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Say what you want.
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I want to act.
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Then act.
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I want to act as I did before.
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- The girls' parts?
- If you will.
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I won't. Balance the scales, Kynaston,
give the girls a chance.
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Besides...
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it's a sop to the Church.
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Priests always preach
about boys playing women.
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They say it leads
to effeminacy and sodomy.
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Well, they'd know, they're priests.
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Act a man, Kynaston.
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How hard could it be?
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It is not a question of acting a man.
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I can act a man.
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There's no artistry in that.
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There are things that I can be
as a woman that I cannot be as a man.
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- Such as?
A star.
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No, I think Mr Kynaston could be
a star in any guise.
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If indeed there is no artistry
in acting a man,
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then show us.
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Be a man for us and perhaps
His Majesty will change his mind
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as to whether you can play a woman.
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Yes, perform a soliloquy
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that displays all that is bold and strong
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and masculine in a man.
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Let's see you as...
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...Othello.