:39:00
- Mr Kynaston, I must apologise...
- Oh, no, no.
:39:03
Please. Just a question, as you are
quite obviously going to audition today.
:39:07
Do you know the Five Positions
of Feminine Subjugation?
:39:11
What?
:39:13
The Five Positions
of Feminine Subjugation. No?
:39:16
Or perhaps you're more acquainted
with the Pose of Tragic Acceptance?
:39:20
Or the Demeanour of Awe and Terror?
:39:22
- Mr Kynaston...
- The Supplicant's Clasp?
:39:24
Or the Attitude of Prostrate...
:39:25
Funny, you've seen me perform them
a thousand times.
:39:28
- Mr Kynaston!
- Now, there's a feminine gesture.
:39:31
You seem to have managed
the Stamp of Girlish Petulance.
:39:37
I just wanted to act.
:39:38
- I just wanted to do what you do.
- But, madam,
:39:41
I have worked half my life to do what I do.
:39:45
14 boys crammed in a cellar.
:39:47
When I trained, I was not permitted to
wear a woman's dress for three years.
:39:51
I was not permitted to wear a wig for four,
not until I had proved
:39:54
that I had eliminated every masculine gesture,
every masculine intonation, from my very being.
:39:58
What teacher did you have?
What cellar was your home?
:40:01
I had no teacher, nor such a classroom.
:40:03
But then, I had less need of training.
:40:06
At any rate, Mr Kynaston,
I thank you for the professional advice.
:40:09
But I did not come here today to audition.
:40:12
Oh, come, I saw Sedley downstairs
singing your praises...
:40:15
What he does is his business.
:40:17
Sir Charles has taken an interest in me.
:40:20
Oh, Sir Charles! Sir Charles?
:40:22
Other actors have aristocratic patrons.
Whom would you rather take me in hand?
:40:26
I did not come here to audition.
I only came to the theatre today
:40:30
- to collect my belongings...
- Well...
:40:32
But now, sir!
:40:34
Oh, now...
:40:38
Oh, lest I forget.
:40:41
Your advance, sir.
:40:43
You'll be pleased to know it was your generosity
that bought last night's performance.
:40:48
Put paid.
:40:50
With interest.
:40:54
You want to pay me
to watch an audition?
:40:57
This could start a trend.
Who is your protégé?