:32:01
No, Kynaston,
Desdemona is yours alone. Ha, ha!
:32:05
Well, but if I may, sir...
:32:08
A part doesn't belong to an actor,
an actor belongs to a part.
:32:13
Don't you agree, sir?
:32:21
Don't know.
:32:23
Do you agree, Mr Kynaston?
:32:25
Oh, well, there have been
other Desdemonas before me, sir.
:32:29
There will be more after. In fact, the Duke of
Buckingham saw another one just last night.
:32:33
Did you, Your Grace?
:32:35
George, what performance
does Mr Kynaston refer to?
:32:38
You showed me the fly bill.
:32:40
I think I have it. Yes, here it is.
:32:47
The Cockpit Tavern.
:32:49
Yes, that was name of the theatre, wasn't it?
:32:51
Well, it wasn't strictly a theatre.
:32:54
"The woman...
:32:56
plays today
:32:58
Mrs Margaret..."
:33:04
Mrs Hughes.
:33:05
Is this you?
:33:09
Yes.
:33:11
You?
:33:14
A woman?
:33:15
Performed in a play?
:33:18
In a public theatre
against the order of the Crown?
:33:23
As His Grace said, it's not a real theatre.
:33:26
It's more a sort of tavern,
and hence, outside...
:33:29
I am the First Minister, Mrs Hughes.
:33:32
I know what the law...
:33:34
Mrs Hughes.
:33:36
This performance of yours,
was it too a one-off?
:33:40
Well, sir, it certainly was novel.
:33:43
But we had hoped to have more chances.
:33:45
That's the tricky thing about novelty.
:33:47
Do it more than once, it's not novel any more.
:33:50
That may be true, Mr Kynaston.
:33:51
But in the theatre, I am told,
there are no old shows, just new audiences.
:33:55
Ha!
:33:56
- Are you going to do it again?
- She most certainly is not.
:33:59
Sir, I insist you issue a proclamation