courtier's, soldier's, scholar's...
- Again.
- What was wrong?
You know what was wrong. Again.
She has done this speech
20 times this afternoon.
And she will do it 20 more.
No-one has worked like this
in the history of the theatre
- Exactly.
- O what a noble mind is here o'erthrown
The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's,
eye, tongue, sword...
and I
of ladies most deject and wretched
that sucked the honey of his music vows
O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown.
The courtier's,
soldier's, scholar's,
eye, tongue,
sword,
and I,
of ladies most deject and wretched
that sucked the honey of his music vows
O, woe is me.
To see what I have seen.
O, see what I see.
And there's some fennel for you
and columbine.
And there's rue for you.
And here's some for me.
We may call it herb of grace o' Sundays.
O, you must wear your rue with a difference.
He is gone
And we...
cast away, moan.
God have mercy on his soul
And of all ye Christian souls
No-one likes a clever bastard.
I pray God
God be wi' ye
Well, Lizzie, my congratulations.
Thank you, Mr Harris.
Will you take the air with me?
I was thinking...
a drink.
Lord Rochester left at the curtain.
Then I shall take the air alone.
Good night.
Go on!
My lord.
Hurry!
Argh!
John.
Madam, this driveway will not do.
Good afternoon, my lord.
You sent no warning of your arrival.
The road is not functional
and the grounds are a swamp.
If you were here more often,
you'd know that Oxfordshire is not a dry county.
It is a good thing that John devote himself
to the House. I will not hear him reproved for it.
lunderstood that he was devoting himself
to an engagement in the theatre.
That would not be appropriate
for a man of breeding.
Anyone can drink.
Only a few can match my determination.
We who are nobility
rise above the calls of the flesh.
It is true.
We have our strength of will, do we not?
I hope we do.
But supposing we are perverse,
and use our will to bad ends?
Then we search deep inside ourselves,
and we tear out the evil.
Tear deeper, Mother.
Lizzie Barry!
Lizzie Barry!
Lizzie Barry!
I ran away from your love
and now I run towards i
Test my love in any way you see fi!
Test me!
I will not fail!
15.
Get back some of the money I lost
on Lizzie "Horseface" Barry.
Yes, how is that little caper going, Johnny?
I hear she charges by the minute.
Come on, Johnny. All gentlemen together.
You're not a gentleman, George.
You were trained as a lawyer.
And you write plays for money.
Oh, yes. And what about your commission
from the King? Does that not count?
That is quite different.
"Different"? Of course.
May one enquire
how the great work progresses?
Written the first line yet?
I, at least, do not plagiarise the wit of my friends
and pass it off as my own.
Come on, Johnny, be fair.Sit!
What was the wager?
The wager was 15 guineas.
My Lord, the actress Elizabeth Barry's outside.
She will wait.
She's very insistent.
She is a whore and she will wait!
It's a made hand!
I was not good in the play this afternoon.
I craved reassurance.
All I could think about was you.
You see, that is where there is still
imbalance between us.
Because you demand
so much of me and so little of yourself.
You took my small gift and polished it
until it shone.
Yet your own great gift you just throw away.
There.
You see? I went too far.
A trait which in you is fascinating,
but in me is a fault.
"And wit was his vain, frivolous pretence,
of pleasing others at his own expense. "
Lizzie Barry.
Read me some more.
KING CHARLES ll:
I keep coming back to the French
- There they are, the envy of Europe.
- They keep a nice class of brothel.
Of course. They're a bunch of cunts.
That's not the point.
Ineed money and they can provide it, and
I won't hide it from you, Johnny, things