1:23:01
the King is coming to see the show tonight
1:23:04
and I need a Desdemona by eight o'clock.
1:23:06
Right, who's available?
1:23:07
There is only one actress in London
I'm aware of who knows the part,
1:23:11
and is currently between bookings.
1:23:14
I won't do it!
1:23:15
But didn't you hear him? It's for the King!
1:23:18
- But I'm no good.
- Well, that never stopped you before.
1:23:21
My dear, the King comes tonight
to decide whether to patronise my theatre again.
1:23:25
If we put him off, he'll know something's up!
You must play, Mrs Hughes!
1:23:32
What do you intend to do about this?
1:23:51
I can't play Desdemona.
1:23:53
I never could.
1:23:59
I don't know how to act.
1:24:07
Where is he?
1:24:09
If you could just take her in hand.
1:24:11
Teach her some tricks and turns.
1:24:13
Most of the play she'll get by,
it's the end that's bad.
1:24:17
When she dies.
1:24:19
She... she's no good!
1:24:22
I say this as a friend.
1:24:23
Mr Kynaston, have you ever seen
Mrs Hughes on the stage?
1:24:26
I saw her audition, that was enough.
1:24:28
Why? What's she like?
1:24:30
You.
1:24:31
She does you.
1:24:33
Every inflection, every bat of the eye,
bits of business, vocal tricks...
1:24:37
- Then she shouldn't be half-bad.
- But it doesn't work!
1:24:44
Forgive me.
1:24:45
I have spoken loudly.
1:24:49
Did she send you here?
1:24:51
No one knows we've come
1:24:57
What do you offer me...