1:56:02
I was indeed, sir. How are you?
1:56:05
Quite well, thank you.
1:56:07
I believe a good night's sleep
will cure all ills.
1:56:09
That I took to be the case.
1:56:12
Your performances were,
on the whole, promising.
1:56:15
Which is more than can be said,
alas, for that of the sliding doors.
1:56:20
One of which might have
thought it was in Japan.
1:56:23
The other was labouring under the
delusion it was on holiday in Yorkshire.
1:56:30
- Where was the man?
- Rest assured, Mr Barker...
1:56:33
...that tomorrow night
he will be with us in Japan.
1:56:35
Capital.
1:56:37
Now. Cuts. There is only one.
1:56:40
In Act Two, the Mikado's song.
1:56:48
- I beg your pardon, Mr Gilbert?
- Yes, Miss Brandram.
1:56:50
Surely you can't mean Mr Temple's solo?
1:56:54
That is exactly what I mean.
1:56:57
- I do think that's a shame, sir.
- It's a dreadful shame.
1:57:00
Hear, hear.
1:57:07
- My dear Mr Gilbert.
- Temple.
1:57:09
I am fully aware that the standard of
my singing was not quite up to the mark.
1:57:13
Your singing was exemplary, Temple.
1:57:16
But I can assure you that once
I have mastered the leg business...
1:57:21
...I shall most certainly
be at liberty to serve the lyric.
1:57:24
I do apologise.
I have not made myself clear.
1:57:27
My decision to cut the song in no way
reflects upon your performance...
1:57:31
...which was fine in every respect.
1:57:33
Fault, if there is one,
lies in my obtuse decision...
1:57:36
...to write the thing in the first place.
1:57:39
I have nothing more to say.
Thank you very much. Sullivan?
1:57:42
Excuse me.
1:57:53
Ladies and gentlemen.
1:57:54
If I might presume to take
a few more moments of your time.
1:57:59
I should like to thank
you all most passionately...