1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,137 Critic, from the Latin "criticus" 2 00:00:04,204 --> 00:00:07,340 and the Greek "kritikos", 3 00:00:07,407 --> 00:00:10,276 via "krites", a judge. 4 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:27,193 -Your seats, Mr Erskine. -Tom. 5 00:00:27,260 --> 00:00:28,795 -Curtain? -10:40. 6 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:30,630 -Oh! -Provided we go up on time. 7 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:33,933 Well, ensure it, eh? I have a deadline! 8 00:00:39,639 --> 00:00:44,440 The drama critic is feared and reviled, 9 00:00:44,144 --> 00:00:46,746 for the judgement he must bring. 10 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:51,117 But the truth is imperative. 11 00:00:52,152 --> 00:00:57,123 The critic must be cold, and perfectly alone. 12 00:00:57,924 --> 00:01:01,661 Only the great are remembered. 13 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:18,778 I must tell you, when you go to the theatre, 14 00:01:18,845 --> 00:01:21,470 in the dramas presented, 15 00:01:21,181 --> 00:01:25,352 you'll find many a murderer with cold blood. 16 00:01:28,288 --> 00:01:30,423 But to take notice 17 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:34,861 of the occasional killer with a conscience... 18 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:43,103 I shall need two more sessions. 19 00:01:43,837 --> 00:01:45,205 Can you find the time? 20 00:01:47,607 --> 00:01:51,911 For immortality, who wouldn't? 21 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:12,632 You vicious old *******. 22 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,848 My father enjoyed indulging this newspaper. 23 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:32,285 But times are harder now. 24 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:34,870 We're going to have to economise 25 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:36,456 across all departments, I'm afraid. 26 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:41,294 However, if we trim the fat, 27 00:02:41,361 --> 00:02:44,364 we can restore The Chronicle to its rightful place 28 00:02:44,431 --> 00:02:47,500 as the most-read family newspaper in the country. 29 00:02:48,868 --> 00:02:54,740 So, let's resume our mission with renewed vigour, hey? 30 00:02:56,443 --> 00:03:00,460 No more inexplicable expenses, no more long lunches, 31 00:03:00,113 --> 00:03:01,514 no late copy. 32 00:03:01,581 --> 00:03:04,551 He's dragging the paper into the 20th century. 33 00:03:04,617 --> 00:03:07,187 How dare he? 34 00:03:07,253 --> 00:03:10,690 Be warned, watch your backs. 35 00:03:10,757 --> 00:03:13,259 He won't come after the old guard. 36 00:03:13,393 --> 00:03:15,395 We are the bloody paper! 37 00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:17,997 He won't have pirates on board. 38 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:20,967 We must all show loyalty to the cause. 39 00:03:21,340 --> 00:03:23,503 The sole historical cause of The Chronicle 40 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:26,439 is to compete for readers with The Daily ****ing Mail. 41 00:03:26,506 --> 00:03:28,800 Fascists. 42 00:03:28,740 --> 00:03:32,379 Loyalty! I've been with this festering organ 40 years. 43 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:33,947 Forty-three. 44 00:03:34,140 --> 00:03:35,215 Hmm! 45 00:03:38,184 --> 00:03:40,887 He should show loyalty to us. 46 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:42,989 He's Robespierre in a top hat. 47 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,526 Madame la Guillotine, salut! 48 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:51,898 Oh, don't, Jim. Don't, you're plastered. 49 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,969 -Stephen. -Good afternoon. 50 00:03:58,380 --> 00:04:02,175 David. Viscount Brooke, I should say. 51 00:04:02,308 --> 00:04:07,847 My condolences again. We all adored your father. 52 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:08,915 Thank you. 53 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:11,751 I remember when mine passed away. 54 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:14,354 He was an insignificant man, but... 55 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:17,323 his absence was profound. 56 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,663 You know, your father gave me the job 57 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:26,933 right here in the club. 58 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,602 Over, uh, lunch. No, dinner! 59 00:04:29,703 --> 00:04:33,139 And he squeezed my young cheeks and... 60 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:38,712 "Jimmy, I hereby anoint you my chief drama critic." 61 00:04:38,778 --> 00:04:40,480 Hmm. 62 00:04:43,883 --> 00:04:45,850 Working tonight? 63 00:04:45,151 --> 00:04:47,987 Oh. The White Devil. 64 00:04:49,823 --> 00:04:51,558 Best seen sober, I suspect. 65 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:54,561 Not necessarily. 66 00:04:57,163 --> 00:05:00,200 That is the half. Mr Cooper, that is the half. 67 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:02,869 Thirty minutes, half an hour, ladies and gents. 68 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:05,171 Half an hour, Mrs Reverly, half an hour. 69 00:05:05,238 --> 00:05:06,506 Half an hour. 70 00:05:06,573 --> 00:05:07,707 Half an hour, Miss Land. 71 00:05:07,774 --> 00:05:09,809 - **** off, Lennie. - I'll do my best. 72 00:05:09,876 --> 00:05:11,211 Excuse me. 73 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:14,381 I'm too old for this. 74 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:16,883 From your secret admirer. 75 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:20,854 -Who is he, miss? -Oh, it's a mystery. 76 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,230 I could travel to the Orkneys and act in a stable, 77 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:25,759 and two dozen white roses would appear on the first night. 78 00:05:25,892 --> 00:05:26,960 Have them. 79 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:29,829 Unto my lord the Duke, the best of welcome. 80 00:05:29,896 --> 00:05:31,231 More lights! 81 00:05:33,990 --> 00:05:35,502 I'm in the mood for Jacobean tragedy. 82 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:36,770 Not often I say that. 83 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:40,600 Done badly, this play could drive a nun to arson. 84 00:05:40,730 --> 00:05:41,574 Mr Erskine? Mr Erskine? 85 00:05:41,641 --> 00:05:43,843 Five minutes, White Devil company! 86 00:05:43,910 --> 00:05:45,445 That's the five! 87 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:54,854 You will be a sensation. 88 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:57,570 Don't expect a good notice in The Chronicle. 89 00:05:57,123 --> 00:06:00,627 At least not for my performance. Jimmy Erskine's never liked me. 90 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,630 Well, tonight, the beast will experience 91 00:06:03,129 --> 00:06:04,931 a Damascene conversion. 92 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:08,435 Ready? Have courage. 93 00:06:22,582 --> 00:06:26,119 Unto my lord the Duke, the best of welcome. More lights. 94 00:06:31,825 --> 00:06:33,526 Where's Mr Erskine? 95 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:37,497 Over there. 96 00:06:40,330 --> 00:06:42,402 How's his portrait coming along? 97 00:06:42,502 --> 00:06:43,903 Quite well. 98 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:46,272 His face is more interesting than his opinions. 99 00:06:47,273 --> 00:06:50,176 I love him. He's gutsy. 100 00:06:51,811 --> 00:06:53,747 Viscount at one o'clock. 101 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:03,523 Shame his lady wife never attends. 102 00:07:04,891 --> 00:07:06,693 Perhaps she's got a prior engagement 103 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,294 with a keg of lithium, hmm? 104 00:07:24,344 --> 00:07:25,945 Your best of rest. 105 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,848 Unto my lord the Duke, the best of welcome. 106 00:07:28,982 --> 00:07:32,786 Attend the Duke! More lights! 107 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:37,991 -Flamineo! -My lord. 108 00:07:38,580 --> 00:07:39,859 Quite lost, Flamineo. 109 00:07:42,662 --> 00:07:45,532 Now to the act of blood. 110 00:07:45,598 --> 00:07:49,200 There's but three Furies found in spacious hell... 111 00:08:07,787 --> 00:08:11,358 I think I prefer this play to his other one. 112 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:15,695 -His other one? -Well, his other famous one. 113 00:08:15,762 --> 00:08:16,863 Duchess of Malta. 114 00:08:18,198 --> 00:08:19,766 Malfi. 115 00:08:19,899 --> 00:08:23,870 Oh, yes! The Duchess of Malfi. 116 00:08:23,937 --> 00:08:26,840 Jew of Malta. Duchess of Malfi. 117 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:28,708 Same era, though. 118 00:08:28,775 --> 00:08:32,278 Webster is Jacobean. Marlowe, Elizabethan. 119 00:08:34,470 --> 00:08:37,684 A slightly... pedantic distinction. 120 00:08:37,751 --> 00:08:39,486 It's the correct one. 121 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:45,258 Well, I'm sure we can agree on tonight's performance, 122 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:46,459 thus far. 123 00:08:47,327 --> 00:08:50,930 I... I just adore Nina Land. 124 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:53,767 Such a mercurial actress. 125 00:08:53,833 --> 00:08:55,402 I'm... I'm sure you'll be 126 00:08:55,468 --> 00:08:59,390 dipping that famous nib in nectar tonight. 127 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:01,741 No need for the prussic acid. 128 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:05,110 Excuse me. 129 00:09:05,780 --> 00:09:07,147 Meadows! Come here. 130 00:09:08,515 --> 00:09:10,483 Will you remove that lunatic baggage? 131 00:09:10,617 --> 00:09:12,752 I'm so sorry, Mr Erskine. What seems to be the problem? 132 00:09:12,819 --> 00:09:15,689 Oh, no, not seems. She invaded my table. 133 00:09:15,755 --> 00:09:18,391 She besieged me with her opinions. 134 00:09:18,458 --> 00:09:20,226 And stole my nuts! 135 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,728 I must have silence! 136 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:23,630 I must be protected from the general public! 137 00:09:23,697 --> 00:09:26,132 Yes, sir. Move her, move her. 138 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:27,434 Run! 139 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:35,575 Oh, happy they who never saw the court! 140 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:40,180 Nor ever knew great man but by report. 141 00:09:41,481 --> 00:09:45,352 -Oh! -I recover like a spent taper, 142 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:46,586 for a flash. 143 00:09:46,686 --> 00:09:49,489 But instantly go out. 144 00:09:49,556 --> 00:09:53,960 The rack, the gallows and the torturing wheel 145 00:09:54,270 --> 00:09:57,970 shall be but sound sleeps to me. 146 00:09:57,163 --> 00:09:59,299 Here's my rest. 147 00:09:59,366 --> 00:10:03,503 I limbed this night-piece, and it was my best. 148 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:05,138 Remove the body. 149 00:10:05,205 --> 00:10:07,273 See my honoured lord, 150 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:10,410 let guilty men remember their black deeds, 151 00:10:10,477 --> 00:10:14,547 do lean on crutches made of slender reeds. 152 00:10:21,321 --> 00:10:22,822 No. 153 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:25,692 Replace with, uh, "succubus". 154 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:31,640 -Oh... cut all that shit. -This shit? 155 00:10:31,131 --> 00:10:32,999 -No, that shit. -Oh. 156 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:35,335 There is no "e" in "somnambulant". 157 00:10:35,402 --> 00:10:37,904 There never has been. God help us, never will be. 158 00:10:40,173 --> 00:10:44,440 Change "damp squib" to... "wet blanket". 159 00:10:44,110 --> 00:10:46,813 -No, no. Help? -Uh, "sopping"? 160 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,983 Perfect, yes. No, "sodden". Yes. 161 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:51,818 All right, get typing. 162 00:10:51,885 --> 00:10:53,420 Sodden! 163 00:10:58,892 --> 00:11:00,960 That was the longest play in the world. 164 00:11:01,270 --> 00:11:03,363 Longer than life itself. 165 00:11:03,430 --> 00:11:04,497 How long is life? 166 00:11:05,365 --> 00:11:08,568 Endless. As long as you eat your vegetables. 167 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,339 Wasn't Nina Land the greatest? 168 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:17,344 She's magical. You should paint her. 169 00:11:21,470 --> 00:11:22,480 Hm. 170 00:11:24,551 --> 00:11:26,453 I think you've got secrets. 171 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:29,756 - You're very direct. - You raised me to be. 172 00:11:29,823 --> 00:11:32,759 True. But I don't. 173 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:36,960 I wouldn't mind if you did. 174 00:11:37,230 --> 00:11:40,300 -What if she makes you happy? -I love your mother. 175 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:42,102 Said unconvincingly. 176 00:11:43,303 --> 00:11:45,271 Your father seemed to enjoy it. 177 00:11:45,338 --> 00:11:47,240 Hmm. 178 00:11:47,307 --> 00:11:48,908 Brutal play. 179 00:11:49,420 --> 00:11:51,778 -Hmm. -Extraordinary. 180 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:54,314 All that wailing and gnashing. 181 00:11:56,490 --> 00:11:58,651 You are aware it was written in the early 17th century? 182 00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:00,286 I had gleaned it. 183 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:04,900 People don't wail and gnash nowadays. 184 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:06,393 - Well, we don't. - No, we don't. 185 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,229 I mean, we are representative of everyone. 186 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:10,597 Oh, must you? 187 00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:28,314 Tom, hurry up. 188 00:12:29,649 --> 00:12:31,184 Oh, thank you. 189 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:38,391 "The Duke of Brachiano's... steatopygous form"? 190 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:40,627 From the Greek. 191 00:12:40,694 --> 00:12:43,596 Excessive flesh on the buttocks. 192 00:12:44,698 --> 00:12:46,966 I doubt our readers are familiar with the word. 193 00:12:47,330 --> 00:12:49,336 I doubt our readers can read. 194 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:55,410 Change it, please. 195 00:12:55,842 --> 00:12:57,877 Replace with "fat-****d". 196 00:12:59,979 --> 00:13:01,548 You can't leave the bloody party. 197 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:03,750 Sorry, exhausted. 198 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:05,485 The producers tell me 199 00:13:05,552 --> 00:13:09,122 the vibrations are extremely positive. 200 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:12,425 -It's opening night. -We're a hit! 201 00:13:12,492 --> 00:13:14,327 Even the beast gave me the nod. 202 00:13:14,394 --> 00:13:16,629 Caught my eye as he scarpered up the aisle. 203 00:13:16,696 --> 00:13:19,232 Hmm. He's probably thinking of all the vile things 204 00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:20,767 he'll say about me. 205 00:13:21,568 --> 00:13:24,637 Well, if you can't enjoy the moment, 206 00:13:24,704 --> 00:13:26,206 you'd best **** off. 207 00:13:28,775 --> 00:13:30,210 Love you! 208 00:13:59,606 --> 00:14:01,241 A word of advice. 209 00:14:02,909 --> 00:14:05,612 Brooke told me it's the best thing he's seen all season. 210 00:14:08,181 --> 00:14:11,170 But he's not the paper's drama critic. 211 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:12,719 Not yet. 212 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:16,189 What do you know? 213 00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:22,829 He's begun culling the old lags. 214 00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:26,800 And he's not so keen on you. Nor does he like your... 215 00:14:28,735 --> 00:14:30,236 proclivities. 216 00:14:31,471 --> 00:14:32,872 Family paper. 217 00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:35,675 Be careful. 218 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:36,236 Get off me! Get off me! 219 00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:39,205 Stand still, you pansy! Come here! 220 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:56,623 No baths after ten! 221 00:15:56,690 --> 00:15:57,757 Sorry. 222 00:15:57,891 --> 00:16:00,660 Well, turn the taps off before you wake the whole house! 223 00:16:16,443 --> 00:16:17,711 Thank you. 224 00:16:48,174 --> 00:16:52,212 The vamping and shrieking Miss Nina Land 225 00:16:52,278 --> 00:16:57,517 attempts Vittoria with all the grace of a startled mule. 226 00:16:57,584 --> 00:17:02,220 There's not a single moment of stillness or subtlety. 227 00:17:02,956 --> 00:17:05,525 After three long hours, 228 00:17:05,592 --> 00:17:08,728 when Miss Land finally and blessedly expires, 229 00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:13,990 her death is akin to a deflated dirigible. 230 00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:25,679 Miss Land? 231 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:29,215 Visitor. 232 00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:33,653 Oh, it's a disaster. He's so important. 233 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,522 I know. 234 00:17:35,588 --> 00:17:39,125 What did you think? Last night? 235 00:17:40,493 --> 00:17:42,929 Well, I... I told you, I raved. 236 00:17:42,996 --> 00:17:44,640 But? 237 00:17:44,798 --> 00:17:46,733 I'm your most ardent supporter, 238 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,134 -it's irrelevant. -Mum. 239 00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:50,570 Well, I thought you were a touch too florid with your hands. 240 00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:51,705 You know. 241 00:17:51,771 --> 00:17:54,240 And... and you pushed a bit. 242 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:55,608 Bit too hard at times. 243 00:17:55,675 --> 00:17:58,745 But you looked striking. 244 00:18:00,513 --> 00:18:01,514 And... 245 00:18:02,482 --> 00:18:04,284 you were very audible. 246 00:18:04,351 --> 00:18:08,455 I mean, every syllable clear as a bell. 247 00:18:09,356 --> 00:18:14,361 Nina, you're 30... oomph years old, 248 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:18,465 you're a spinster, you're living in a squalid one little room. 249 00:18:18,531 --> 00:18:20,967 I mean, life is passing you by. 250 00:18:21,340 --> 00:18:24,504 -I'm perfectly content. -Well, you're patently not. 251 00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:34,280 You should talk to him. 252 00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:38,418 We don't talk to critics. It's not the done thing. 253 00:18:38,485 --> 00:18:40,420 Confront him and have it out. 254 00:18:40,487 --> 00:18:41,521 You're bloody mad. 255 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:44,491 Deal with the odious man before he insults you again. 256 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:46,926 You've got ten days before you open Twelfth Night. 257 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:48,528 Do it now. 258 00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:49,963 I wish you'd stop meddling. 259 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,933 I'm not meddling. I'm mothering. 260 00:19:34,307 --> 00:19:35,475 No, no. 261 00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:46,686 What do you require from me? 262 00:19:46,753 --> 00:19:49,222 I have a very important meeting. Please make it brief. 263 00:19:49,289 --> 00:19:50,357 I want an apology. 264 00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:52,459 For expressing my opinion? 265 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,227 For the manner of its expression. 266 00:19:54,294 --> 00:19:55,929 The rudeness, the disrespect. 267 00:19:55,995 --> 00:19:58,865 One of my many solemn duties is to entertain the reader. 268 00:19:58,932 --> 00:20:00,233 At my expense? 269 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,335 Well, it's not just you, is it? 270 00:20:02,402 --> 00:20:04,738 I write, what, half a million words a year. 271 00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:08,641 Oh, mea culpa if 12 of them offended you. 272 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:12,178 Over the last ten years, you've compared me to livestock, 273 00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:14,914 creatures of the sea, and an extinct bird. 274 00:20:14,981 --> 00:20:20,530 You've said my voice is fluting, grating, girlish and manly. 275 00:20:20,186 --> 00:20:22,956 You've described me as plump and emaciated. 276 00:20:23,230 --> 00:20:24,557 Which is it, damn you? 277 00:20:24,624 --> 00:20:28,595 Last season. "Her Mrs Elvsted is glamorous but ungainly." 278 00:20:28,661 --> 00:20:31,464 "She doesn't seem to know how to walk." How to walk?! 279 00:20:31,598 --> 00:20:34,100 You've been dishing it out to me for a decade, 280 00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:35,402 and now it's going to stop. 281 00:20:35,468 --> 00:20:37,700 Oh, are you retiring? 282 00:20:37,203 --> 00:20:39,172 I'm tight enough to scratch your eyes out. 283 00:20:39,239 --> 00:20:42,375 Oh, I wouldn't try. You stand before the junior vice captain 284 00:20:42,442 --> 00:20:43,443 of the Wigan Boxing Club. 285 00:20:43,510 --> 00:20:45,545 You all right, miss? He's a bit weird, this one. 286 00:20:45,612 --> 00:20:47,881 - This is a private conversation. - -Weird? 287 00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:49,516 Oh, be a good chap and bugger off. 288 00:20:49,649 --> 00:20:53,319 -The lady's perfectly safe. -Oh, tell. 289 00:20:54,688 --> 00:20:59,492 - He likes it rough. - Does he now? 290 00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:09,736 Apologise. 291 00:21:11,104 --> 00:21:12,372 I won't, Miss Land. 292 00:21:12,439 --> 00:21:15,750 I will fight to the death for freedom of thought 293 00:21:15,141 --> 00:21:17,277 and its public expression. 294 00:21:17,344 --> 00:21:19,546 Why do you like that? 295 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:22,215 I daresay you can imagine. 296 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:24,718 You spoke it. Last night. 297 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,489 "My soul, like a ship in a black storm, 298 00:21:29,556 --> 00:21:31,958 is driven I know not whither." 299 00:21:34,194 --> 00:21:37,997 Humiliation. Danger. 300 00:21:41,835 --> 00:21:44,404 I think you understand. 301 00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:49,420 Don't take what I write to heart. 302 00:21:49,109 --> 00:21:50,210 There were other critics, 303 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:53,113 albeit lesser ones, who think you're spectacular. 304 00:21:53,179 --> 00:21:55,810 I'm not interested in them. 305 00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:57,550 -I follow you. -Me? 306 00:21:57,617 --> 00:21:59,285 I'm a monster. I'm weird. 307 00:21:59,352 --> 00:22:01,388 You most certainly are. 308 00:22:01,521 --> 00:22:04,290 But I grew up reading you. 309 00:22:05,580 --> 00:22:07,127 I wanted to act because of you. 310 00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:09,950 You're mocking me. 311 00:22:10,797 --> 00:22:12,365 You formed me. 312 00:22:14,267 --> 00:22:19,239 Well... that's a terribly flattering thing to say. 313 00:22:19,906 --> 00:22:22,642 You write so tenderly and passionately 314 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:25,645 about the plays and the actors who move you. 315 00:22:25,712 --> 00:22:30,160 And yet you dismiss those who disappoint you so ruthlessly. 316 00:22:30,784 --> 00:22:32,686 As if you've been betrayed. 317 00:22:32,752 --> 00:22:38,191 This little England lowers its standards every day. 318 00:22:38,258 --> 00:22:41,628 In my footling way, I'm attempting to maintain them. 319 00:22:41,695 --> 00:22:44,564 I so wanted to meet your standards. 320 00:22:45,965 --> 00:22:47,934 But you think I'm appalling. 321 00:22:51,371 --> 00:22:53,600 I am afraid so. 322 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,100 I might dissolve. 323 00:23:00,460 --> 00:23:02,482 There is art in you, Miss Land. 324 00:23:03,350 --> 00:23:07,420 My disappointment is in your failure to access it. 325 00:23:10,256 --> 00:23:11,925 You know where I live. 326 00:23:13,193 --> 00:23:15,929 You may visit, miss, if you wish. 327 00:23:28,508 --> 00:23:29,776 Dorothy. 328 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:39,753 -Joan! Good afternoon. -Jimmy. 329 00:23:41,621 --> 00:23:42,756 Yes. 330 00:24:03,276 --> 00:24:06,513 La commedia e finita. 331 00:24:16,322 --> 00:24:17,424 Jimmy. 332 00:24:21,795 --> 00:24:23,129 Tone it down. 333 00:24:34,841 --> 00:24:37,377 Uh, what exactly? 334 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:40,447 The unpleasantness. 335 00:24:41,314 --> 00:24:42,882 The extravagance. 336 00:24:44,384 --> 00:24:45,418 Less. 337 00:24:46,753 --> 00:24:50,490 Could you be more specific, in order that I may obey? 338 00:24:55,562 --> 00:24:58,431 "Warning, hold your breath as you pass the Duke's Theatre, 339 00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:01,368 for here is untreated theatrical sewage." 340 00:25:02,335 --> 00:25:03,603 "A play of elemental passion 341 00:25:03,703 --> 00:25:06,539 has been reduced to the scale of a sodden sock." 342 00:25:08,375 --> 00:25:11,478 Well, it's my responsibility to discourage our readers 343 00:25:11,544 --> 00:25:15,115 from... wasting their wages on tripe. 344 00:25:15,181 --> 00:25:17,417 Never mind all that. 345 00:25:17,484 --> 00:25:20,153 We're discussing the extremity of your style. 346 00:25:20,220 --> 00:25:24,290 But that's why people read me, you know. 347 00:25:24,357 --> 00:25:27,600 I wither and I effuse. 348 00:25:28,428 --> 00:25:31,310 And the proud tradition of this paper, 349 00:25:31,164 --> 00:25:33,500 established by your dear father... 350 00:25:33,566 --> 00:25:35,135 Yes, I know he was fond of you. 351 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:37,300 He was also fond of Sir Oswald Mosley. 352 00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:39,439 You can't compare me with him. 353 00:25:39,506 --> 00:25:42,800 Anyone who threatens the reputation of this newspaper 354 00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:43,109 is an undesirable. 355 00:25:43,176 --> 00:25:44,978 Oh, so... it's a witch hunt. 356 00:25:45,450 --> 00:25:46,713 Jim. 357 00:25:46,780 --> 00:25:50,717 Don't break the law. Don't cause a stink. 358 00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:53,586 Be kinder. 359 00:25:55,550 --> 00:25:57,900 More Beauty, less Beast. 360 00:25:57,857 --> 00:25:59,259 Final warning. 361 00:26:01,594 --> 00:26:04,931 Stay! If I think so, 362 00:26:04,998 --> 00:26:07,000 I think the same of you. 363 00:26:07,670 --> 00:26:10,303 Think thou right. I am not what I am. 364 00:26:10,370 --> 00:26:13,390 I... I would you... 365 00:26:13,139 --> 00:26:14,541 -Yes. -Were as I would have... 366 00:26:14,607 --> 00:26:17,510 Were as... I would you were as I would have you be. 367 00:26:17,577 --> 00:26:19,450 Break now? 368 00:26:19,179 --> 00:26:20,847 Lunch, everyone. Lunch, please. 369 00:26:20,914 --> 00:26:22,682 Back in an hour. Thank you. 370 00:26:24,517 --> 00:26:28,121 We must all get over that review and focus on this show. 371 00:26:28,254 --> 00:26:30,924 -I know my lines. -I know you know them. 372 00:26:30,990 --> 00:26:33,626 -Why can't you say them? -I am. 373 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,970 Heavily. Where's the lightness? Where's the wit? 374 00:27:00,487 --> 00:27:02,322 I'm going mad without you. 375 00:27:04,190 --> 00:27:07,930 Hello. Could you tell her I miss her? 376 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,630 Could you tell him he's married with two children? 377 00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:14,367 Please. 378 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,170 Thank you. 379 00:27:18,371 --> 00:27:20,373 -Nina... -I'm in rehearsals. 380 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,842 I'm being dreadful and we open in two days. 381 00:27:22,909 --> 00:27:24,577 As we discussed, at length, 382 00:27:24,644 --> 00:27:26,946 I won't be your mistress anymore. 383 00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:29,649 We were lovers. 384 00:27:32,485 --> 00:27:34,200 You were my lover. 385 00:27:36,523 --> 00:27:38,324 Go home to your family. 386 00:27:45,365 --> 00:27:46,499 More! 387 00:27:46,566 --> 00:27:49,703 He wants less? Well, I say more! 388 00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:51,237 More! 389 00:27:57,110 --> 00:28:00,413 If I can't write freely, I can't write at all! 390 00:28:01,514 --> 00:28:04,718 - Don't resign. - Well, no need. 391 00:28:04,851 --> 00:28:07,387 He'll be rid of me as soon as he finds an excuse. Oh! 392 00:28:08,888 --> 00:28:13,393 I am on the scaffold, black cloth bag over my head, 393 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:17,230 and the frigid fart's just fumbling for the lever. 394 00:28:18,932 --> 00:28:19,999 We should turn back. 395 00:28:20,660 --> 00:28:23,103 They don't own the streets. Not yet. 396 00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:27,140 We have the right to walk here. Come on. 397 00:28:27,207 --> 00:28:28,475 Well, I'm turning back. 398 00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:30,477 -Let go. -No. 399 00:28:38,818 --> 00:28:43,356 -All right? -Oh, yes. And you? 400 00:28:43,423 --> 00:28:45,892 -I'm all right. -I'm so glad. 401 00:28:48,962 --> 00:28:50,463 Who's your friend, then? 402 00:28:50,530 --> 00:28:53,233 I'll tell you about mine if you tell me about yours. 403 00:28:57,937 --> 00:29:00,173 Tell your friend to go home. 404 00:29:00,774 --> 00:29:03,476 Oh, but I'm taking him home. He lives in this environ. 405 00:29:05,545 --> 00:29:07,814 You're a cheeky old queer, ain't ya? 406 00:29:07,947 --> 00:29:12,285 May I return the compliment and say how splendid you look 407 00:29:12,352 --> 00:29:16,623 with your badges and crests and crisp black shirt? 408 00:29:16,690 --> 00:29:18,258 Did you iron it yourself? 409 00:29:18,992 --> 00:29:23,263 Getcha! Go on! 410 00:29:24,970 --> 00:29:27,801 Stop it! 411 00:29:27,867 --> 00:29:30,170 I'm... I'm going to die. 412 00:29:30,236 --> 00:29:34,207 -You could have got us killed. -Oh, don't be silly. 413 00:29:34,274 --> 00:29:35,809 They could have killed us. 414 00:29:35,942 --> 00:29:40,814 Nobody gets murdered in Bloomsbury. 415 00:29:40,947 --> 00:29:43,490 You're a maniac with a death wish. 416 00:29:43,116 --> 00:29:44,718 It's true! 417 00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:48,688 Stop that now. 418 00:29:48,755 --> 00:29:53,193 He who lives in fear dies of shame. 419 00:29:53,793 --> 00:29:57,664 -Who said that? -Me. Just now. 420 00:29:57,731 --> 00:30:00,700 Just scribble it down for the memoirs. 421 00:30:03,570 --> 00:30:05,638 Are you a homo***ual? 422 00:30:07,474 --> 00:30:08,842 No. 423 00:30:11,110 --> 00:30:12,479 His lawyer's here, sir. 424 00:30:18,510 --> 00:30:21,187 Lambert. Thank you. 425 00:30:22,188 --> 00:30:24,491 Police are in the mood to charge you. 426 00:30:25,425 --> 00:30:27,293 I had to tell Brooke. 427 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,429 I needed him to pull strings. 428 00:30:29,496 --> 00:30:31,131 Oh. 429 00:30:32,298 --> 00:30:34,934 -I had to, Jim. -Yeah. 430 00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:37,437 Can't have you two going to prison. 431 00:30:42,242 --> 00:30:44,210 Dorothy. 432 00:30:45,378 --> 00:30:48,715 Terms. And one month's notice. 433 00:30:57,557 --> 00:30:59,250 What did you expect? 434 00:31:01,361 --> 00:31:05,331 You were found committing an indecent act in a public place. 435 00:31:05,398 --> 00:31:08,501 You resisted arrest and assaulted a police officer. 436 00:31:08,568 --> 00:31:10,704 You're in full breach of your contract. 437 00:31:12,405 --> 00:31:14,474 The terms are significantly more generous 438 00:31:14,541 --> 00:31:17,444 than those I advised Viscount Brooke to offer. 439 00:31:31,570 --> 00:31:32,892 Oh, Tom! 440 00:31:38,531 --> 00:31:44,700 No first nights. No dinners. No life. 441 00:31:46,773 --> 00:31:49,750 I'm walking dead. 442 00:31:49,142 --> 00:31:52,746 Now, come on. Enough self-pity. 443 00:31:53,380 --> 00:31:55,615 You know my debts. 444 00:31:57,484 --> 00:32:01,210 I live like a king on a pauper's wage. 445 00:32:01,955 --> 00:32:04,891 When the fall comes, it'll sweep me under. 446 00:32:04,958 --> 00:32:06,593 Where's your spirit? 447 00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:11,398 Where's your fight? 448 00:32:18,405 --> 00:32:19,639 **** 'em! 449 00:32:22,275 --> 00:32:24,100 That's the spirit! 450 00:32:31,718 --> 00:32:34,387 Stephen. I'm here for my sitting. 451 00:32:34,487 --> 00:32:39,192 Oh. I have got the right day? 452 00:32:39,259 --> 00:32:40,293 Yes. 453 00:32:42,629 --> 00:32:45,131 Perhaps you should contact Viscount Brooke's office. 454 00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:55,508 Are you going to eat that chop? 455 00:32:55,642 --> 00:32:56,710 Oh. 456 00:33:07,854 --> 00:33:09,422 How's unemployment? 457 00:33:10,156 --> 00:33:14,694 Wake at noon, hunk of bread, mug of sherry, 458 00:33:14,761 --> 00:33:16,329 back to bed. 459 00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:22,769 Still go to the opera? 460 00:33:22,836 --> 00:33:24,204 Can't afford it. 461 00:33:30,677 --> 00:33:32,345 You must have something on him. 462 00:33:33,780 --> 00:33:35,915 Ethos of the club, 463 00:33:35,982 --> 00:33:38,218 we don't machinate against fellow members. 464 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:40,787 Yes, we do! 465 00:33:42,856 --> 00:33:44,991 Brooke is known as a very decent fellow. 466 00:33:45,725 --> 00:33:48,828 Look how he's cared for his bonkers bride all these years. 467 00:33:48,895 --> 00:33:50,300 The man's a saint. 468 00:33:51,231 --> 00:33:53,533 Don't be sloppy. 469 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,269 No one is a saint. 470 00:33:56,336 --> 00:33:57,704 Literature teaches us that. 471 00:33:57,771 --> 00:33:58,938 Romeo? 472 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:03,576 Betrays entire Montague dynasty for his own selfish lust. 473 00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:04,811 Oliver Twist? 474 00:34:04,878 --> 00:34:07,847 Class traitor. Causes death of Nancy. 475 00:34:08,648 --> 00:34:10,316 You're deranged. 476 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,590 All men have secrets. 477 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:20,894 I'll find his. 478 00:34:23,296 --> 00:34:24,531 Come, boy. 479 00:34:24,597 --> 00:34:26,533 My thoughts are ripe in mischief. 480 00:34:27,567 --> 00:34:30,537 I'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love 481 00:34:30,603 --> 00:34:33,730 to spite a raven's heart within a dove. 482 00:34:33,973 --> 00:34:37,177 And I, most jocund, apt, and willingly, 483 00:34:37,277 --> 00:34:41,810 to do you rest a thousand deaths would die. 484 00:34:45,552 --> 00:34:47,354 Fifteen minutes. 485 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:49,889 Fifteen minutes, please. Back at 4:20. 486 00:35:04,738 --> 00:35:06,272 Nina Land. 487 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,144 - What does she want? - Sounds weepy. 488 00:35:13,113 --> 00:35:14,447 Let her in. 489 00:35:15,882 --> 00:35:17,617 Do a good deed for once, huh? 490 00:35:18,651 --> 00:35:19,819 Welcome! 491 00:35:19,886 --> 00:35:22,422 Um, I was just passing. Sorry if it's too late. 492 00:35:22,555 --> 00:35:25,910 Oh, we receive at all hours. 493 00:35:25,158 --> 00:35:26,593 This is Tom. 494 00:35:26,659 --> 00:35:28,940 -Hello. -Hello. 495 00:35:28,962 --> 00:35:30,830 Oh. Thank you. 496 00:35:35,535 --> 00:35:39,406 -You were an actor? -Hm-hmm. For two years. 497 00:35:40,674 --> 00:35:45,111 My zenith was Laertes. In Dundee. 498 00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:53,787 Oscar Wilde, of course. 499 00:35:54,721 --> 00:35:57,791 I saw him once. When I was young. 500 00:35:57,891 --> 00:36:00,260 I made a pilgrimage to the stage door of the Theatre Royal 501 00:36:00,326 --> 00:36:02,562 and waited for hours. 502 00:36:03,496 --> 00:36:06,199 And then... he appeared. 503 00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:09,502 Rolling up Suffolk Street. Quite alone. 504 00:36:11,137 --> 00:36:13,273 In the clear, bright sunshine. 505 00:36:14,374 --> 00:36:15,875 A king. 506 00:36:15,942 --> 00:36:19,790 Were he to command me to give him my body and soul 507 00:36:19,145 --> 00:36:21,648 right there, I would have done it. 508 00:36:23,450 --> 00:36:25,251 Gratefully. 509 00:36:25,385 --> 00:36:28,421 But he swept by. 510 00:36:29,989 --> 00:36:32,692 I wasn't pretty enough to engage his eye. 511 00:36:41,334 --> 00:36:43,336 Henry James. 512 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:47,540 Well, attributed. His last words. 513 00:36:48,675 --> 00:36:53,346 "So here it as at last, the distinguished thing." 514 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:54,481 Death. 515 00:36:58,785 --> 00:37:01,187 Oh, forgive me. Come on. 516 00:37:01,254 --> 00:37:03,356 Now do sit down. 517 00:37:09,462 --> 00:37:11,698 Has something happened? 518 00:37:13,330 --> 00:37:15,502 I've got the fear. 519 00:37:16,269 --> 00:37:17,470 Ah. 520 00:37:17,537 --> 00:37:20,240 And we open tomorrow night. 521 00:37:20,373 --> 00:37:23,476 You're the last person in the world I should tell. 522 00:37:23,543 --> 00:37:24,811 Hmm. 523 00:37:24,878 --> 00:37:27,447 Or the only one that you can, huh? 524 00:37:32,152 --> 00:37:33,887 Drink? 525 00:37:56,109 --> 00:37:57,644 Another, hmm? 526 00:38:00,413 --> 00:38:03,160 You're too keen to please. 527 00:38:05,518 --> 00:38:07,420 Now, when an actor tries too hard, 528 00:38:07,487 --> 00:38:11,910 it sends mustard gas through the house. 529 00:38:11,157 --> 00:38:12,959 You have to trust, 530 00:38:13,930 --> 00:38:15,829 and it's very difficult to trust, but... 531 00:38:17,330 --> 00:38:22,836 the courage to give of the self entirely 532 00:38:22,902 --> 00:38:24,704 is what all great actors share. 533 00:38:24,771 --> 00:38:29,442 I mean, those with the capacity to conjure the sublime. 534 00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:34,881 You have to trust that we are present to you. 535 00:38:36,349 --> 00:38:41,287 That we're sensitive to your deepest sufferings, 536 00:38:41,354 --> 00:38:45,625 your gentlest feelings, your most intimate thoughts. 537 00:38:45,692 --> 00:38:50,864 But you must trust that we can perceive all this 538 00:38:50,930 --> 00:38:52,966 without your help. 539 00:38:55,468 --> 00:38:56,836 Less. 540 00:39:00,306 --> 00:39:05,245 It's a dagger to the soul, but... less is the only note. 541 00:39:08,682 --> 00:39:10,183 What is your parentage? 542 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,520 Above my fortunes, yet my state is well. 543 00:39:13,586 --> 00:39:15,355 I'm a gentleman. 544 00:39:15,488 --> 00:39:17,223 I'll be sworn thou art. 545 00:39:18,391 --> 00:39:23,830 Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions and spirit 546 00:39:23,897 --> 00:39:27,267 do give thee five-fold blazon... 547 00:39:27,333 --> 00:39:28,501 Whoo! 548 00:39:28,568 --> 00:39:33,730 Not too fast. Soft... soft. 549 00:39:33,673 --> 00:39:37,243 Unless the master were the man. 550 00:39:38,211 --> 00:39:39,612 How now? 551 00:39:39,679 --> 00:39:42,582 Even so quickly may one catch the plague? 552 00:39:43,450 --> 00:39:46,553 Methinks I feel this youth's perfections 553 00:39:46,619 --> 00:39:48,588 with an invisible and subtle stealth 554 00:39:48,655 --> 00:39:50,857 to creep in at mine eyes. 555 00:39:54,661 --> 00:39:55,628 He's crying. 556 00:39:55,695 --> 00:39:59,165 Well... let it be. 557 00:40:05,380 --> 00:40:07,907 Uh, Mr Erskine, I've reserved a private room 558 00:40:07,974 --> 00:40:09,676 for you through here. 559 00:40:09,743 --> 00:40:11,578 I do hope it will suit. 560 00:40:11,644 --> 00:40:12,979 Oh, thank you, Graham. 561 00:40:13,460 --> 00:40:15,148 That's really very thoughtful of you. 562 00:40:19,285 --> 00:40:22,389 Um, I didn't catch your name. 563 00:40:22,455 --> 00:40:25,910 -Ivan. -Ivan. 564 00:40:25,225 --> 00:40:29,362 Would you invite the Viscount to join us in the private room? 565 00:40:34,901 --> 00:40:37,103 We should throw a dinner for you. 566 00:40:37,837 --> 00:40:39,806 A celebration for your retirement. 567 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:42,409 I would be honoured. 568 00:40:42,475 --> 00:40:45,679 -Will you continue to write? -Oh, no. 569 00:40:46,813 --> 00:40:49,820 I couldn't work for another paper, no. 570 00:40:50,116 --> 00:40:53,553 Though I might start my memoirs. Hmm. 571 00:40:55,422 --> 00:40:58,580 Well... break a leg. 572 00:41:05,265 --> 00:41:06,366 Enjoying the show? 573 00:41:06,433 --> 00:41:08,101 Very much. 574 00:41:08,201 --> 00:41:10,804 Some fine acting on display. 575 00:41:12,505 --> 00:41:14,441 Yes, I particularly... 576 00:41:16,943 --> 00:41:18,440 Sorry? 577 00:41:18,111 --> 00:41:20,480 - No, I, uh... - Hmm? 578 00:41:21,815 --> 00:41:23,516 I was going to say I thought, 579 00:41:23,650 --> 00:41:27,387 uh, the Olivia and Viola were both excellent. 580 00:41:27,454 --> 00:41:29,956 Oh, Miss Nina Land. 581 00:41:31,591 --> 00:41:32,826 Uh, which one? 582 00:41:34,270 --> 00:41:35,495 Olivia. 583 00:41:36,496 --> 00:41:37,997 Olivia, is she? 584 00:41:39,866 --> 00:41:43,336 She has a very particular talent. 585 00:41:44,904 --> 00:41:48,908 -Do you think? -Oh, yes. And she's beloved. 586 00:41:48,975 --> 00:41:52,746 Whenever I've been a touch harsh about her, 587 00:41:52,812 --> 00:41:57,484 sacks of angry mail arrive from her devoted supporters. 588 00:41:57,617 --> 00:41:59,819 Are you a devotee? 589 00:42:00,887 --> 00:42:03,523 I... I don't think I've ever seen her before. 590 00:42:03,656 --> 00:42:06,726 Oh, but you have, you know. Here. 591 00:42:08,661 --> 00:42:11,731 In The White Devil. Twice, I believe. 592 00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:16,200 -Yes, of course. -And I seem to recall 593 00:42:16,690 --> 00:42:21,508 you attended Hedda Gabler at the Globe last season. 594 00:42:23,176 --> 00:42:29,182 "Nina Land was an indecently fetching Mrs Elvsted." 595 00:42:33,153 --> 00:42:36,122 Well, I... I'm quoting your father. 596 00:42:36,189 --> 00:42:40,126 Well, that doesn't make me a devotee. 597 00:42:41,127 --> 00:42:43,530 Oh. Oh, no. 598 00:42:44,864 --> 00:42:46,132 Of course not. 599 00:42:54,740 --> 00:42:55,608 Final para. 600 00:42:59,412 --> 00:43:03,183 "Miss Nina Land's magnificent Olivia"? 601 00:43:04,417 --> 00:43:05,418 Really? 602 00:43:07,687 --> 00:43:09,589 I move mysteriously. 603 00:43:11,224 --> 00:43:14,794 In my valedictory weeks, why not be generous? 604 00:43:15,595 --> 00:43:16,763 Huh? 605 00:43:19,165 --> 00:43:20,433 Attention. 606 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:23,737 To those who have heeded my recent warning 607 00:43:23,803 --> 00:43:26,673 regarding a foul stench emanating from the Aldwych, 608 00:43:26,740 --> 00:43:31,644 I am most pleasantly surprised to report good news. 609 00:43:32,579 --> 00:43:36,249 I must stand and applaud Miss Nina Land's 610 00:43:36,383 --> 00:43:38,218 magnificent Olivia. 611 00:43:38,952 --> 00:43:41,221 She now offers a performance 612 00:43:41,287 --> 00:43:46,259 of such astonishing, delightful nuance and depths of feeling 613 00:43:46,359 --> 00:43:47,694 that I fear... 614 00:43:47,761 --> 00:43:48,928 Miss Land! 615 00:43:59,773 --> 00:44:01,740 Hello? 616 00:44:01,141 --> 00:44:02,876 Good morning, Miss Land. 617 00:44:02,942 --> 00:44:04,244 Oh, hello. 618 00:44:04,944 --> 00:44:08,480 Oh, and thank you for what you said. 619 00:44:08,114 --> 00:44:10,784 Did you really mean it, or did you take pity? 620 00:44:10,917 --> 00:44:12,619 Oh, I never lie. 621 00:44:13,453 --> 00:44:15,655 And this is only the beginning. 622 00:44:15,722 --> 00:44:18,191 Great success awaits you. 623 00:44:20,627 --> 00:44:22,620 And, Nina... 624 00:44:23,196 --> 00:44:25,899 Yes... Jimmy? 625 00:44:27,667 --> 00:44:32,605 I have something... a little delicate to discuss. 626 00:44:33,306 --> 00:44:38,278 - One could say it's a part. - In a play? 627 00:44:38,345 --> 00:44:41,781 No, no, no, no. A performance. 628 00:44:45,852 --> 00:44:49,189 Consider a man of about 60. 629 00:44:49,255 --> 00:44:55,128 Powerful, rich, but catastrophically married. 630 00:44:55,195 --> 00:44:57,697 And it transpires... 631 00:44:58,832 --> 00:45:04,904 that he's secretly obsessed with a vivacious younger woman. 632 00:45:06,506 --> 00:45:08,675 Which part do I play? 633 00:45:12,579 --> 00:45:13,780 Who is he? 634 00:45:13,847 --> 00:45:16,583 Viscount Brooke. 635 00:45:18,718 --> 00:45:21,888 -Your proprietor? -Hmm. Do you know him? 636 00:45:22,889 --> 00:45:24,924 Decent chap. Handsome. 637 00:45:25,759 --> 00:45:28,161 Wife, barking. 638 00:45:28,228 --> 00:45:31,498 -In the aristocratic mode. -And? 639 00:45:34,768 --> 00:45:37,300 I want you to please him. 640 00:45:40,740 --> 00:45:42,609 Coyness doesn't suit you. 641 00:45:43,777 --> 00:45:45,311 You want me to **** him. 642 00:45:47,914 --> 00:45:49,983 That's my girl, there. 643 00:45:53,753 --> 00:45:56,489 I'm afraid I must decline the role. 644 00:45:57,557 --> 00:45:59,259 I don't want to play a prostitute. 645 00:45:59,325 --> 00:46:02,629 Oh, dearest Nina, there's no vulgar cash involved. 646 00:46:02,696 --> 00:46:05,799 I'm asking you to do me a little service. 647 00:46:06,966 --> 00:46:12,939 And in return... you will gain my unyielding favour. 648 00:46:13,707 --> 00:46:16,876 Stunning reviews. 649 00:46:16,943 --> 00:46:18,545 Acclaim. 650 00:46:18,611 --> 00:46:21,448 "The actress of her generation." 651 00:46:21,581 --> 00:46:23,883 And we might start with an interview 652 00:46:23,950 --> 00:46:27,320 for my Backstage Whispers column. 653 00:46:27,954 --> 00:46:32,659 And my chum Cecil will photograph you. 654 00:46:33,326 --> 00:46:35,562 Only the best for Nina. 655 00:46:37,263 --> 00:46:41,670 And there'll be... parties, gatherings, 656 00:46:41,134 --> 00:46:46,606 entrées, dinners, all that's required to make you a star. 657 00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,377 Everything you crave... 658 00:46:51,311 --> 00:46:52,679 and deserve. 659 00:46:55,815 --> 00:46:59,190 An immortal of the stage and screen. 660 00:47:01,688 --> 00:47:04,240 I can't do it. It's not me. 661 00:47:04,900 --> 00:47:07,327 It's a part. It's not you. 662 00:47:11,131 --> 00:47:15,802 Your cruel profession bestows glory on its young, 663 00:47:15,935 --> 00:47:18,371 and time has no pity. 664 00:47:18,438 --> 00:47:22,142 It will define you, or cast you out. 665 00:47:28,248 --> 00:47:29,683 I blame the writers. 666 00:47:29,749 --> 00:47:33,987 Repertoire so lacking in parts for the mature actress, 667 00:47:34,540 --> 00:47:37,900 and between playing the soubrette and the old maid 668 00:47:37,157 --> 00:47:40,627 lie decades of waste. 669 00:47:42,696 --> 00:47:45,165 Except for the select. 670 00:47:50,904 --> 00:47:54,400 You said you yearned to meet my standards. 671 00:47:54,107 --> 00:47:56,376 Well, here they are. 672 00:48:02,849 --> 00:48:05,352 - Miss Land. - Hello. 673 00:48:09,255 --> 00:48:10,557 Thank you. 674 00:48:10,690 --> 00:48:13,493 Congratulations. You're the hit of the season. 675 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,729 Oh. Thank you so much. 676 00:48:29,209 --> 00:48:31,478 Miss Land. 677 00:48:31,544 --> 00:48:34,447 - Welcome. - Hello. 678 00:48:35,281 --> 00:48:37,917 -Have a seat. -Thank you. 679 00:48:43,289 --> 00:48:45,191 It's so kind of you to see me. 680 00:48:45,258 --> 00:48:46,693 Not at all. 681 00:48:47,694 --> 00:48:50,630 I-I've come here to beg a favour. 682 00:48:50,130 --> 00:48:52,650 I don't suppose you've seen my photograph 683 00:48:52,132 --> 00:48:53,133 in your paper today. 684 00:48:54,134 --> 00:48:57,103 My rather demanding mother has requested a print 685 00:48:57,170 --> 00:48:59,339 for her birthday next week. 686 00:48:59,406 --> 00:49:00,573 I see. 687 00:49:01,608 --> 00:49:05,845 Perhaps I could offer you some tickets for these plays I'm in. 688 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,417 Well, to be honest, I've... I've seen both of them. 689 00:49:11,751 --> 00:49:15,622 And you were... excellent. 690 00:49:16,289 --> 00:49:17,490 Oh! 691 00:49:18,324 --> 00:49:20,930 I might blush. 692 00:49:22,962 --> 00:49:25,498 Well, we mustn't disappoint your mother. 693 00:49:26,766 --> 00:49:28,968 How can I possibly thank you? 694 00:49:29,969 --> 00:49:32,238 Perhaps you could have supper with me. 695 00:49:32,305 --> 00:49:34,607 I could give you the photograph? 696 00:49:35,842 --> 00:49:37,644 A very reasonable exchange. 697 00:49:39,112 --> 00:49:41,681 Right. Well, if, uh, you give Joan your details, 698 00:49:41,748 --> 00:49:43,650 she can organise us. 699 00:49:43,783 --> 00:49:46,786 She has the most spectacular flowers on her desk. 700 00:49:49,122 --> 00:49:52,192 Yes. Her... sister's a florist. 701 00:49:53,860 --> 00:49:56,296 I have a secret admirer who's been sending me 702 00:49:56,363 --> 00:50:00,367 two dozen white roses every opening night since 1928. 703 00:50:02,168 --> 00:50:04,637 And he's never made himself known? 704 00:50:07,407 --> 00:50:09,750 Isn't it mysterious? 705 00:50:25,492 --> 00:50:27,394 Thank you. Thank you so much. 706 00:50:39,706 --> 00:50:41,107 Thank you. 707 00:50:46,646 --> 00:50:48,140 Shall I, um... 708 00:50:49,482 --> 00:50:51,217 fetch the photograph? 709 00:50:54,521 --> 00:50:57,190 You go. I'll follow. 710 00:51:34,561 --> 00:51:36,596 -May I take your coat? -Hmm. 711 00:51:43,903 --> 00:51:45,710 For you. 712 00:51:49,376 --> 00:51:51,211 Would you like a drink? 713 00:51:52,746 --> 00:51:54,470 Later. 714 00:52:48,935 --> 00:52:50,704 Too... too bright. 715 00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,141 Uh, I have to get home. 716 00:52:55,942 --> 00:52:58,144 Well, shall I send for the car? 717 00:52:58,278 --> 00:52:59,779 No, thank you. 718 00:53:14,270 --> 00:53:15,362 Here. 719 00:53:17,897 --> 00:53:19,232 Thank you. 720 00:53:20,300 --> 00:53:22,135 Where did you put my coat? 721 00:53:22,902 --> 00:53:24,704 -The coat is here. -Oh. 722 00:53:33,146 --> 00:53:34,848 You've forgotten something. 723 00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:42,422 Oh. 724 00:53:44,900 --> 00:53:47,560 Look, I'm old, I'm married. 725 00:53:48,661 --> 00:53:50,430 I'm very grateful. 726 00:53:52,320 --> 00:53:55,535 But don't see me again if it's not something you want. 727 00:53:56,770 --> 00:53:58,905 Are you saying you don't want to? 728 00:54:00,206 --> 00:54:02,800 You know I'm besotted. 729 00:54:04,544 --> 00:54:07,514 Then... see you tomorrow. 730 00:54:33,373 --> 00:54:34,808 I won't do it again. 731 00:54:34,874 --> 00:54:37,100 Not tonight, not ever. 732 00:54:37,770 --> 00:54:41,214 You'll play as cast, as agreed. As contracted. 733 00:54:42,849 --> 00:54:44,617 You told me to please him. 734 00:54:44,751 --> 00:54:48,455 I did. He's very grateful. He doesn't need more. 735 00:54:49,155 --> 00:54:53,930 Our great partnership is in its infancy. 736 00:54:53,159 --> 00:54:56,629 Brooke expects you tonight. Don't let me down. 737 00:54:57,997 --> 00:54:59,399 Or what? 738 00:55:00,266 --> 00:55:02,702 Well, if you don't do my bidding, 739 00:55:02,769 --> 00:55:06,573 I'll be obliged to withdraw my favour. 740 00:55:08,408 --> 00:55:10,910 And you'd suffer its opposite. 741 00:55:26,793 --> 00:55:28,728 It's not just wrong, it's evil. 742 00:55:28,795 --> 00:55:30,697 I'm fighting for my life, here. 743 00:55:30,764 --> 00:55:32,165 She's done enough. 744 00:55:32,232 --> 00:55:34,467 Once is never enough! 745 00:55:36,690 --> 00:55:39,105 You're the help. You're my squire. 746 00:55:39,773 --> 00:55:42,242 If you're not with me, you're against me. 747 00:55:44,844 --> 00:55:46,813 -Nina? -Go away. 748 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:48,715 I can't. 749 00:55:48,848 --> 00:55:51,317 You're a good egg, more or less. 750 00:55:51,384 --> 00:55:54,154 And I'm vain, selfish and madly ambitious. 751 00:55:54,220 --> 00:55:55,722 And this is news? 752 00:55:55,789 --> 00:55:57,957 I'm driven in ways I don't understand. 753 00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:00,794 I need things it doesn't occur to you to want. 754 00:56:00,894 --> 00:56:03,697 I'm trouble. Stay away. 755 00:56:25,819 --> 00:56:27,654 Apologies for the lateness of the hour. 756 00:56:27,721 --> 00:56:31,224 But it is a matter of some importance. 757 00:56:32,158 --> 00:56:34,127 Well, it'll have to wait. I'm busy. 758 00:56:34,194 --> 00:56:35,662 No, you're not. 759 00:56:36,563 --> 00:56:39,699 -I can assure you I am. -She is not coming. 760 00:56:41,735 --> 00:56:45,338 -Who? -Oh! Let's not, hmm? 761 00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:49,309 I can confirm she arrived downstairs, but then... 762 00:56:49,376 --> 00:56:51,945 the flighty little thing departed. 763 00:56:53,780 --> 00:56:54,781 What? 764 00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:22,208 The vulnerable young actress 765 00:57:22,275 --> 00:57:24,770 you lured to this room last night. 766 00:57:24,144 --> 00:57:28,715 The poor, innocent woman that you took advantage of. 767 00:57:29,582 --> 00:57:32,252 The sweet girl you assaulted. 768 00:57:32,318 --> 00:57:35,321 Or... so she will say. 769 00:57:35,388 --> 00:57:37,900 In court. 770 00:57:38,692 --> 00:57:41,828 -That's not true. -True or false, 771 00:57:41,895 --> 00:57:43,897 it's the same scandal. 772 00:57:44,631 --> 00:57:48,601 But please, don't despair, good Viscount. 773 00:57:50,700 --> 00:57:51,604 I'm here to help. 774 00:57:58,678 --> 00:58:00,547 Your employment, 775 00:58:00,613 --> 00:58:03,516 a reprieve with a modest pay rise... 776 00:58:04,651 --> 00:58:06,190 is acceptable? 777 00:58:06,953 --> 00:58:09,889 Reinstate Hugh Morris as opera critic? No. 778 00:58:11,424 --> 00:58:13,493 He was drowning, and you know it. 779 00:58:15,929 --> 00:58:19,399 Your re-inclusion in the portrait is impossible. 780 00:58:19,466 --> 00:58:21,670 We've selected another man. 781 00:58:21,935 --> 00:58:23,370 Get rid of him. 782 00:58:24,704 --> 00:58:26,706 Twelve distinguished gentlemen of the club. 783 00:58:26,773 --> 00:58:28,274 Are you sure you qualify? 784 00:58:29,876 --> 00:58:31,344 Most certainly. 785 00:58:33,613 --> 00:58:35,782 How on earth do you live with yourself? 786 00:58:36,883 --> 00:58:38,585 Well, it's a struggle. 787 00:58:39,853 --> 00:58:42,220 Now, returning to the, uh, portrait, 788 00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:46,920 I have a number of... letters, 789 00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:50,764 stamped and addressed to your wife, your daughter, 790 00:58:50,864 --> 00:58:55,135 the club secretary, the editor of The Daily Mail. 791 00:58:55,201 --> 00:58:56,803 And other assorted ghouls. 792 00:58:56,870 --> 00:58:59,506 Now, please... 793 00:58:59,639 --> 00:59:03,143 Don't oblige me to slip them into the post box downstairs. 794 00:59:08,648 --> 00:59:10,116 I suppose I... 795 00:59:12,185 --> 00:59:13,687 I should assume... 796 00:59:15,321 --> 00:59:17,457 Miss Land doesn't even like me. 797 00:59:20,827 --> 00:59:23,329 Do you know, we've never discussed it. 798 00:59:24,798 --> 00:59:25,765 Shall I ask her? 799 00:59:30,870 --> 00:59:33,730 Who is he? 800 00:59:34,507 --> 00:59:35,875 Don't ask. 801 00:59:37,277 --> 00:59:40,246 If you ever loved me, don't ask. 802 00:59:46,519 --> 00:59:47,921 I miss you. 803 00:59:49,689 --> 00:59:50,690 What? 804 00:59:53,593 --> 00:59:55,280 I miss you. 805 01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:24,457 Where were you? 806 01:00:26,260 --> 01:00:27,494 I slept at the studio. 807 01:00:29,829 --> 01:00:30,997 Alone? 808 01:00:32,832 --> 01:00:33,833 No. 809 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:39,172 So your affair has resumed? 810 01:00:40,940 --> 01:00:42,275 I think so. 811 01:00:47,470 --> 01:00:48,248 Who is she? 812 01:00:50,917 --> 01:00:52,619 I can't say. 813 01:00:54,954 --> 01:00:56,589 Then pack. 814 01:01:03,329 --> 01:01:04,831 He'll be back. 815 01:01:06,666 --> 01:01:09,135 He won't survive poverty. 816 01:01:09,202 --> 01:01:10,870 He'll make a virtue of it. 817 01:01:12,505 --> 01:01:14,607 He's always resented our wealth. 818 01:01:15,909 --> 01:01:18,978 Our name. Our standing. 819 01:01:21,247 --> 01:01:23,817 I should never have married a Jew. 820 01:01:23,950 --> 01:01:25,118 Cora! 821 01:01:27,253 --> 01:01:29,122 Spare me your disapproval. 822 01:01:56,616 --> 01:01:58,118 What? 823 01:01:58,184 --> 01:02:00,387 I'd be most grateful if you'd now include him. 824 01:02:01,454 --> 01:02:02,455 Why? 825 01:02:02,522 --> 01:02:04,324 My father would have wanted it. 826 01:02:05,892 --> 01:02:07,527 He loved a character. 827 01:02:08,628 --> 01:02:10,630 Though he never much cared for mine. 828 01:02:12,966 --> 01:02:14,868 I'll step down. It'll be a clean dozen. 829 01:02:14,934 --> 01:02:18,505 You can paint me out and... stick him in. 830 01:02:19,973 --> 01:02:22,108 I don't mean to diminish your art. 831 01:02:23,710 --> 01:02:24,811 Fine. 832 01:02:25,745 --> 01:02:27,347 But I don't approve. 833 01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:29,516 Well, I don't deserve immortality. 834 01:02:31,251 --> 01:02:33,586 All my achievements have been due to nepotism. 835 01:02:36,690 --> 01:02:38,358 Item two. 836 01:02:39,359 --> 01:02:40,360 Cora. 837 01:02:41,895 --> 01:02:45,131 I know my daughter can be... tricky, she has her ways, 838 01:02:45,198 --> 01:02:46,666 but the thing of it is... 839 01:02:48,568 --> 01:02:50,103 it's really not her fault. 840 01:02:50,170 --> 01:02:53,573 David. I can't go back. 841 01:02:55,875 --> 01:02:56,876 May I know who she is? 842 01:02:58,712 --> 01:03:00,847 If she's going to be stepmother to my grandchildren, 843 01:03:00,914 --> 01:03:02,682 I'd like to know something about her. 844 01:03:05,218 --> 01:03:06,653 But, uh, don't feel obliged. 845 01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:09,389 I... I really shouldn't pry. 846 01:03:10,190 --> 01:03:11,691 Always the gent. 847 01:03:12,726 --> 01:03:13,993 It's a curse. 848 01:03:20,867 --> 01:03:22,969 -She's an actress. -Oh? 849 01:03:23,360 --> 01:03:25,438 We met last year. She happened to come to my opening. 850 01:03:25,505 --> 01:03:28,575 Actually, you saw her in those productions at the Duke's. 851 01:03:31,444 --> 01:03:32,445 Who? 852 01:03:33,613 --> 01:03:34,981 Nina Land. 853 01:03:43,923 --> 01:03:47,894 She was... very fine. 854 01:03:49,362 --> 01:03:51,640 I have to admit, I am... 855 01:03:52,632 --> 01:03:54,601 Well, I'm head over heels. 856 01:04:08,140 --> 01:04:09,149 David? 857 01:04:14,788 --> 01:04:17,157 I really shouldn't say this, but, uh... 858 01:04:21,628 --> 01:04:23,496 I wish you good fortune. 859 01:04:58,898 --> 01:05:00,700 -For you. -You open it. 860 01:05:03,837 --> 01:05:05,105 It's personal, miss. 861 01:05:05,205 --> 01:05:06,639 We're intimates. 862 01:05:06,706 --> 01:05:09,175 You see me at my worst every day. 863 01:05:10,643 --> 01:05:11,911 "Dear Miss Land, 864 01:05:11,978 --> 01:05:13,279 late last night, 865 01:05:13,346 --> 01:05:15,882 I received a visit from your co-conspirator." 866 01:05:16,850 --> 01:05:19,986 "I daresay you can imagine my disappointment." 867 01:05:22,322 --> 01:05:24,570 "My personal feelings aside, 868 01:05:24,124 --> 01:05:26,493 "I'm writing to tell you that I fear no good will come 869 01:05:26,559 --> 01:05:28,962 from your association with this man." 870 01:05:30,997 --> 01:05:32,432 "I urge you to end it." 871 01:05:54,854 --> 01:05:56,890 Tom! 872 01:05:59,459 --> 01:06:00,527 I've been used. 873 01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:02,829 We all get used, darling. 874 01:06:02,896 --> 01:06:04,497 Use him back. 875 01:06:04,597 --> 01:06:07,200 You've done his bidding, now get what you want from him. 876 01:06:16,176 --> 01:06:18,378 The whole thing's disgusting. 877 01:06:18,445 --> 01:06:20,647 I'm disgusting, he's disgusting, 878 01:06:20,714 --> 01:06:22,615 and you're disgusting for letting him do it. 879 01:06:23,917 --> 01:06:25,850 Sleep on it. 880 01:07:26,790 --> 01:07:27,800 Jim? 881 01:07:39,793 --> 01:07:40,994 Nina Land. 882 01:07:42,996 --> 01:07:46,833 She was... very fine. 883 01:08:02,882 --> 01:08:04,584 My father-in-law committed suicide. 884 01:08:04,651 --> 01:08:06,853 I know. I'm so sorry. 885 01:08:07,754 --> 01:08:08,988 You knew? 886 01:08:09,550 --> 01:08:11,725 I mean, I... I didn't know he... 887 01:08:12,559 --> 01:08:15,195 I... I just knew he was dead. 888 01:08:17,163 --> 01:08:18,732 When did you find out? 889 01:08:22,969 --> 01:08:24,137 This afternoon. 890 01:08:28,575 --> 01:08:31,244 His secretary sent a message to stage door. 891 01:08:32,746 --> 01:08:34,647 And why would Joan do that? 892 01:08:34,714 --> 01:08:38,840 Why would she inform you of his death? 893 01:08:54,601 --> 01:08:57,537 Did you... 894 01:08:57,604 --> 01:08:59,739 Were you in love with him? 895 01:08:59,806 --> 01:09:01,541 I didn't know him. 896 01:09:04,711 --> 01:09:05,945 Then why? 897 01:09:14,888 --> 01:09:16,389 I'm too ashamed. 898 01:09:18,958 --> 01:09:20,593 Let me explain. 899 01:09:22,462 --> 01:09:23,763 There's no need. 900 01:09:28,868 --> 01:09:29,903 Why be so predictable? 901 01:09:29,969 --> 01:09:31,638 Why be so cheap? 902 01:10:16,449 --> 01:10:18,251 You and I are cursed. 903 01:10:18,318 --> 01:10:19,919 Drawn to weak men. 904 01:10:20,787 --> 01:10:22,956 Let him have the children. 905 01:10:23,230 --> 01:10:26,593 You can have more with a man who's worthy of you. 906 01:10:35,468 --> 01:10:36,836 Dear Jimmy. 907 01:10:38,204 --> 01:10:39,773 We met in this room. 908 01:10:39,873 --> 01:10:43,576 Oh, and what an occasion, that was. 909 01:10:43,643 --> 01:10:46,413 You're absolutely full of shit. 910 01:10:46,479 --> 01:10:49,849 You are absolutely right. 911 01:10:49,916 --> 01:10:51,785 Rattle the old memory box. 912 01:10:51,851 --> 01:10:53,553 It was my tenth birthday. 913 01:10:54,554 --> 01:10:56,322 Of course. 914 01:10:58,692 --> 01:11:01,428 You should know I intend to oversee the paper. 915 01:11:02,862 --> 01:11:03,963 Excellent. 916 01:11:04,300 --> 01:11:07,434 The new Chronicle will be a platform for common sense 917 01:11:07,500 --> 01:11:09,690 and measured debate. 918 01:11:12,839 --> 01:11:16,443 A source tells me that a few weeks after you were fired, 919 01:11:16,509 --> 01:11:18,178 my late father reinstated you 920 01:11:18,244 --> 01:11:20,480 with a new contract on improved terms. 921 01:11:23,416 --> 01:11:25,385 I will honour your contract. 922 01:11:26,252 --> 01:11:28,188 But no more fisticuffs with the law. 923 01:11:29,989 --> 01:11:32,258 And if you must practise your perversion... 924 01:11:33,860 --> 01:11:35,428 behind closed doors. 925 01:11:37,300 --> 01:11:40,700 I gratefully accept... your generous terms. 926 01:11:54,214 --> 01:11:56,983 Must you hum? The man killed himself. 927 01:11:57,884 --> 01:12:00,153 Don't you read the newspapers? 928 01:12:01,540 --> 01:12:03,423 It was a shooting accident. 929 01:12:03,490 --> 01:12:04,557 You drove him to it. 930 01:12:04,657 --> 01:12:06,793 He pulled the ****ing trigger! 931 01:12:08,461 --> 01:12:09,963 Have you no shame? 932 01:12:12,399 --> 01:12:14,367 I merely fought for my job, 933 01:12:14,434 --> 01:12:17,404 as all working men must do in these dark days. 934 01:12:18,405 --> 01:12:19,873 I'm handing in my notice. 935 01:12:19,939 --> 01:12:22,942 -Four weeks and I'm off. -Oh, for God's sake. 936 01:12:23,877 --> 01:12:26,913 You've got the second-best job in London. 937 01:12:26,980 --> 01:12:30,483 -What?! -Well, in theatrical London. 938 01:12:31,217 --> 01:12:33,653 You write for a... a right-wing rag! 939 01:12:33,787 --> 01:12:39,159 With readers. Our loathsome paper has millions of readers. 940 01:12:39,225 --> 01:12:44,397 We are forming the aesthetic taste of generations. 941 01:12:45,650 --> 01:12:48,601 Fascists may come and go, but theatre is eternal. 942 01:12:48,702 --> 01:12:51,104 It matters more than politics. 943 01:12:52,839 --> 01:12:56,760 Or the society. It's life itself! 944 01:13:03,883 --> 01:13:05,552 - Whoa! - Oh, Christ. 945 01:13:05,618 --> 01:13:07,187 Hey! 946 01:13:08,555 --> 01:13:10,290 Darling, what a lovely surprise. 947 01:13:10,357 --> 01:13:12,392 I wanna talk to you, Jim. 948 01:13:12,459 --> 01:13:14,160 -Splendid. -Here's good! 949 01:13:14,227 --> 01:13:17,497 No, no, no. Up here. Come on. Step. Here. 950 01:13:17,564 --> 01:13:18,898 - Oh. - Oops. Yes. 951 01:13:19,532 --> 01:13:21,340 Step here. There you go. 952 01:13:21,101 --> 01:13:24,938 Yes, yes. It's a bit slippery here. Yes. Good. 953 01:13:31,444 --> 01:13:33,780 Excuse me, is Nina Land still inside? 954 01:13:33,847 --> 01:13:37,170 She was indisposed tonight, sir. The understudy went on. 955 01:13:39,953 --> 01:13:42,288 Yes, that's right. You help yourself. 956 01:13:58,872 --> 01:14:01,700 You do know we killed him? 957 01:14:01,740 --> 01:14:02,609 No, we didn't. 958 01:14:02,676 --> 01:14:04,544 Do you even care that he's dead? 959 01:14:05,779 --> 01:14:07,180 Of course I do. 960 01:14:09,150 --> 01:14:10,216 It's terribly sad. 961 01:14:11,284 --> 01:14:12,619 It really is. 962 01:14:14,254 --> 01:14:16,956 And our indirect involvement in the matter 963 01:14:17,230 --> 01:14:20,260 is all terribly secret. 964 01:14:20,960 --> 01:14:22,696 He was quite a nice chap. 965 01:14:23,697 --> 01:14:26,199 Sweet, in a way. 966 01:14:27,567 --> 01:14:30,804 He was so excited, it was all over in a minute. 967 01:14:30,870 --> 01:14:33,390 Have you come here to grieve? 968 01:14:33,106 --> 01:14:35,175 You see, I have been at the funeral. 969 01:14:35,875 --> 01:14:39,813 And I've done a considerable amount of grieving already. 970 01:14:39,879 --> 01:14:41,815 - Was Stephen there? - Hmm? 971 01:14:41,881 --> 01:14:43,616 His son-in-law. 972 01:14:43,683 --> 01:14:46,453 Stephen Wyley? 973 01:14:47,587 --> 01:14:49,956 But... do you know him? 974 01:14:50,230 --> 01:14:52,292 I know him very well. 975 01:14:54,940 --> 01:14:56,830 He found out about me and Brooke. 976 01:14:56,896 --> 01:14:57,931 You tell him? 977 01:14:58,598 --> 01:15:00,100 No. Why would I? 978 01:15:00,166 --> 01:15:02,135 Cos you're The Beast. 979 01:15:03,269 --> 01:15:04,337 Stop that. 980 01:15:05,305 --> 01:15:07,741 Don't! 981 01:15:10,510 --> 01:15:13,130 I'm going to run you a cold bath. 982 01:15:14,314 --> 01:15:17,917 And you're going to remove your makeup, as... professionals do, 983 01:15:17,984 --> 01:15:20,353 and then you're going to lie in that bath until you sober up. 984 01:15:20,420 --> 01:15:23,189 And then we will have a constructive conversation 985 01:15:23,323 --> 01:15:26,626 about your wonderful new career. 986 01:15:28,294 --> 01:15:30,960 It won't be long. 987 01:15:30,764 --> 01:15:32,399 I'm going to the police. 988 01:15:34,267 --> 01:15:35,769 I'm going to the police! 989 01:15:35,902 --> 01:15:37,871 What? You what? 990 01:15:37,937 --> 01:15:40,373 I'm gonna tell them everything about the case. 991 01:15:40,440 --> 01:15:41,741 Might help with the case. 992 01:15:41,841 --> 01:15:45,111 There is no case. The man's in the ground. 993 01:15:45,178 --> 01:15:49,249 But it's important. People need to know the truth. 994 01:15:49,315 --> 01:15:51,885 I'll go to the papers! That's better. 995 01:15:51,951 --> 01:15:54,454 Stop. Think. 996 01:15:55,722 --> 01:15:56,890 It's over. 997 01:15:58,358 --> 01:15:59,526 He's dead. 998 01:16:01,561 --> 01:16:05,365 -The distinguished thing. -Precisely. 999 01:16:06,566 --> 01:16:10,470 And what will it say when we meet it? 1000 01:16:11,471 --> 01:16:13,173 How will it judge us? 1001 01:16:13,707 --> 01:16:15,742 There's no judgement day. 1002 01:16:15,809 --> 01:16:19,579 Here is life. No God, no justice. 1003 01:16:19,646 --> 01:16:24,517 Just... two people and a room. 1004 01:16:26,653 --> 01:16:28,788 We did what we did. 1005 01:16:29,723 --> 01:16:32,325 And now we have to live with it. 1006 01:16:41,167 --> 01:16:44,700 It's ****ing freezing! 1007 01:16:44,137 --> 01:16:45,538 It'll do you good. 1008 01:16:48,408 --> 01:16:51,110 Do you share your baths with Tom? 1009 01:16:52,712 --> 01:16:54,848 Not for years. 1010 01:16:56,750 --> 01:16:58,218 Where is he? 1011 01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:01,154 He'll be back soon. 1012 01:17:03,390 --> 01:17:05,291 You've got a little boat. 1013 01:17:05,358 --> 01:17:08,228 And you're welcome to play with it. 1014 01:17:10,263 --> 01:17:12,799 Can I add some hot water, please? 1015 01:17:13,533 --> 01:17:17,704 - You're not sober yet. - Oh, come on! 1016 01:17:18,738 --> 01:17:21,641 - Fine. - Mmm! 1017 01:17:23,276 --> 01:17:25,178 Did you really love my Olivia, 1018 01:17:25,245 --> 01:17:27,947 or did you just rave to enlist me? 1019 01:17:28,882 --> 01:17:30,950 I thought you were magnificent. 1020 01:17:32,552 --> 01:17:35,121 - I always will. - Really? 1021 01:17:36,456 --> 01:17:39,920 Oh, yes. 1022 01:17:42,950 --> 01:17:44,197 Maybe I should tell Stephen's wife 1023 01:17:44,264 --> 01:17:47,600 about her father and me. 1024 01:17:48,601 --> 01:17:49,969 And you. 1025 01:17:51,137 --> 01:17:53,390 And why would you do that? 1026 01:17:53,807 --> 01:17:55,809 Because you've driven me mad! 1027 01:17:55,875 --> 01:17:58,780 You've broken my heart. 1028 01:17:59,450 --> 01:18:01,848 Yes, I'm going to confess everything to Cora. 1029 01:18:01,981 --> 01:18:04,584 How'd you like that, Jimmy? 1030 01:18:22,869 --> 01:18:24,571 Jimmy? 1031 01:18:24,637 --> 01:18:26,306 We're here. 1032 01:18:43,323 --> 01:18:44,758 I should call for the police. 1033 01:18:44,824 --> 01:18:45,892 Oh, no, wait. 1034 01:18:45,959 --> 01:18:47,727 Um, think. 1035 01:18:47,794 --> 01:18:52,298 -No one knows she's here. -No. No. 1036 01:18:54,167 --> 01:18:55,835 I owe you my life. 1037 01:18:57,170 --> 01:18:58,605 But I won't. 1038 01:19:00,507 --> 01:19:05,345 Oh. You think you won't be implicated? 1039 01:19:06,546 --> 01:19:09,820 Think the law won't assume foul play? 1040 01:19:09,149 --> 01:19:11,217 A couple of queers with a corpse? 1041 01:19:12,552 --> 01:19:15,155 Well, I don't matter, but you? 1042 01:19:15,221 --> 01:19:20,260 Oh, no, no. Think about your future. 1043 01:19:22,328 --> 01:19:26,666 Just one final task, and then I promise... 1044 01:19:27,734 --> 01:19:30,370 I will set you free. 1045 01:20:51,418 --> 01:20:53,386 Are you here to visit Nina? 1046 01:20:54,821 --> 01:20:57,490 I'm a friend. Stephen Wyley. 1047 01:20:58,958 --> 01:21:02,629 I'm, um... Annabel Land, her mother. 1048 01:21:02,762 --> 01:21:04,931 Well, hello. 1049 01:21:04,998 --> 01:21:07,167 Hello. Good to meet you. 1050 01:21:07,967 --> 01:21:10,700 The dragon says that she's not here, 1051 01:21:10,136 --> 01:21:11,805 so I've been waiting all night. 1052 01:21:17,177 --> 01:21:19,179 Are you a close friend? 1053 01:21:20,380 --> 01:21:23,283 She... hasn't mentioned me? 1054 01:21:25,985 --> 01:21:29,489 Well, we... we've had a sort of a... falling-out. 1055 01:21:29,556 --> 01:21:31,658 But, uh... I'm completely mad about her. 1056 01:21:31,725 --> 01:21:33,727 I've come to beg her forgiveness. 1057 01:21:42,669 --> 01:21:46,600 She was found on a beach last night in Kent. 1058 01:21:49,342 --> 01:21:53,880 The police said her alcohol levels were really high. 1059 01:21:57,884 --> 01:21:59,486 Yeah, she... 1060 01:22:00,820 --> 01:22:02,856 She took her own life. 1061 01:22:03,623 --> 01:22:06,590 She'd attempted it before 1062 01:22:07,560 --> 01:22:09,996 when she was 16. 1063 01:22:27,247 --> 01:22:29,150 This drowned actress... 1064 01:22:29,949 --> 01:22:33,119 Is her passing a great loss to the British theatre? 1065 01:22:33,186 --> 01:22:35,388 An ordinary girl from ordinary stock. 1066 01:22:35,455 --> 01:22:38,425 A girl like our readers who, I don't know, lost her way. 1067 01:22:40,193 --> 01:22:43,163 Write it up, then. An appreciation. 1068 01:24:05,278 --> 01:24:07,914 The death of any promising young actress 1069 01:24:07,981 --> 01:24:09,315 is always a shock. 1070 01:24:09,449 --> 01:24:12,852 Regarding Miss Nina Land's recent passing, 1071 01:24:12,919 --> 01:24:15,455 it's tantamount to tragedy. 1072 01:24:15,522 --> 01:24:17,457 I raved about her, 1073 01:24:17,524 --> 01:24:21,610 and all too briefly, she tasted glory. 1074 01:24:22,195 --> 01:24:27,567 Who knows what demons drove poor Nina to her lonely grave? 1075 01:24:27,634 --> 01:24:31,805 Perhaps the same demons with which she summoned greatness 1076 01:24:31,871 --> 01:24:35,508 in her final performances on the London stage. 1077 01:25:27,894 --> 01:25:29,696 I'm sorry if my letter upset you. 1078 01:25:30,730 --> 01:25:32,966 Why have you stayed silent so long? 1079 01:25:34,434 --> 01:25:36,202 I was his accomplice. 1080 01:25:37,604 --> 01:25:39,272 In telling you, I risk imprisonment. 1081 01:25:40,440 --> 01:25:41,941 And yet, here you are. 1082 01:25:44,770 --> 01:25:45,545 I have a conscience. 1083 01:25:49,490 --> 01:25:50,750 You seem surprised. 1084 01:25:52,952 --> 01:25:53,987 A man with a conscience 1085 01:25:54,540 --> 01:25:56,222 would have stopped Mr Erskine a long time ago. 1086 01:25:57,570 --> 01:25:58,758 He was my friend. 1087 01:25:59,793 --> 01:26:03,363 I greatly admired him and he was kind to me. 1088 01:26:08,368 --> 01:26:09,769 So... 1089 01:26:13,640 --> 01:26:17,210 The letters he used to blackmail your father. 1090 01:26:32,359 --> 01:26:34,694 I assume you'll be wanting compensation. 1091 01:27:01,654 --> 01:27:03,230 No. 1092 01:27:05,825 --> 01:27:07,527 Justice. 1093 01:27:49,769 --> 01:27:54,407 Tom, did you follow the trial? 1094 01:27:55,675 --> 01:27:58,578 Did you see how I protected you? 1095 01:27:59,312 --> 01:28:02,816 "No, Your Honour, I acted alone." 1096 01:28:04,918 --> 01:28:09,220 I do regret the unpleasantness with Miss Land. 1097 01:28:09,890 --> 01:28:11,591 But, you see, she couldn't be trusted. 1098 01:28:11,725 --> 01:28:13,326 I had no choice. 1099 01:28:15,562 --> 01:28:18,498 In fact, I rather liked her. 1100 01:28:21,434 --> 01:28:24,337 Despite her crimes against the theatre, 1101 01:28:24,404 --> 01:28:27,974 she was sensationally gorgeous when drunk. 1102 01:28:30,210 --> 01:28:34,714 As for Mr Wyley and his oily little brush, 1103 01:28:34,781 --> 01:28:36,716 glad to be out of his awful painting. 1104 01:28:36,783 --> 01:28:40,620 Immortality in their company? No, thanks! 1105 01:28:43,560 --> 01:28:45,825 To the matter. 1106 01:28:45,892 --> 01:28:49,129 I've left you my entire estate. 1107 01:28:49,796 --> 01:28:55,802 It's not much. Furnishings, minor works of art, books. 1108 01:28:55,869 --> 01:28:59,572 And I've appointed you my literary executive. 1109 01:29:01,975 --> 01:29:05,145 Notoriety might inspire publication 1110 01:29:05,211 --> 01:29:07,847 of my uncollected essays. 1111 01:29:07,914 --> 01:29:12,552 You'll find them in the file you labelled "miscellaneous shit". 1112 01:29:18,124 --> 01:29:22,929 I encourage you to continue your education in the theatre. 1113 01:29:22,996 --> 01:29:26,990 I believe you have a talent for the trade. 1114 01:29:28,601 --> 01:29:33,390 I once thought you were too kind to plunge the dagger. 1115 01:29:33,106 --> 01:29:34,274 Events have revealed 1116 01:29:34,341 --> 01:29:37,177 you're made of stronger stuff than I knew. 1117 01:29:41,681 --> 01:29:46,520 Tom, you know where I am. 1118 01:29:46,353 --> 01:29:47,487 Do visit. 1119 01:29:50,156 --> 01:29:51,858 Please. 1120 01:29:53,260 --> 01:29:56,296 I won't be here forever.