 Less. 369 00:25:52,653 --> 00:25:56,390 Could you be more specific, in order that I may obey? 370 00:26:01,461 --> 00:26:04,331 "Warning, hold your breath as you pass the Duke's Theatre, 371 00:26:04,398 --> 00:26:07,267 for here is untreated theatrical sewage." 372 00:26:08,235 --> 00:26:09,503 "A play of elemental passion 373 00:26:09,603 --> 00:26:12,439 has been reduced to the scale of a sodden sock." 374 00:26:14,274 --> 00:26:17,377 Well, it's my responsibility to discourage our readers 375 00:26:17,444 --> 00:26:21,014 from... wasting their wages on tripe. 376 00:26:21,081 --> 00:26:23,317 Never mind all that. 377 00:26:23,383 --> 00:26:26,053 We're discussing the extremity of your style. 378 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,190 But that's why people read me, you know. 379 00:26:30,257 --> 00:26:32,960 I wither and I effuse. 380 00:26:34,328 --> 00:26:36,930 And the proud tradition of this paper, 381 00:26:37,064 --> 00:26:39,399 established by your dear father... 382 00:26:39,466 --> 00:26:41,034 Yes, I know he was fond of you. 383 00:26:41,101 --> 00:26:42,903 He was also fond of Sir Oswald Mosley. 384 00:26:43,036 --> 00:26:45,339 You can't compare me with him. 385 00:26:45,405 --> 00:26:47,908 Anyone who threatens the reputation of this newspaper 386 00:26:47,975 --> 00:26:49,009 is an undesirable. 387 00:26:49,076 --> 00:26:50,878 Oh, so... it's a witch hunt. 388 00:26:50,944 --> 00:26:52,613 Jim. 389 00:26:52,679 --> 00:26:56,617 Don't break the law. Don't cause a stink. 390 00:26:58,118 --> 00:26:59,486 Be kinder. 391 00:27:00,954 --> 00:27:02,990 More Beauty, less Beast. 392 00:27:03,757 --> 00:27:05,158 Final warning. 393 00:27:07,494 --> 00:27:10,831 [Nina] Stay! If I think so, 394 00:27:10,898 --> 00:27:12,900 I think the same of you. 395 00:27:12,966 --> 00:27:16,203 Think thou right. I am not what I am. 396 00:27:16,270 --> 00:27:18,939 I... I would you... 397 00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:20,440 -Yes. -Were as I would have... 398 00:27:20,507 --> 00:27:23,410 Were as... I would you were as I would have you be. 399 00:27:23,477 --> 00:27:24,945 [man] Break now? 400 00:27:25,078 --> 00:27:26,747 [woman] Lunch, everyone. Lunch, please. 401 00:27:26,813 --> 00:27:28,582 Back in an hour. Thank you. 402 00:27:30,417 --> 00:27:34,021 We must all get over that review and focus on this show. 403 00:27:34,154 --> 00:27:36,823 -I know my lines. -I know you know them. 404 00:27:36,890 --> 00:27:39,526 -Why can't you say them? -I am. 405 00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:42,996 Heavily. Where's the lightness? Where's the wit? 406 00:27:45,966 --> 00:27:47,467 [chatter] 407 00:27:47,534 --> 00:27:48,902 [bird squawks] 408 00:27:56,176 --> 00:27:58,679 [church bell tolls] 409 00:28:06,386 --> 00:28:08,222 I'm going mad without you. 410 00:28:10,090 --> 00:28:12,993 Hello. Could you tell her I miss her? 411 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:16,530 Could you tell him he's married with two children? 412 00:28:19,099 --> 00:28:20,267 Please. 413 00:28:21,902 --> 00:28:23,070 Thank you. 414 00:28:24,271 --> 00:28:26,273 -Nina... -I'm in rehearsals. 415 00:28:26,340 --> 00:28:28,742 I'm being dreadful and we open in two days. 416 00:28:28,809 --> 00:28:30,477 As we discussed, at length, 417 00:28:30,544 --> 00:28:32,846 I won't be your mistress anymore. 418 00:28:34,214 --> 00:28:35,549 We were lovers. 419 00:28:38,385 --> 00:28:39,920 You were my lover. 420 00:28:42,422 --> 00:28:44,224 Go home to your family. 421 00:28:49,596 --> 00:28:51,198 [jazz music] 422 00:28:51,265 --> 00:28:52,399 [men shouting] More! 423 00:28:52,466 --> 00:28:55,602 He wants less? Well, I say more! 424 00:28:55,736 --> 00:28:57,137 [men] More! 425 00:28:57,204 --> 00:29:01,141 [Jim shouts drunkenly] 426 00:29:01,208 --> 00:29:02,943 [laughs] 427 00:29:03,010 --> 00:29:06,313 If I can't write freely, I can't write at all! 428 00:29:07,414 --> 00:29:10,617 -[Tom] Don't resign. -Well, no need. [chuckles] 429 00:29:10,751 --> 00:29:13,287 He'll be rid of me as soon as he finds an excuse. Oh! 430 00:29:14,788 --> 00:29:19,293 I am on the scaffold, black cloth bag over my head, 431 00:29:19,359 --> 00:29:23,130 and the frigid fart's just fumbling for the lever. 432 00:29:24,831 --> 00:29:25,899 [Tom] We should turn back. 433 00:29:25,966 --> 00:29:29,002 [Jim] They don't own the streets. Not yet. 434 00:29:29,069 --> 00:29:33,040 We have the right to walk here. Come on. 435 00:29:33,106 --> 00:29:34,374 Well, I'm turning back. 436 00:29:34,441 --> 00:29:36,376 -Let go. -No. 437 00:29:44,718 --> 00:29:49,256 -All right? -Oh, yes. And you? 438 00:29:49,323 --> 00:29:51,792 -I'm all right. -I'm so glad. 439 00:29:54,862 --> 00:29:56,363 Who's your friend, then? 440 00:29:56,430 --> 00:29:59,132 I'll tell you about mine if you tell me about yours. 441 00:29:59,266 --> 00:30:01,502 [men chuckle] 442 00:30:03,837 --> 00:30:06,073 Tell your friend to go home. 443 00:30:06,673 --> 00:30:09,376 Oh, but I'm taking him home. He lives in this environ. 444 00:30:11,445 --> 00:30:13,714 You're a cheeky old queer, ain't ya? 445 00:30:13,847 --> 00:30:18,185 May I return the compliment and say how splendid you look 446 00:30:18,252 --> 00:30:22,523 with your badges and crests and crisp black shirt? 447 00:30:22,589 --> 00:30:24,157 Did you iron it yourself? 448 00:30:24,892 --> 00:30:29,162 -Getcha! Go on! -[laughter] 449 00:30:29,997 --> 00:30:33,700 Stop it! [laughs] 450 00:30:33,767 --> 00:30:36,069 I'm... I'm going to die. [laughs] 451 00:30:36,136 --> 00:30:40,107 -You could have got us killed. -Oh, don't be silly. 452 00:30:40,174 --> 00:30:41,708 They could have killed us. 453 00:30:41,842 --> 00:30:46,713 Nobody gets murdered in Bloomsbury. [laughs] 454 00:30:46,847 --> 00:30:48,949 You're a maniac with a death wish. 455 00:30:49,016 --> 00:30:50,617 It's true! 456 00:30:52,853 --> 00:30:54,588 Stop that now. 457 00:30:54,655 --> 00:30:59,092 He who lives in fear dies of shame. 458 00:30:59,693 --> 00:31:03,564 -Who said that? -Me. Just now. 459 00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:06,600 Just scribble it down for the memoirs. 460 00:31:06,667 --> 00:31:11,672 I will never let anything bad happen to you. 461 00:31:14,441 --> 00:31:16,109 -[man] Oi! -There's police on the way. 462 00:31:16,243 --> 00:31:18,912 -Oh, sod the law! -Quiet! 463 00:31:18,979 --> 00:31:21,348 Home's this way! Oh. Oh! 464 00:31:21,415 --> 00:31:26,386 -[police whistles] -[laughs] 465 00:31:26,453 --> 00:31:28,722 Please get up. We have to move. 466 00:31:28,789 --> 00:31:31,058 -Give me a kiss and I will. -Oh, get up! 467 00:31:31,124 --> 00:31:34,127 Kiss me, you gorgeous bastard. 468 00:31:34,194 --> 00:31:36,597 -And then you'll get up? -Yes. 469 00:31:37,831 --> 00:31:39,533 [police whistles blow, shouting] 470 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:40,934 Here! 471 00:31:41,001 --> 00:31:42,469 Filthy queers! 472 00:31:44,371 --> 00:31:46,373 Get up, you dirty old sod. 473 00:31:47,808 --> 00:31:49,109 [groans] 474 00:31:49,176 --> 00:31:50,344 [officer] Round. 475 00:31:50,410 --> 00:31:52,279 [officer 2] I'll check him for lipstick. 476 00:32:08,729 --> 00:32:10,797 Are you a homosexual? 477 00:32:12,633 --> 00:32:14,001 No. 478 00:32:16,336 --> 00:32:19,673 Have you ever engaged in unnatural practices? 479 00:32:19,740 --> 00:32:20,741 No. 480 00:32:23,243 --> 00:32:26,680 Your young friend, Thomas Turner, 481 00:32:26,747 --> 00:32:29,049 claims he's your secretary. 482 00:32:29,116 --> 00:32:31,285 What are his duties? 483 00:32:33,654 --> 00:32:37,057 Typing, filing, research. 484 00:32:38,125 --> 00:32:40,561 -And does he do shorthand? -[laughs] 485 00:32:43,430 --> 00:32:45,499 Is he a proficient secretary? 486 00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:48,969 -He's first rate. -First rate. 487 00:32:53,740 --> 00:32:57,144 You seem surprised by his competence. 488 00:32:58,779 --> 00:33:01,448 Is it due to the colour of his skin? 489 00:33:02,616 --> 00:33:05,519 Is it correct that you co-habit with your secretary? 490 00:33:07,788 --> 00:33:09,256 He's my lodger. 491 00:33:11,358 --> 00:33:14,194 -Do you share a bedroom? -No. 492 00:33:15,696 --> 00:33:18,131 He sleeps on the sofa. 493 00:33:18,198 --> 00:33:20,868 For how long has he been sleeping on your sofa? 494 00:33:21,902 --> 00:33:23,170 Six years. 495 00:33:24,304 --> 00:33:26,306 -How's his back bearing up? -[sniggers] 496 00:33:27,508 --> 00:33:30,110 Where'd you find him, Mr Erskine? 497 00:33:31,078 --> 00:33:32,813 -Was he trade? -No. 498 00:33:34,715 --> 00:33:38,018 I understand you enjoy the theatre. 499 00:33:38,085 --> 00:33:40,587 I do not enjoy the theatre. 500 00:33:40,654 --> 00:33:43,457 I am the chief drama critic of The Daily Chronicle. 501 00:33:43,524 --> 00:33:45,158 [door opens] 502 00:33:46,059 --> 00:33:47,528 His lawyer's here, sir. 503 00:33:51,098 --> 00:33:52,099 [door closes] 504 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:56,236 Lambert. Thank you. 505 00:33:57,237 --> 00:33:59,540 Police are in the mood to charge you. 506 00:34:00,474 --> 00:34:02,342 I had to tell Brooke. 507 00:34:02,409 --> 00:34:04,478 I needed him to pull strings. 508 00:34:04,545 --> 00:34:06,180 [groans] Oh. 509 00:34:07,347 --> 00:34:09,983 -I had to, Jim. -Yeah. 510 00:34:10,083 --> 00:34:12,486 Can't have you two going to prison. 511 00:34:12,553 --> 00:34:15,088 [phones ring, typewriters click] 512 00:34:17,291 --> 00:34:19,259 Dorothy. 513 00:34:20,427 --> 00:34:23,764 Terms. And one month's notice. 514 00:34:32,606 --> 00:34:34,074 What did you expect? 515 00:34:36,410 --> 00:34:40,380 You were found committing an indecent act in a public place. 516 00:34:40,447 --> 00:34:43,550 You resisted arrest and assaulted a police officer. 517 00:34:43,617 --> 00:34:45,752 You're in full breach of your contract. 518 00:34:47,454 --> 00:34:49,523 The terms are significantly more generous 519 00:34:49,590 --> 00:34:52,492 than those I advised Viscount Brooke to offer. 520 00:34:56,763 --> 00:35:00,167 [clock chimes] 521 00:35:06,106 --> 00:35:07,941 Oh, Tom! 522 00:35:13,580 --> 00:35:19,119 No first nights. No dinners. No life. 523 00:35:21,822 --> 00:35:24,124 I'm walking dead. 524 00:35:24,191 --> 00:35:27,794 [Tom] Now, come on. Enough self-pity. 525 00:35:28,428 --> 00:35:30,664 You know my debts. 526 00:35:32,533 --> 00:35:36,069 I live like a king on a pauper's wage. 527 00:35:37,004 --> 00:35:39,940 When the fall comes, it'll sweep me under. 528 00:35:40,007 --> 00:35:41,642 Where's your spirit? 529 00:35:44,978 --> 00:35:46,446 Where's your fight? 530 00:35:53,453 --> 00:35:54,688 Fuck 'em! 531 00:35:57,324 --> 00:35:59,059 -[Tom] That's the spirit! -[chuckles] 532 00:36:06,767 --> 00:36:09,436 Stephen. I'm here for my sitting. 533 00:36:09,536 --> 00:36:14,241 Oh. I have got the right day? 534 00:36:14,308 --> 00:36:15,342 Yes. 535 00:36:17,678 --> 00:36:20,180 Perhaps you should contact Viscount Brooke's office. 536 00:36:24,918 --> 00:36:26,687 [chatter, laughter] 537 00:36:28,021 --> 00:36:30,557 Are you going to eat that chop? 538 00:36:30,691 --> 00:36:31,758 Oh. 539 00:36:42,903 --> 00:36:44,471 How's unemployment? 540 00:36:45,205 --> 00:36:49,743 Wake at noon, hunk of bread, mug of sherry, 541 00:36:49,810 --> 00:36:51,378 back to bed. 542 00:36:56,216 --> 00:36:57,818 Still go to the opera? 543 00:36:57,885 --> 00:36:59,253 Can't afford it. 544 00:37:05,726 --> 00:37:07,394 You must have something on him. 545 00:37:08,829 --> 00:37:10,964 Ethos of the club, 546 00:37:11,031 --> 00:37:13,267 we don't machinate against fellow members. 547 00:37:14,101 --> 00:37:15,836 Yes, we do! 548 00:37:17,905 --> 00:37:20,040 Brooke is known as a very decent fellow. 549 00:37:20,774 --> 00:37:23,877 Look how he's cared for his bonkers bride all these years. 550 00:37:23,944 --> 00:37:25,078 The man's a saint. 551 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:28,582 Don't be sloppy. 552 00:37:28,649 --> 00:37:31,318 No one is a saint. 553 00:37:31,385 --> 00:37:32,753 Literature teaches us that. 554 00:37:32,819 --> 00:37:33,987 Romeo? 555 00:37:34,054 --> 00:37:38,625 Betrays entire Montague dynasty for his own selfish lust. 556 00:37:38,759 --> 00:37:39,860 Oliver Twist? 557 00:37:39,927 --> 00:37:42,896 Class traitor. Causes death of Nancy. 558 00:37:43,697 --> 00:37:45,365 You're deranged. 559 00:37:49,369 --> 00:37:52,639 All men have secrets. 560 00:37:54,141 --> 00:37:55,943 I'll find his. 561 00:37:58,345 --> 00:37:59,580 [actor] Come, boy. 562 00:37:59,646 --> 00:38:01,582 My thoughts are ripe in mischief. 563 00:38:02,616 --> 00:38:05,586 I'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love 564 00:38:05,652 --> 00:38:08,121 to spite a raven's heart within a dove. 565 00:38:09,022 --> 00:38:12,226 And I, most jocund, apt, and willingly, 566 00:38:12,326 --> 00:38:16,129 to do you rest a thousand deaths would die. 567 00:38:20,601 --> 00:38:22,402 -[bell rings] -[woman] Fifteen minutes. 568 00:38:22,469 --> 00:38:24,938 Fifteen minutes, please. Back at 4:20. 569 00:38:28,509 --> 00:38:30,644 [doorbell rings] 570 00:38:39,786 --> 00:38:41,321 Nina Land. 571 00:38:42,689 --> 00:38:46,193 -[Jim] What does she want? -Sounds weepy. 572 00:38:48,161 --> 00:38:49,496 Let her in. 573 00:38:50,931 --> 00:38:52,666 Do a good deed for once, huh? 574 00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:54,868 [Jim] Welcome! 575 00:38:54,935 --> 00:38:57,471 Um, I was just passing. Sorry if it's too late. 576 00:38:57,604 --> 00:39:00,140 Oh, we receive at all hours. 577 00:39:00,207 --> 00:39:01,642 This is Tom. 578 00:39:01,708 --> 00:39:03,143 -Hello. -Hello. 579 00:39:04,011 --> 00:39:05,879 Oh. Thank you. 580 00:39:10,584 --> 00:39:14,454 -You were an actor? -Hm-hmm. For two years. 581 00:39:15,722 --> 00:39:20,160 My zenith was Laertes. In Dundee. 582 00:39:27,134 --> 00:39:28,836 Oscar Wilde, of course. 583 00:39:29,770 --> 00:39:32,840 I saw him once. When I was young. 584 00:39:32,940 --> 00:39:35,309 I made a pilgrimage to the stage door of the Theatre Royal 585 00:39:35,375 --> 00:39:37,611 and waited for hours. 586 00:39:38,545 --> 00:39:41,248 And then... he appeared. 587 00:39:41,381 --> 00:39:44,551 Rolling up Suffolk Street. Quite alone. 588 00:39:46,186 --> 00:39:48,322 In the clear, bright sunshine. 589 00:39:49,423 --> 00:39:50,924 A king. 590 00:39:50,991 --> 00:39:54,127 Were he to command me to give him my body and soul 591 00:39:54,194 --> 00:39:56,697 right there, I would have done it. 592 00:39:58,498 --> 00:40:00,300 Gratefully. 593 00:40:00,434 --> 00:40:03,470 But he swept by. 594 00:40:05,038 --> 00:40:07,741 I wasn't pretty enough to engage his eye. 595 00:40:16,383 --> 00:40:18,385 Henry James. 596 00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:22,589 [Jim] Well, attributed. His last words. 597 00:40:23,724 --> 00:40:28,395 [Nina] "So here it as at last, the distinguished thing." 598 00:40:28,529 --> 00:40:29,530 Death. 599 00:40:33,834 --> 00:40:36,236 Oh, forgive me. Come on. 600 00:40:36,303 --> 00:40:38,405 Now do sit down. 601 00:40:44,511 --> 00:40:46,747 Has something happened? 602 00:40:48,081 --> 00:40:50,551 [sighs] I've got the fear. 603 00:40:51,318 --> 00:40:52,519 Ah. 604 00:40:52,586 --> 00:40:55,289 [Nina] And we open tomorrow night. 605 00:40:55,422 --> 00:40:58,525 You're the last person in the world I should tell. 606 00:40:58,592 --> 00:40:59,860 Hmm. 607 00:40:59,927 --> 00:41:02,496 Or the only one that you can, huh? 608 00:41:07,201 --> 00:41:08,936 Drink? 609 00:41:29,156 --> 00:41:31,091 [sighs] 610 00:41:31,158 --> 00:41:32,693 Another, hmm? 611 00:41:35,462 --> 00:41:38,065 You're too keen to please. 612 00:41:40,567 --> 00:41:42,469 Now, when an actor tries too hard, 613 00:41:42,536 --> 00:41:46,139 it sends mustard gas through the house. 614 00:41:46,206 --> 00:41:48,008 You have to trust, 615 00:41:48,141 --> 00:41:50,878 and it's very difficult to trust, but... 616 00:41:52,379 --> 00:41:57,885 the courage to give of the self entirely 617 00:41:57,951 --> 00:41:59,753 is what all great actors share. 618 00:41:59,820 --> 00:42:04,491 I mean, those with the capacity to conjure the sublime. 619 00:42:05,526 --> 00:42:09,930 You have to trust that we are present to you. 620 00:42:11,398 --> 00:42:16,336 That we're sensitive to your deepest sufferings, 621 00:42:16,403 --> 00:42:20,674 your gentlest feelings, your most intimate thoughts. 622 00:42:20,741 --> 00:42:25,913 But you must trust that we can perceive all this 623 00:42:25,979 --> 00:42:28,015 without your help. 624 00:42:30,517 --> 00:42:31,885 Less. 625 00:42:33,654 --> 00:42:35,222 [chuckles] 626 00:42:35,355 --> 00:42:40,294 It's a dagger to the soul, but... less is the only note. 627 00:42:43,730 --> 00:42:45,232 [Nina] What is your parentage? 628 00:42:46,133 --> 00:42:48,569 Above my fortunes, yet my state is well. 629 00:42:48,635 --> 00:42:50,404 I'm a gentleman. 630 00:42:50,537 --> 00:42:52,272 I'll be sworn thou art. 631 00:42:52,339 --> 00:42:53,373 [laughter] 632 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:58,879 Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions and spirit 633 00:42:58,946 --> 00:43:02,316 do give thee five-fold blazon... [chuckles] 634 00:43:02,382 --> 00:43:03,550 -Whoo! -[laughter] 635 00:43:03,617 --> 00:43:08,121 Not too fast. Soft... soft. 636 00:43:08,722 --> 00:43:12,292 [sighs] Unless the master were the man. 637 00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:14,661 How now? 638 00:43:14,728 --> 00:43:17,631 Even so quickly may one catch the plague? 639 00:43:18,498 --> 00:43:21,602 Methinks I feel this youth's perfections 640 00:43:21,668 --> 00:43:23,637 with an invisible and subtle stealth 641 00:43:23,704 --> 00:43:25,906 to creep in at mine eyes. 642 00:43:29,710 --> 00:43:30,677 [Tom] He's crying. 643 00:43:30,744 --> 00:43:34,214 [Nina] Well... let it be. 644 00:43:40,087 --> 00:43:42,956 Uh, Mr Erskine, I've reserved a private room 645 00:43:43,023 --> 00:43:44,725 for you through here. 646 00:43:44,791 --> 00:43:46,627 I do hope it will suit. 647 00:43:46,693 --> 00:43:48,028 Oh, thank you, Graham. 648 00:43:48,095 --> 00:43:50,197 That's really very thoughtful of you. 649 00:43:54,334 --> 00:43:57,437 Um, I didn't catch your name. 650 00:43:57,504 --> 00:44:00,140 -Ivan. -Ivan. 651 00:44:00,274 --> 00:44:04,411 Would you invite the Viscount to join us in the private room? 652 00:44:09,950 --> 00:44:12,152 We should throw a dinner for you. 653 00:44:12,886 --> 00:44:14,855 A celebration for your retirement. 654 00:44:15,689 --> 00:44:17,457 I would be honoured. 655 00:44:17,524 --> 00:44:20,727 -Will you continue to write? -Oh, no. 656 00:44:21,862 --> 00:44:24,131 I couldn't work for another paper, no. 657 00:44:25,165 --> 00:44:28,602 Though I might start my memoirs. Hmm. 658 00:44:30,470 --> 00:44:33,106 Well... break a leg. 659 00:44:40,314 --> 00:44:41,415 Enjoying the show? 660 00:44:41,481 --> 00:44:43,150 Very much. 661 00:44:43,250 --> 00:44:45,853 [Jim] Some fine acting on display. 662 00:44:47,554 --> 00:44:49,489 Yes, I particularly... 663 00:44:51,992 --> 00:44:53,093 Sorry? 664 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,529 -[David] No, I, uh... -Hmm? 665 00:44:56,864 --> 00:44:58,565 I was going to say I thought, 666 00:44:58,699 --> 00:45:02,436 uh, the Olivia and Viola were both excellent. 667 00:45:02,503 --> 00:45:05,005 [Jim] Oh, Miss Nina Land. 668 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:07,875 Uh, which one? 669 00:45:09,076 --> 00:45:10,544 Olivia. 670 00:45:11,545 --> 00:45:13,046 [David] Olivia, is she? 671 00:45:14,915 --> 00:45:18,385 She has a very particular talent. 672 00:45:19,953 --> 00:45:23,957 -Do you think? -Oh, yes. And she's beloved. 673 00:45:24,024 --> 00:45:27,794 Whenever I've been a touch harsh about her, 674 00:45:27,861 --> 00:45:32,533 sacks of angry mail arrive from her devoted supporters. 675 00:45:32,666 --> 00:45:34,868 Are you a devotee? 676 00:45:35,936 --> 00:45:38,572 I... I don't think I've ever seen her before. 677 00:45:38,705 --> 00:45:41,775 [Jim] Oh, but you have, you know. Here. 678 00:45:43,710 --> 00:45:46,780 In The White Devil. Twice, I believe. 679 00:45:48,549 --> 00:45:51,051 -Yes, of course. -And I seem to recall 680 00:45:51,118 --> 00:45:56,557 you attended Hedda Gabler at the Globe last season. 681 00:45:58,225 --> 00:46:04,231 "Nina Land was an indecently fetching Mrs Elvsted." 682 00:46:04,364 --> 00:46:07,100 [laughs] 683 00:46:08,202 --> 00:46:11,171 Well, I... I'm quoting your father. [laughs] 684 00:46:11,238 --> 00:46:15,175 Well, that doesn't make me a devotee. 685 00:46:16,176 --> 00:46:18,579 Oh. Oh, no. [chuckles softly] 686 00:46:19,913 --> 00:46:21,181 Of course not. 687 00:46:29,122 --> 00:46:30,657 Final para. 688 00:46:31,491 --> 00:46:34,394 [hums] 689 00:46:34,461 --> 00:46:38,232 [Tom] "Miss Nina Land's magnificent Olivia"? 690 00:46:39,466 --> 00:46:40,467 Really? 691 00:46:42,736 --> 00:46:44,638 I move mysteriously. 692 00:46:46,273 --> 00:46:49,843 In my valedictory weeks, why not be generous? 693 00:46:50,644 --> 00:46:51,812 Huh? [chuckles] 694 00:46:54,214 --> 00:46:55,482 [Jim] Attention. 695 00:46:55,549 --> 00:46:58,785 To those who have heeded my recent warning 696 00:46:58,852 --> 00:47:01,722 regarding a foul stench emanating from the Aldwych, 697 00:47:01,788 --> 00:47:06,693 I am most pleasantly surprised to report good news. 698 00:47:07,628 --> 00:47:11,298 I must stand and applaud Miss Nina Land's 699 00:47:11,431 --> 00:47:13,267 magnificent Olivia. 700 00:47:14,001 --> 00:47:16,270 She now offers a performance 701 00:47:16,336 --> 00:47:21,308 of such astonishing, delightful nuance and depths of feeling 702 00:47:21,408 --> 00:47:22,743 that I fear... 703 00:47:22,809 --> 00:47:23,977 [woman] Miss Land! 704 00:47:34,821 --> 00:47:36,123 -[door closes] -Hello? 705 00:47:36,190 --> 00:47:37,925 [Jim] Good morning, Miss Land. 706 00:47:37,991 --> 00:47:39,293 Oh, hello. 707 00:47:39,993 --> 00:47:43,096 Oh, and thank you for what you said. 708 00:47:43,163 --> 00:47:45,832 Did you really mean it, or did you take pity? 709 00:47:45,966 --> 00:47:47,668 Oh, I never lie. 710 00:47:48,502 --> 00:47:50,704 And this is only the beginning. 711 00:47:50,771 --> 00:47:53,240 Great success awaits you. 712 00:47:55,676 --> 00:47:57,110 And, Nina... 713 00:47:58,245 --> 00:48:00,948 Yes... Jimmy? 714 00:48:02,716 --> 00:48:07,654 I have something... a little delicate to discuss. 715 00:48:08,355 --> 00:48:13,327 -One could say it's a part. -[Nina] In a play? 716 00:48:13,393 --> 00:48:16,830 No, no, no, no. A performance. 717 00:48:20,901 --> 00:48:24,238 Consider a man of about 60. 718 00:48:24,304 --> 00:48:30,177 Powerful, rich, but catastrophically married. 719 00:48:30,244 --> 00:48:32,746 And it transpires... 720 00:48:33,881 --> 00:48:39,953 that he's secretly obsessed with a vivacious younger woman. 721 00:48:41,555 --> 00:48:43,724 Which part do I play? 722 00:48:43,790 --> 00:48:46,126 [they laugh] 723 00:48:47,628 --> 00:48:48,829 Who is he? 724 00:48:48,896 --> 00:48:51,632 Viscount Brooke. 725 00:48:53,767 --> 00:48:56,937 -Your proprietor? -Hmm. Do you know him? 726 00:48:57,938 --> 00:48:59,973 Decent chap. Handsome. 727 00:49:00,807 --> 00:49:03,210 Wife, barking. 728 00:49:03,277 --> 00:49:06,547 -In the aristocratic mode. -And? 729 00:49:09,816 --> 00:49:12,052 [Jim] I want you to please him. 730 00:49:15,789 --> 00:49:17,658 Coyness doesn't suit you. 731 00:49:18,825 --> 00:49:20,360 You want me to fuck him. 732 00:49:20,427 --> 00:49:22,896 [laughs] 733 00:49:22,963 --> 00:49:25,032 That's my girl, there. 734 00:49:28,802 --> 00:49:31,538 I'm afraid I must decline the role. 735 00:49:32,606 --> 00:49:34,308 I don't want to play a prostitute. 736 00:49:34,374 --> 00:49:37,678 Oh, dearest Nina, there's no vulgar cash involved. 737 00:49:37,744 --> 00:49:40,848 I'm asking you to do me a little service. 738 00:49:42,015 --> 00:49:47,988 And in return... you will gain my unyielding favour. 739 00:49:48,755 --> 00:49:51,925 Stunning reviews. 740 00:49:51,992 --> 00:49:53,594 Acclaim. 741 00:49:53,660 --> 00:49:56,496 "The actress of her generation." 742 00:49:56,630 --> 00:49:58,932 And we might start with an interview 743 00:49:58,999 --> 00:50:02,369 for my Backstage Whispers column. 744 00:50:03,003 --> 00:50:07,708 And my chum Cecil will photograph you. 745 00:50:08,375 --> 00:50:10,611 Only the best for Nina. 746 00:50:12,312 --> 00:50:16,116 And there'll be... parties, gatherings, 747 00:50:16,183 --> 00:50:21,655 entrées, dinners, all that's required to make you a star. 748 00:50:22,489 --> 00:50:25,425 Everything you crave... 749 00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:27,728 and deserve. 750 00:50:30,864 --> 00:50:34,067 An immortal of the stage and screen. 751 00:50:36,737 --> 00:50:39,072 I can't do it. It's not me. 752 00:50:39,139 --> 00:50:42,376 [Jim] It's a part. It's not you. 753 00:50:46,180 --> 00:50:50,851 Your cruel profession bestows glory on its young, 754 00:50:50,984 --> 00:50:53,420 and time has no pity. 755 00:50:53,487 --> 00:50:57,191 It will define you, or cast you out. 756 00:50:57,257 --> 00:50:58,559 [sighs] 757 00:51:03,297 --> 00:51:04,731 [Jim] I blame the writers. 758 00:51:04,798 --> 00:51:09,036 Repertoire so lacking in parts for the mature actress, 759 00:51:09,102 --> 00:51:12,139 and between playing the soubrette and the old maid 760 00:51:12,206 --> 00:51:15,676 lie decades of waste. 761 00:51:17,744 --> 00:51:20,214 Except for the select. 762 00:51:25,953 --> 00:51:29,089 [Jim] You said you yearned to meet my standards. 763 00:51:29,156 --> 00:51:31,425 Well, here they are. 764 00:51:37,898 --> 00:51:40,400 -[woman] Miss Land. -Hello. 765 00:51:44,304 --> 00:51:45,606 [Nina] Thank you. 766 00:51:45,739 --> 00:51:48,542 Congratulations. You're the hit of the season. 767 00:51:48,609 --> 00:51:50,777 Oh. Thank you so much. 768 00:52:04,258 --> 00:52:06,527 -[door opens] -[woman] Miss Land. 769 00:52:06,593 --> 00:52:09,496 -Welcome. -[Nina] Hello. 770 00:52:10,330 --> 00:52:12,966 -Have a seat. -Thank you. 771 00:52:18,338 --> 00:52:20,240 It's so kind of you to see me. 772 00:52:20,307 --> 00:52:21,742 Not at all. 773 00:52:22,743 --> 00:52:25,112 [Nina] I-I've come here to beg a favour. 774 00:52:25,179 --> 00:52:27,114 I don't suppose you've seen my photograph 775 00:52:27,181 --> 00:52:28,182 in your paper today. 776 00:52:29,183 --> 00:52:32,152 My rather demanding mother has requested a print 777 00:52:32,219 --> 00:52:34,388 for her birthday next week. 778 00:52:34,454 --> 00:52:35,622 [David] I see. 779 00:52:36,657 --> 00:52:40,894 Perhaps I could offer you some tickets for these plays I'm in. 780 00:52:42,329 --> 00:52:45,465 Well, to be honest, I've... I've seen both of them. 781 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:50,671 And you were... excellent. 782 00:52:51,338 --> 00:52:52,539 [Nina] Oh! [chuckles softly] 783 00:52:53,373 --> 00:52:55,142 I might blush. 784 00:52:58,011 --> 00:53:00,547 [David] Well, we mustn't disappoint your mother. 785 00:53:01,815 --> 00:53:04,017 How can I possibly thank you? 786 00:53:05,018 --> 00:53:07,287 [David] Perhaps you could have supper with me. 787 00:53:07,354 --> 00:53:09,656 I could give you the photograph? 788 00:53:10,891 --> 00:53:12,693 A very reasonable exchange. 789 00:53:14,161 --> 00:53:16,730 Right. Well, if, uh, you give Joan your details, 790 00:53:16,797 --> 00:53:18,699 she can organise us. 791 00:53:18,832 --> 00:53:21,835 [Nina] She has the most spectacular flowers on her desk. 792 00:53:24,171 --> 00:53:27,241 Yes. Her... sister's a florist. 793 00:53:28,909 --> 00:53:31,345 I have a secret admirer who's been sending me 794 00:53:31,411 --> 00:53:35,415 two dozen white roses every opening night since 1928. 795 00:53:37,217 --> 00:53:39,686 And he's never made himself known? 796 00:53:42,456 --> 00:53:44,124 Isn't it mysterious? 797 00:54:00,541 --> 00:54:02,442 [man] Thank you. Thank you so much. 798 00:54:14,755 --> 00:54:16,156 [David] Thank you. 799 00:54:21,695 --> 00:54:23,063 Shall I, um... 800 00:54:24,531 --> 00:54:26,266 fetch the photograph? 801 00:54:29,570 --> 00:54:32,239 You go. I'll follow. 802 00:54:50,390 --> 00:54:51,959 [sighs] 803 00:55:09,610 --> 00:55:11,645 -May I take your coat? -Hmm. 804 00:55:18,952 --> 00:55:20,120 For you. 805 00:55:24,424 --> 00:55:26,260 Would you like a drink? 806 00:55:27,794 --> 00:55:29,096 Later. 807 00:55:58,725 --> 00:56:01,295 [clock ticks] 808 00:56:05,365 --> 00:56:06,366 [exhales] 809 00:56:19,112 --> 00:56:21,281 [door clicks] 810 00:56:25,152 --> 00:56:26,587 [sighs] 811 00:56:34,194 --> 00:56:35,395 [sighs] 812 00:56:46,707 --> 00:56:48,475 -[click] -Too... too bright. 813 00:56:51,411 --> 00:56:52,913 Uh, I have to get home. 814 00:56:53,714 --> 00:56:55,916 [David] Well, shall I send for the car? 815 00:56:56,049 --> 00:56:57,551 No, thank you. 816 00:57:11,798 --> 00:57:13,133 Here. 817 00:57:15,669 --> 00:57:17,004 Thank you. 818 00:57:18,071 --> 00:57:19,907 Where did you put my coat? 819 00:57:20,674 --> 00:57:22,476 -The coat is here. -Oh. 820 00:57:23,510 --> 00:57:24,912 [clears throat] 821 00:57:30,918 --> 00:57:32,619 You've forgotten something. 822 00:57:38,292 --> 00:57:40,194 Oh. [chuckles] 823 00:57:41,862 --> 00:57:45,332 Look, I'm old, I'm married. 824 00:57:46,433 --> 00:57:48,202 I'm very grateful. 825 00:57:49,803 --> 00:57:53,307 But don't see me again if it's not something you want. 826 00:57:54,541 --> 00:57:56,677 Are you saying you don't want to? 827 00:57:57,978 --> 00:57:59,780 You know I'm besotted. 828 00:58:02,316 --> 00:58:05,285 Then... see you tomorrow. 829 00:58:31,144 --> 00:58:32,579 I won't do it again. 830 00:58:32,646 --> 00:58:34,781 Not tonight, not ever. 831 00:58:34,848 --> 00:58:38,986 You'll play as cast, as agreed. As contracted. 832 00:58:40,621 --> 00:58:42,389 You told me to please him. 833 00:58:42,523 --> 00:58:46,226 I did. He's very grateful. He doesn't need more. 834 00:58:46,927 --> 00:58:50,864 Our great partnership is in its infancy. 835 00:58:50,931 --> 00:58:54,401 Brooke expects you tonight. Don't let me down. 836 00:58:55,769 --> 00:58:57,171 Or what? 837 00:58:58,038 --> 00:59:00,474 Well, if you don't do my bidding, 838 00:59:00,541 --> 00:59:04,344 I'll be obliged to withdraw my favour. 839 00:59:06,180 --> 00:59:08,682 And you'd suffer its opposite. 840 00:59:24,565 --> 00:59:26,500 It's not just wrong, it's evil. 841 00:59:26,567 --> 00:59:28,468 I'm fighting for my life, here. 842 00:59:28,535 --> 00:59:29,937 She's done enough. 843 00:59:30,003 --> 00:59:32,239 Once is never enough! 844 00:59:33,841 --> 00:59:36,877 You're the help. You're my squire. 845 00:59:37,544 --> 00:59:40,013 If you're not with me, you're against me. 846 00:59:42,616 --> 00:59:44,585 -Nina? -Go away. 847 00:59:44,651 --> 00:59:46,486 I can't. 848 00:59:46,620 --> 00:59:49,089 You're a good egg, more or less. 849 00:59:49,156 --> 00:59:51,925 And I'm vain, selfish and madly ambitious. 850 00:59:51,992 --> 00:59:53,493 And this is news? 851 00:59:53,560 --> 00:59:55,729 I'm driven in ways I don't understand. 852 00:59:55,796 --> 00:59:58,565 I need things it doesn't occur to you to want. 853 00:59:58,665 --> 01:00:01,468 I'm trouble. Stay away. 854 01:00:14,948 --> 01:00:16,750 [knocking at door] 855 01:00:23,590 --> 01:00:25,425 Apologies for the lateness of the hour. 856 01:00:25,492 --> 01:00:28,996 But it is a matter of some importance. 857 01:00:29,930 --> 01:00:31,899 Well, it'll have to wait. I'm busy. 858 01:00:31,965 --> 01:00:33,433 No, you're not. 859 01:00:34,334 --> 01:00:37,471 -I can assure you I am. -She is not coming. 860 01:00:39,506 --> 01:00:43,110 -Who? -Oh! Let's not, hmm? 861 01:00:43,844 --> 01:00:47,080 I can confirm she arrived downstairs, but then... 862 01:00:47,147 --> 01:00:49,716 the flighty little thing departed. 863 01:00:51,552 --> 01:00:52,553 What? 864 01:01:18,412 --> 01:01:19,980 [Jim] The vulnerable young actress 865 01:01:20,047 --> 01:01:21,849 you lured to this room last night. 866 01:01:21,915 --> 01:01:26,486 The poor, innocent woman that you took advantage of. 867 01:01:27,354 --> 01:01:30,023 The sweet girl you assaulted. 868 01:01:30,090 --> 01:01:33,093 Or... so she will say. 869 01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:34,862 In court. 870 01:01:36,463 --> 01:01:39,600 -That's not true. -True or false, 871 01:01:39,666 --> 01:01:41,668 it's the same scandal. 872 01:01:42,402 --> 01:01:46,373 But please, don't despair, good Viscount. 873 01:01:47,841 --> 01:01:49,376 I'm here to help. 874 01:01:56,450 --> 01:01:58,318 [David] Your employment, 875 01:01:58,385 --> 01:02:01,288 a reprieve with a modest pay rise... 876 01:02:02,422 --> 01:02:03,790 is acceptable? 877 01:02:04,725 --> 01:02:07,661 Reinstate Hugh Morris as opera critic? No. 878 01:02:09,196 --> 01:02:11,265 He was drowning, and you know it. 879 01:02:13,700 --> 01:02:17,171 Your re-inclusion in the portrait is impossible. 880 01:02:17,237 --> 01:02:18,839 We've selected another man. 881 01:02:19,706 --> 01:02:21,141 Get rid of him. 882 01:02:22,476 --> 01:02:24,478 Twelve distinguished gentlemen of the club. 883 01:02:24,545 --> 01:02:26,046 Are you sure you qualify? 884 01:02:27,648 --> 01:02:29,116 Most certainly. 885 01:02:31,385 --> 01:02:33,554 How on earth do you live with yourself? 886 01:02:34,655 --> 01:02:36,356 Well, it's a struggle. 887 01:02:37,624 --> 01:02:39,793 Now, returning to the, uh, portrait, 888 01:02:39,860 --> 01:02:43,864 I have a number of... letters, 889 01:02:44,932 --> 01:02:48,535 stamped and addressed to your wife, your daughter, 890 01:02:48,635 --> 01:02:52,906 the club secretary, the editor of The Daily Mail. 891 01:02:52,973 --> 01:02:54,575 And other assorted ghouls. 892 01:02:54,641 --> 01:02:57,277 Now, please... [sighs] 893 01:02:57,411 --> 01:03:00,914 Don't oblige me to slip them into the post box downstairs. 894 01:03:06,420 --> 01:03:07,888 I suppose I... 895 01:03:09,957 --> 01:03:11,458 I should assume... 896 01:03:13,093 --> 01:03:15,229 Miss Land doesn't even like me. 897 01:03:18,599 --> 01:03:21,101 Do you know, we've never discussed it. 898 01:03:22,569 --> 01:03:23,537 Shall I ask her? 899 01:03:28,642 --> 01:03:30,844 Who is he? 900 01:03:32,279 --> 01:03:33,647 Don't ask. 901 01:03:35,048 --> 01:03:38,018 If you ever loved me, don't ask. 902 01:03:41,522 --> 01:03:43,123 [sighs] 903 01:03:44,291 --> 01:03:45,692 [whispers] I miss you. 904 01:03:47,461 --> 01:03:48,462 What? 905 01:03:51,365 --> 01:03:52,799 I miss you. 906 01:03:56,870 --> 01:03:59,006 [sighs] 907 01:04:11,652 --> 01:04:13,153 [door opens] 908 01:04:20,827 --> 01:04:22,229 Where were you? 909 01:04:23,797 --> 01:04:25,265 I slept at the studio. 910 01:04:27,601 --> 01:04:28,769 [woman] Alone? 911 01:04:30,604 --> 01:04:31,605 No. 912 01:04:34,775 --> 01:04:36,944 So your affair has resumed? 913 01:04:38,712 --> 01:04:40,047 [Stephen] I think so. 914 01:04:44,818 --> 01:04:46,019 Who is she? 915 01:04:48,689 --> 01:04:50,390 I can't say. 916 01:04:52,726 --> 01:04:54,361 Then pack. 917 01:05:01,101 --> 01:05:02,603 [David] He'll be back. 918 01:05:04,438 --> 01:05:06,907 He won't survive poverty. 919 01:05:06,974 --> 01:05:08,642 He'll make a virtue of it. 920 01:05:10,277 --> 01:05:12,379 He's always resented our wealth. 921 01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:16,750 Our name. Our standing. 922 01:05:19,019 --> 01:05:21,588 I should never have married a Jew. 923 01:05:21,722 --> 01:05:22,890 Cora! 924 01:05:25,025 --> 01:05:26,894 Spare me your disapproval. 925 01:06:00,928 --> 01:06:02,429 What? 926 01:06:02,496 --> 01:06:04,698 [David] I'd be most grateful if you'd now include him. 927 01:06:05,766 --> 01:06:06,767 Why? 928 01:06:06,834 --> 01:06:08,635 My father would have wanted it. 929 01:06:10,204 --> 01:06:11,839 He loved a character. 930 01:06:12,940 --> 01:06:14,942 Though he never much cared for mine. 931 01:06:17,277 --> 01:06:19,179 I'll step down. It'll be a clean dozen. 932 01:06:19,246 --> 01:06:22,816 You can paint me out and... stick him in. 933 01:06:24,284 --> 01:06:26,420 I don't mean to diminish your art. 934 01:06:28,021 --> 01:06:29,122 Fine. 935 01:06:30,057 --> 01:06:31,658 But I don't approve. 936 01:06:31,792 --> 01:06:33,827 Well, I don't deserve immortality. 937 01:06:35,562 --> 01:06:37,898 All my achievements have been due to nepotism. 938 01:06:41,001 --> 01:06:42,669 Item two. 939 01:06:43,670 --> 01:06:44,671 Cora. 940 01:06:46,206 --> 01:06:49,443 I know my daughter can be... tricky, she has her ways, 941 01:06:49,510 --> 01:06:50,978 but the thing of it is... 942 01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:54,414 it's really not her fault. 943 01:06:54,481 --> 01:06:57,885 David. I can't go back. 944 01:07:00,187 --> 01:07:01,188 May I know who she is? 945 01:07:03,023 --> 01:07:05,158 If she's going to be stepmother to my grandchildren, 946 01:07:05,225 --> 01:07:06,994 I'd like to know something about her. 947 01:07:09,530 --> 01:07:10,964 But, uh, don't feel obliged. 948 01:07:11,031 --> 01:07:13,700 I... I really shouldn't pry. 949 01:07:14,501 --> 01:07:16,003 -Always the gent. -[chuckles] 950 01:07:17,037 --> 01:07:18,305 It's a curse. 951 01:07:25,179 --> 01:07:27,281 -She's an actress. -Oh? 952 01:07:27,347 --> 01:07:29,750 We met last year. She happened to come to my opening. 953 01:07:29,816 --> 01:07:32,886 Actually, you saw her in those productions at the Duke's. 954 01:07:35,756 --> 01:07:36,757 Who? 955 01:07:37,925 --> 01:07:39,293 [Stephen] Nina Land. 956 01:07:45,866 --> 01:07:46,867 [chuckles softly] 957 01:07:48,235 --> 01:07:52,206 She was... very fine. 958 01:07:53,674 --> 01:07:55,375 [Stephen] I have to admit, I am... 959 01:07:56,944 --> 01:07:58,912 Well, I'm head over heels. 960 01:08:12,326 --> 01:08:13,460 David? 961 01:08:19,099 --> 01:08:21,468 I really shouldn't say this, but, uh... 962 01:08:25,939 --> 01:08:27,808 I wish you good fortune. 963 01:08:58,172 --> 01:08:59,606 [door closes] 964 01:09:03,210 --> 01:09:05,012 -For you. -You open it. 965 01:09:08,148 --> 01:09:09,416 It's personal, miss. 966 01:09:09,516 --> 01:09:10,951 We're intimates. 967 01:09:11,018 --> 01:09:13,487 You see me at my worst every day. 968 01:09:14,955 --> 01:09:16,223 "Dear Miss Land, 969 01:09:16,290 --> 01:09:17,591 late last night, 970 01:09:17,658 --> 01:09:20,194 I received a visit from your co-conspirator." 971 01:09:21,161 --> 01:09:24,298 [David] "I daresay you can imagine my disappointment." 972 01:09:26,633 --> 01:09:28,368 "My personal feelings aside, 973 01:09:28,435 --> 01:09:30,804 "I'm writing to tell you that I fear no good will come 974 01:09:30,871 --> 01:09:33,273 from your association with this man." 975 01:09:35,309 --> 01:09:36,743 "I urge you to end it." 976 01:09:43,183 --> 01:09:45,719 [birdsong] 977 01:09:59,166 --> 01:10:00,400 Tom! 978 01:10:03,770 --> 01:10:04,838 I've been used. 979 01:10:05,272 --> 01:10:07,140 We all get used, darling. 980 01:10:07,207 --> 01:10:08,809 Use him back. 981 01:10:08,909 --> 01:10:11,512 You've done his bidding, now get what you want from him. 982 01:10:20,487 --> 01:10:22,689 The whole thing's disgusting. 983 01:10:22,756 --> 01:10:24,958 I'm disgusting, he's disgusting, 984 01:10:25,025 --> 01:10:26,927 and you're disgusting for letting him do it. 985 01:10:28,228 --> 01:10:29,396 Sleep on it. 986 01:10:40,974 --> 01:10:42,142 [sighs] 987 01:10:47,414 --> 01:10:49,149 [birdsong] 988 01:10:54,454 --> 01:10:55,756 [gunshot] 989 01:11:03,730 --> 01:11:05,632 [clock ticks] 990 01:11:07,768 --> 01:11:09,269 [sniffing] 991 01:11:13,807 --> 01:11:17,644 [phone rings] 992 01:11:22,149 --> 01:11:23,884 -[phone rings] -[snoring] 993 01:11:23,984 --> 01:11:25,118 [phone clicks] 994 01:11:28,722 --> 01:11:30,324 [snoring continues] 995 01:11:30,390 --> 01:11:31,391 [Tom] Jim? 996 01:11:44,104 --> 01:11:45,305 [Stephen] Nina Land. 997 01:11:47,307 --> 01:11:51,144 She was... very fine. 998 01:12:07,194 --> 01:12:08,896 My father-in-law committed suicide. 999 01:12:08,962 --> 01:12:11,164 I know. I'm so sorry. 1000 01:12:12,065 --> 01:12:13,300 You knew? 1001 01:12:13,367 --> 01:12:16,036 I mean, I... I didn't know he... 1002 01:12:16,870 --> 01:12:19,506 I... I just knew he was dead. 1003 01:12:21,475 --> 01:12:23,043 When did you find out? 1004 01:12:27,281 --> 01:12:28,448 This afternoon. 1005 01:12:32,886 --> 01:12:35,556 His secretary sent a message to stage door. 1006 01:12:37,057 --> 01:12:38,959 And why would Joan do that? 1007 01:12:39,026 --> 01:12:42,396 Why would she inform you of his death? 1008 01:12:49,269 --> 01:12:51,338 [church bell tolls] 1009 01:12:58,912 --> 01:13:01,849 Did you... [exhales] 1010 01:13:01,915 --> 01:13:04,051 Were you in love with him? 1011 01:13:04,117 --> 01:13:05,853 I didn't know him. 1012 01:13:09,022 --> 01:13:10,257 Then why? 1013 01:13:19,199 --> 01:13:20,701 I'm too ashamed. 1014 01:13:23,270 --> 01:13:24,905 Let me explain. 1015 01:13:26,773 --> 01:13:28,075 There's no need. 1016 01:13:33,180 --> 01:13:34,214 Why be so predictable? 1017 01:13:34,281 --> 01:13:35,949 Why be so cheap? 1018 01:13:45,592 --> 01:13:46,660 [door slams] 1019 01:13:51,131 --> 01:13:52,633 [breathes shakily] 1020 01:14:14,288 --> 01:14:16,089 [chatter] 1021 01:14:20,761 --> 01:14:22,563 You and I are cursed. 1022 01:14:22,629 --> 01:14:24,231 Drawn to weak men. 1023 01:14:25,098 --> 01:14:27,267 Let him have the children. 1024 01:14:27,334 --> 01:14:30,904 You can have more with a man who's worthy of you. 1025 01:14:39,780 --> 01:14:41,148 Dear Jimmy. 1026 01:14:42,516 --> 01:14:44,084 We met in this room. 1027 01:14:44,184 --> 01:14:47,888 Oh, and what an occasion, that was. 1028 01:14:47,955 --> 01:14:50,724 You're absolutely full of shit. 1029 01:14:50,791 --> 01:14:54,161 You are absolutely right. [laughs] 1030 01:14:54,228 --> 01:14:56,096 Rattle the old memory box. 1031 01:14:56,163 --> 01:14:57,865 It was my tenth birthday. 1032 01:14:58,866 --> 01:15:00,634 [sighs] Of course. 1033 01:15:03,003 --> 01:15:05,739 You should know I intend to oversee the paper. 1034 01:15:07,174 --> 01:15:08,275 Excellent. 1035 01:15:08,342 --> 01:15:11,745 The new Chronicle will be a platform for common sense 1036 01:15:11,812 --> 01:15:13,380 and measured debate. 1037 01:15:17,150 --> 01:15:20,754 A source tells me that a few weeks after you were fired, 1038 01:15:20,821 --> 01:15:22,489 my late father reinstated you 1039 01:15:22,556 --> 01:15:24,791 with a new contract on improved terms. 1040 01:15:27,728 --> 01:15:29,696 I will honour your contract. 1041 01:15:30,564 --> 01:15:32,499 But no more fisticuffs with the law. 1042 01:15:34,301 --> 01:15:36,570 And if you must practise your perversion... 1043 01:15:38,172 --> 01:15:39,740 behind closed doors. 1044 01:15:41,341 --> 01:15:45,012 I gratefully accept... your generous terms. 1045 01:15:49,550 --> 01:15:51,118 [car engine roars] 1046 01:15:54,054 --> 01:15:58,458 [Jim hums] 1047 01:15:58,525 --> 01:16:01,295 Must you hum? The man killed himself. 1048 01:16:02,196 --> 01:16:04,464 Don't you read the newspapers? 1049 01:16:05,365 --> 01:16:07,734 It was a shooting accident. 1050 01:16:07,801 --> 01:16:08,869 You drove him to it. 1051 01:16:08,969 --> 01:16:11,104 He pulled the fucking trigger! 1052 01:16:12,773 --> 01:16:14,274 Have you no shame? 1053 01:16:16,710 --> 01:16:18,679 I merely fought for my job, 1054 01:16:18,745 --> 01:16:21,715 as all working men must do in these dark days. 1055 01:16:22,716 --> 01:16:24,184 I'm handing in my notice. 1056 01:16:24,251 --> 01:16:27,254 -Four weeks and I'm off. -Oh, for God's sake. 1057 01:16:28,188 --> 01:16:31,225 You've got the second-best job in London. 1058 01:16:31,291 --> 01:16:34,795 -What?! -Well, in theatrical London. 1059 01:16:35,529 --> 01:16:37,965 You write for a... a right-wing rag! 1060 01:16:38,098 --> 01:16:43,470 With readers. Our loathsome paper has millions of readers. 1061 01:16:43,537 --> 01:16:48,709 We are forming the aesthetic taste of generations. 1062 01:16:49,376 --> 01:16:52,913 Fascists may come and go, but theatre is eternal. 1063 01:16:53,013 --> 01:16:55,415 It matters more than politics. 1064 01:16:55,482 --> 01:16:57,017 [sighs] 1065 01:16:57,150 --> 01:17:00,387 Or the society. It's life itself! 1066 01:17:00,454 --> 01:17:02,055 [yells] 1067 01:17:02,122 --> 01:17:03,690 [laughs] 1068 01:17:08,195 --> 01:17:09,863 -Whoa! -[Jim] Oh, Christ. 1069 01:17:09,930 --> 01:17:11,498 -[banging] -Hey! 1070 01:17:12,866 --> 01:17:14,601 [Jim] Darling, what a lovely surprise. 1071 01:17:14,668 --> 01:17:16,703 I wanna talk to you, Jim. 1072 01:17:16,770 --> 01:17:18,472 -Splendid. -Here's good! 1073 01:17:18,539 --> 01:17:21,808 No, no, no. Up here. Come on. Step. Here. 1074 01:17:21,875 --> 01:17:23,210 -[Nina] Oh. -[Jim] Oops. Yes. 1075 01:17:23,844 --> 01:17:25,345 Step here. There you go. 1076 01:17:25,412 --> 01:17:29,249 Yes, yes. It's a bit slippery here. Yes. Good. 1077 01:17:29,316 --> 01:17:30,617 [giggles] 1078 01:17:35,756 --> 01:17:38,091 Excuse me, is Nina Land still inside? 1079 01:17:38,158 --> 01:17:41,328 She was indisposed tonight, sir. The understudy went on. 1080 01:17:44,264 --> 01:17:46,600 Yes, that's right. You help yourself. 1081 01:17:54,775 --> 01:17:56,176 [sighs] 1082 01:18:03,183 --> 01:18:05,319 You do know we killed him? 1083 01:18:05,385 --> 01:18:06,920 No, we didn't. 1084 01:18:06,987 --> 01:18:08,856 Do you even care that he's dead? 1085 01:18:10,090 --> 01:18:11,491 Of course I do. 1086 01:18:13,327 --> 01:18:14,528 It's terribly sad. 1087 01:18:15,596 --> 01:18:16,930 It really is. 1088 01:18:18,565 --> 01:18:21,268 And our indirect involvement in the matter 1089 01:18:21,335 --> 01:18:24,338 is all terribly secret. 1090 01:18:25,272 --> 01:18:27,007 He was quite a nice chap. 1091 01:18:28,008 --> 01:18:30,511 Sweet, in a way. 1092 01:18:31,879 --> 01:18:35,115 He was so excited, it was all over in a minute. 1093 01:18:35,182 --> 01:18:37,351 [Jim] Have you come here to grieve? 1094 01:18:37,417 --> 01:18:39,486 You see, I have been at the funeral. 1095 01:18:40,187 --> 01:18:44,124 And I've done a considerable amount of grieving already. 1096 01:18:44,191 --> 01:18:46,126 -[Nina] Was Stephen there? -Hmm? 1097 01:18:46,193 --> 01:18:47,928 His son-in-law. 1098 01:18:47,995 --> 01:18:50,764 Stephen Wyley? 1099 01:18:51,899 --> 01:18:54,268 But... do you know him? 1100 01:18:54,334 --> 01:18:56,603 I know him very well. 1101 01:18:58,405 --> 01:19:01,141 He found out about me and Brooke. 1102 01:19:01,208 --> 01:19:02,242 You tell him? 1103 01:19:02,910 --> 01:19:04,411 No. Why would I? 1104 01:19:04,478 --> 01:19:06,446 Cos you're The Beast. 1105 01:19:07,581 --> 01:19:08,649 Stop that. 1106 01:19:09,616 --> 01:19:12,052 -Don't! -[clattering] 1107 01:19:14,821 --> 01:19:17,324 [Jim] I'm going to run you a cold bath. 1108 01:19:18,625 --> 01:19:22,229 And you're going to remove your makeup, as... professionals do, 1109 01:19:22,296 --> 01:19:24,665 and then you're going to lie in that bath until you sober up. 1110 01:19:24,731 --> 01:19:27,501 And then we will have a constructive conversation 1111 01:19:27,634 --> 01:19:30,938 about your wonderful new career. 1112 01:19:32,606 --> 01:19:34,408 It won't be long. 1113 01:19:35,075 --> 01:19:36,710 [Nina, softly] I'm going to the police. 1114 01:19:38,579 --> 01:19:40,080 [shouts] I'm going to the police! 1115 01:19:40,214 --> 01:19:42,182 What? You what? 1116 01:19:42,249 --> 01:19:44,685 I'm gonna tell them everything about the case. 1117 01:19:44,751 --> 01:19:46,053 Might help with the case. 1118 01:19:46,153 --> 01:19:49,423 There is no case. The man's in the ground. 1119 01:19:49,489 --> 01:19:53,560 But it's important. People need to know the truth. 1120 01:19:53,627 --> 01:19:56,196 I'll go to the papers! That's better. 1121 01:19:56,263 --> 01:19:58,765 Stop. Think. 1122 01:20:00,033 --> 01:20:01,201 It's over. 1123 01:20:02,669 --> 01:20:03,837 He's dead. 1124 01:20:05,873 --> 01:20:09,676 -The distinguished thing. -Precisely. 1125 01:20:10,878 --> 01:20:14,781 And what will it say when we meet it? 1126 01:20:15,782 --> 01:20:17,484 How will it judge us? 1127 01:20:18,018 --> 01:20:20,053 There's no judgement day. 1128 01:20:20,120 --> 01:20:23,891 Here is life. No God, no justice. 1129 01:20:23,957 --> 01:20:28,829 Just... two people and a room. 1130 01:20:30,964 --> 01:20:33,100 We did what we did. 1131 01:20:34,034 --> 01:20:36,637 And now we have to live with it. 1132 01:20:45,479 --> 01:20:48,382 -[water splashes] -[Nina] It's fucking freezing! 1133 01:20:48,448 --> 01:20:49,850 [Jim] It'll do you good. 1134 01:20:52,719 --> 01:20:55,322 [Nina] Do you share your baths with Tom? 1135 01:20:57,024 --> 01:20:59,159 -Not for years. -[Nina laughs] 1136 01:21:01,061 --> 01:21:02,529 [Nina] Where is he? 1137 01:21:03,363 --> 01:21:05,465 He'll be back soon. 1138 01:21:05,532 --> 01:21:07,634 [groans] 1139 01:21:07,701 --> 01:21:09,603 [Nina] You've got a little boat. [chuckles] 1140 01:21:09,670 --> 01:21:12,539 And you're welcome to play with it. 1141 01:21:13,106 --> 01:21:14,508 [sighs] 1142 01:21:14,575 --> 01:21:17,110 [Nina] Can I add some hot water, please? 1143 01:21:17,845 --> 01:21:22,015 -You're not sober yet. -[Nina] Oh, come on! 1144 01:21:23,050 --> 01:21:25,953 -[Jim] Fine. -[Nina] Mmm! 1145 01:21:27,588 --> 01:21:29,489 [Nina] Did you really love my Olivia, 1146 01:21:29,556 --> 01:21:32,259 or did you just rave to enlist me? 1147 01:21:33,193 --> 01:21:35,262 I thought you were magnificent. 1148 01:21:36,864 --> 01:21:39,433 -I always will. -[Nina] Really? 1149 01:21:40,767 --> 01:21:43,403 Oh, yes. [groans] 1150 01:21:46,406 --> 01:21:48,509 Maybe I should tell Stephen's wife 1151 01:21:48,575 --> 01:21:51,912 about her father and me. 1152 01:21:52,913 --> 01:21:54,281 And you. 1153 01:21:55,449 --> 01:21:57,351 And why would you do that? 1154 01:21:58,118 --> 01:22:00,120 [Nina] Because you've driven me mad! 1155 01:22:00,187 --> 01:22:02,389 -You've broken my heart. -[groans] 1156 01:22:03,357 --> 01:22:06,159 [Nina] Yes, I'm going to confess everything to Cora. 1157 01:22:06,293 --> 01:22:08,896 How'd you like that, Jimmy? 1158 01:22:08,962 --> 01:22:11,131 [Jim sighs] 1159 01:22:21,508 --> 01:22:22,576 [keys rattle] 1160 01:22:22,643 --> 01:22:24,278 [door closes] 1161 01:22:27,181 --> 01:22:28,882 Jimmy? 1162 01:22:28,949 --> 01:22:30,617 [Jim] We're here. 1163 01:22:47,634 --> 01:22:49,069 [Tom] I should call for the police. 1164 01:22:49,136 --> 01:22:50,204 [Jim] Oh, no, wait. 1165 01:22:50,270 --> 01:22:52,039 Um, think. 1166 01:22:52,105 --> 01:22:56,610 -No one knows she's here. -No. No. 1167 01:22:58,478 --> 01:23:00,147 I owe you my life. 1168 01:23:01,481 --> 01:23:02,916 But I won't. 1169 01:23:04,818 --> 01:23:09,656 Oh. You think you won't be implicated? 1170 01:23:10,858 --> 01:23:13,393 Think the law won't assume foul play? 1171 01:23:13,460 --> 01:23:15,529 A couple of queers with a corpse? 1172 01:23:16,864 --> 01:23:19,466 Well, I don't matter, but you? 1173 01:23:19,533 --> 01:23:24,338 Oh, no, no. Think about your future. 1174 01:23:26,640 --> 01:23:30,978 Just one final task, and then I promise... 1175 01:23:32,045 --> 01:23:34,681 I will set you free. 1176 01:23:50,163 --> 01:23:51,164 [grunts] 1177 01:24:10,918 --> 01:24:13,187 [distant sound of splashing water] 1178 01:24:41,415 --> 01:24:43,851 [footsteps approach] 1179 01:24:47,254 --> 01:24:50,557 [dog barks] 1180 01:24:55,729 --> 01:24:57,698 Are you here to visit Nina? 1181 01:24:59,132 --> 01:25:01,802 I'm a friend. Stephen Wyley. 1182 01:25:03,270 --> 01:25:06,940 I'm, um... Annabel Land, her mother. 1183 01:25:07,074 --> 01:25:09,243 Well, hello. 1184 01:25:09,309 --> 01:25:11,478 Hello. Good to meet you. 1185 01:25:12,279 --> 01:25:14,381 The dragon says that she's not here, 1186 01:25:14,448 --> 01:25:16,116 so I've been waiting all night. 1187 01:25:19,453 --> 01:25:21,421 [baby cries] 1188 01:25:21,488 --> 01:25:23,490 Are you a close friend? 1189 01:25:24,691 --> 01:25:27,594 She... hasn't mentioned me? 1190 01:25:30,297 --> 01:25:33,800 Well, we... we've had a sort of a... falling-out. 1191 01:25:33,867 --> 01:25:35,969 But, uh... I'm completely mad about her. 1192 01:25:36,036 --> 01:25:38,038 I've come to beg her forgiveness. 1193 01:25:42,109 --> 01:25:43,610 [dog barks] 1194 01:25:46,980 --> 01:25:50,317 She was found on a beach last night in Kent. 1195 01:25:53,654 --> 01:25:58,192 The police said her alcohol levels were really high. 1196 01:26:02,196 --> 01:26:03,797 Yeah, she... 1197 01:26:05,132 --> 01:26:07,167 She took her own life. 1198 01:26:07,935 --> 01:26:10,370 She'd attempted it before 1199 01:26:11,872 --> 01:26:14,308 when she was 16. 1200 01:26:31,558 --> 01:26:33,327 [Cora] This drowned actress... 1201 01:26:34,261 --> 01:26:37,431 Is her passing a great loss to the British theatre? 1202 01:26:37,497 --> 01:26:39,700 An ordinary girl from ordinary stock. 1203 01:26:39,766 --> 01:26:42,736 A girl like our readers who, I don't know, lost her way. 1204 01:26:44,505 --> 01:26:47,474 Write it up, then. An appreciation. 1205 01:26:48,742 --> 01:26:51,345 [typewriter clicks] 1206 01:27:18,238 --> 01:27:20,140 [stops typing] 1207 01:27:32,920 --> 01:27:34,188 [resumes typing] 1208 01:27:34,254 --> 01:27:36,790 [bell tolls] 1209 01:27:40,561 --> 01:27:43,297 [♪ "Midnight With the Stars and You"] 1210 01:28:00,647 --> 01:28:02,549 [laughter] 1211 01:28:09,590 --> 01:28:12,226 [Jim] The death of any promising young actress 1212 01:28:12,292 --> 01:28:13,627 is always a shock. 1213 01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:17,164 Regarding Miss Nina Land's recent passing, 1214 01:28:17,231 --> 01:28:19,766 it's tantamount to tragedy. 1215 01:28:19,833 --> 01:28:21,768 I raved about her, 1216 01:28:21,835 --> 01:28:25,372 and all too briefly, she tasted glory. 1217 01:28:26,507 --> 01:28:31,879 Who knows what demons drove poor Nina to her lonely grave? 1218 01:28:31,945 --> 01:28:36,116 Perhaps the same demons with which she summoned greatness 1219 01:28:36,183 --> 01:28:39,820 in her final performances on the London stage. 1220 01:28:44,458 --> 01:28:49,630 ♪ Midnight with the stars and you 1221 01:28:51,798 --> 01:28:55,636 ♪ Midnight and a rendezvous 1222 01:28:55,702 --> 01:28:58,639 [typing] 1223 01:28:58,705 --> 01:29:04,411 ♪ Your eyes held a message tender 1224 01:29:04,478 --> 01:29:07,648 ♪ Saying, "I surrender 1225 01:29:07,714 --> 01:29:12,019 ♪ All my love to you" 1226 01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:19,726 ♪ Midnight brought us sweet romance 1227 01:29:19,860 --> 01:29:21,628 ♪ I know 1228 01:29:21,695 --> 01:29:25,599 -[knocking at door] -♪ All my whole life through 1229 01:29:25,666 --> 01:29:26,700 [music stops abruptly] 1230 01:29:32,206 --> 01:29:34,007 I'm sorry if my letter upset you. 1231 01:29:35,042 --> 01:29:37,277 Why have you stayed silent so long? 1232 01:29:38,745 --> 01:29:40,514 I was his accomplice. 1233 01:29:41,915 --> 01:29:43,584 In telling you, I risk imprisonment. 1234 01:29:44,751 --> 01:29:46,253 And yet, here you are. 1235 01:29:48,388 --> 01:29:49,857 I have a conscience. 1236 01:29:53,360 --> 01:29:55,062 You seem surprised. 1237 01:29:57,264 --> 01:29:58,298 A man with a conscience 1238 01:29:58,365 --> 01:30:00,534 would have stopped Mr Erskine a long time ago. 1239 01:30:01,368 --> 01:30:03,070 He was my friend. 1240 01:30:04,104 --> 01:30:07,674 I greatly admired him and he was kind to me. 1241 01:30:12,679 --> 01:30:14,081 So... 1242 01:30:17,951 --> 01:30:21,522 The letters he used to blackmail your father. 1243 01:30:36,670 --> 01:30:39,006 I assume you'll be wanting compensation. 1244 01:30:44,444 --> 01:30:46,747 [distant voices echo] 1245 01:31:05,966 --> 01:31:07,334 No. 1246 01:31:10,137 --> 01:31:11,839 Justice. 1247 01:31:21,114 --> 01:31:23,150 [heavy knocking at door] 1248 01:31:25,018 --> 01:31:29,022 [heavy knocking at door] 1249 01:31:41,568 --> 01:31:43,003 [door shuts] 1250 01:31:46,840 --> 01:31:48,809 [phone rings] 1251 01:31:50,410 --> 01:31:51,812 [door slams] 1252 01:31:54,081 --> 01:31:58,719 [Jim] Tom, did you follow the trial? 1253 01:31:59,987 --> 01:32:02,890 Did you see how I protected you? 1254 01:32:03,624 --> 01:32:07,127 "No, Your Honour, I acted alone." 1255 01:32:09,229 --> 01:32:13,333 I do regret the unpleasantness with Miss Land. 1256 01:32:13,400 --> 01:32:15,903 But, you see, she couldn't be trusted. 1257 01:32:16,036 --> 01:32:17,638 I had no choice. 1258 01:32:19,873 --> 01:32:22,809 In fact, I rather liked her. 1259 01:32:25,746 --> 01:32:28,649 Despite her crimes against the theatre, 1260 01:32:28,715 --> 01:32:32,286 she was sensationally gorgeous when drunk. 1261 01:32:34,521 --> 01:32:39,026 As for Mr Wyley and his oily little brush, 1262 01:32:39,092 --> 01:32:41,028 glad to be out of his awful painting. 1263 01:32:41,094 --> 01:32:44,932 Immortality in their company? No, thanks! 1264 01:32:47,367 --> 01:32:50,137 To the matter. 1265 01:32:50,204 --> 01:32:53,440 I've left you my entire estate. 1266 01:32:54,107 --> 01:33:00,113 It's not much. Furnishings, minor works of art, books. 1267 01:33:00,180 --> 01:33:03,884 And I've appointed you my literary executive. 1268 01:33:06,286 --> 01:33:09,456 Notoriety might inspire publication 1269 01:33:09,523 --> 01:33:12,159 of my uncollected essays. 1270 01:33:12,226 --> 01:33:16,864 You'll find them in the file you labelled "miscellaneous shit". 1271 01:33:22,436 --> 01:33:27,241 I encourage you to continue your education in the theatre. 1272 01:33:27,307 --> 01:33:30,410 I believe you have a talent for the trade. 1273 01:33:32,913 --> 01:33:37,351 I once thought you were too kind to plunge the dagger. 1274 01:33:37,417 --> 01:33:38,585 Events have revealed 1275 01:33:38,652 --> 01:33:41,488 you're made of stronger stuff than I knew. 1276 01:33:45,993 --> 01:33:50,364 Tom, you know where I am. 1277 01:33:50,664 --> 01:33:51,798 Do visit. 1278 01:33:54,468 --> 01:33:56,170 Please. 1279 01:33:57,337 --> 01:34:00,607 I won't be here forever. 90219