Stage Beauty
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1:30:00
- This next exchange of lines comes fast.
- Why?

1:30:03
We want to get to the murder
faster than they expect.

1:30:06
How can I say things like,
"While I say one prayer," fast?

1:30:08
No, you're not in charge
of this part of the scene, the Moor is.

1:30:11
The Moor says his lines fast. You have
to slap your words in as fast as you can.

1:30:15
- Go.
- Alas, he is betray'd, and I undone!

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Out, strumpet!
Weep'st thou for him to my face?

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O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not!
1:30:21
- Down, strumpet!
- Kill me tomorrow!

1:30:23
- Nay, if you strive...
- But half an hour!

1:30:25
- Being done, there is no pause.
- But while I say one prayer!

1:30:27
It is too late.
1:30:33
See what comes out of rehearsal?
1:30:39
- I had planned to scream anyway.
- Good for you.

1:30:43
Throw me on the bed, kill me.
1:30:45
- No.
- We have to finish this off.

1:30:47
Save something for the moment.
1:30:49
Always do something different than you
planned. Good to throw yourself a bit.

1:30:53
Recall what we've done to this point.
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Then when you die...
1:30:59
...surprise me.
1:31:03
But how do I know
Mr Betterton will do as you have done?

1:31:05
You don't. Because he won't.
1:31:14
- Right, ready to go?
- Yes. I'm playing the Moor.

1:31:18
- I beg your pardon?
- Mrs Hughes insists.

1:31:20
- Mrs Hughes?
- I do.

1:31:22
But does he even know the part?
1:31:24
- Yes, he knows it.
- Right, now I'll need bootblack.

1:31:27
- I have bootblack.
- With you?

1:31:29
A scuff, sir, is a dreadful thing.
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Now, out, all of you.
1:31:51
Mr Kynaston.
1:31:52
My thanks.

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