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CHECK, CHECK, CHECK.
NINETY-FOUR.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
ONE TWO, ONE TWO.
NINETY-FIVE.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
NINETY-SIX.
ONE, TWO
NINETY-SEVEN
ONE. ONE, ONE, TWO
NINETY-EIGHT
CHECK CHECK, ONE, TWO, ONE.
NINETY-NINE.
ONE.
ONE-HUNDRED
ONE. CHECK CHECK, ONE TWO. ONE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE.
AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW.
(Bells Ringing)
SHAKESPEARE IS A PLAYWRIGHT, AS BEN JOHNSON SAID,
NOT FOR AN AGE BUT FOR ALL TIME,
IS THE PRINCIPAL UPON WHICH THIS FESTIVAL OPERATES.
WE'RE NOT A MUSEUM OR AN ANTIQUE SHOP.
WE'RE AN ARTIST'S STUDIO,
WHERE WE CREATE NEW WORKS OF ART EACH SEASON.
OR TO SWITCH METAPHORS, WE'RE A GOURMET RESTAURANT
CREATING GREAT FEASTS OF LANGUAGE.
HAVE A GOOD SHOW.
THANKS GRAHAM, YOU TOO. HAVE FUN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PART 2 BEGINNERS...
PART TWO BEGINNERS, ENTER YOUR FRONT POSITIONS THANK YOU.
MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE,
PLAY ON... THERE IS VIRTUE IN THAT... FALSTAFF...
HIM, KEEP WITH, THE REST, BANISH!
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, VIRGINIA WOOLF, VIRGINIA WOOLF.
(LAUGHING)
YOU CAN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE
FEELING YOU'RE ACTING SO BADLY.
AN EQUAL POUND OF YOUR FAIR FLESH
TO BE CUT OFF AND TAKEN IN WHAT PART OF YOUR BODY PLEASETH ME.
THIS STORY SHALL THE GOOD MAN TEACH HIS SON.
AND CRISP AND CRISPIAN SHALL NE'ER GO BY FROM THIS DAY
UNTO THE ENDING OF THE WORLD,
BUT WE IN IT, SHALL BE REMEMBERED.
WE FEW. WE HAPPY FEW.
WE BAND OF BROTHERS.
FOR HE TODAY THAT SHEDS HIS BLOOD WITH ME
SHALL BE MY BROTHER.
BE HE NEVER SO VILE,
THIS DAY SHALL GENTLE HIS CONDITION.
AND GENTLEMEN IN ENGLAND NOW ABED
SHALL THINK THEMSELVES ACCURSED THEY WERE NOT HERE,
AND HOLD THEIR MANHOOD'S CHEAP
WHILES ANY SPEAK THAT FOUGHT WITH US UPON ST. CRISPIN'S DAY.
UUUH.
HUH.
HUH.
GOOD. NO, YOU HAVE TO LET YOURSELF STILL BE. YOU'RE NOT.
'CAUSE YOUR... IT'S THE BREATH - ISN'T CONNECTED THERE
AND THAT'S OKAY. RIGHT? IT'S ALRIGHT.
GOOD. YEAH.
SO BEND A LITTLE. YEAH, YEAH.
GOOD. GOOD.
YEAH, FURTHER. FURTHER. THERE.
HA.
YEAH. FEEL THAT?
Yeah.
THERE IT IS. THAT'S BETTER.
GOOD. NOW GOOD, YOU FIND YOUR OWN RHYTHM, RIGHT.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT MINE. IT'S A LITTLE-
YOURS IS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN MINE.
SO YOU GO WITH IT.
SO IT'S LIKE I DO MY LITTLE DANCE; YOU DO YOURS. HEY.
HEY.
JUST GO THERE, RIGHT. OKAY, EASY AGAIN. SO...
HA
HA.
IT'S THERE. JUST BREATHE THERE.
BIG, BIG, BIG BREATH INTO THE CHEST. GREAT BIG CHADABADA.
GOOD. GOOD. CHEEKS. THERE. HI.
HI.
THAT'S IT. GOOD. GOOD. AGAIN, BREATHE UP HERE, BREATHE
BIG... BREATHE BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG, LET IT GO.
HERE CHEEKS, CHEEKS. HI.
HI.
HI.
HI. I KNOW. I KNOW. NOBODY LIKES TO DO IT.
HI. GIRLIE, I KNOW. LET IT BE GIRLIE.
BE A LITTLE GIRL. GIRLIE.
HI.
HI.
DO.
DO.
DOOOOO.
DOOOOO.
OH THAT'S INTERESTING. OKAY.
(Panting)
AND LET IT GO. THAT'S IT NOW. JUST JUST BREATHE THERE GENTLE.
NOW YOU BREATHE THERE AND HOOK THAT ACROSS - YEAH. IT'S LIKE -
I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
YEAH. I HAVE A SECRET, RIGHT?
YEAH. (LAUGHS)
SO IT'S ALWAYS ON THAT BUBBLE. IT'S ALWAYS ALIVE, RIGHT?
SO IT CAN BE... THERE. THERE, THERE. NOW. HI.
HI.
HEY.
HEY.
HEY YOU.
HEY YOU.
HEY YOU.
HEY YOU.
YEAH. HEY YOU.
HEY YOU.
GOOD.
SUFFER THE CONDITION OF THESE TIMES
TO LAY A HEAVY AND UNEQUAL HAND UPON OUR HONOURS...
...THIS HAS BEEN A DIGRESSION FROM MY PURPOSE.
HERE COME I FROM OUR PRINCELY GENERAL TO KNOW YOUR GRIEFS,
TO TELL YOU FROM HIS GRACE THAT HE WILL GIVE YOU AUDIENCE.
AND WHEREIN IT DOES APPEAR THAT YOUR DEMANDS ARE JUST.
YOU SHALL ENJOY THEM.
MOWBRAY, YOU OVERWEEN TO TAKE IT SO; THIS OFFER COMES FROM MERCY,
NOT FROM FEAR.
GOOD. THAT THAT'S THE LINE-
WHERE YOU NEED TO GET YOUR LEGS BACK UNDER YOU.
RIGHT, RIGHT... OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD,
OH MY GOD. HE'S TALKING, HE'S TALKING, HE'S TALKING,
HE'S TALKING, HE'S TALKING, HE'S TALKING -
YOU'RE AN ***, RIGHT?
YOU WANT ME TO SAY THAT?
ABSOLUTELY. BUT YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, RIGHT? YOU KNOW?
WHAT WHAT WHATEVER... YOU KNOW? BOOM.
...IN THE FRONT REST LINE?
YEAH, SAME PLACE, THANKS.
MOWBRAY YOU OVERWEEN TO TAKE IT SO.
THIS OFFER COMES FROM MERCY, NOT FROM FEAR.
WELL BY MY WILL, WE WILL ADMIT NO PARLEY.
THAT ARGUES BUT THE SHAME OF YOUR OFFENCE.
HAST THE PRINCE JOHN A FULL COMMISSION?
YEAH. YOU SEE I...
I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
OKAY.
TO TO LEAVE THIS. IT, IT SEEMS, IT SEEMS LIKE A BAD PLOY.
IT'S ABOUT RE-ESTABLISHING YOUR STRENGTH
AND YOUR NEGOTIATING POSITION, YOU KNOW?
I WAS GONNA TALK, I WAS GONNA TALK TO HIM
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO INTERRUPT,
I'LL DEAL WITH YOU.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S COMING ACROSS BY TURNING AWAY.
IT, IT LOOKS PEEVISH.
I WANT TO SAY - WELL I WANT TO SAY IT TO THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW?
THIS, THIS GUY'S AN IDIOT.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW? BUT...
BUT, BUT I, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING -
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT JUST STANDING,
STANDING THERE AND JUST TELLING HIM THAT.
SO SO ONE HOLDS BACK FROM THE EMOTION
BUT BUT BUT BUT COMMITS TO,
YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S PACINO IN GOD FATHER III YOU KNOW -
YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH ME? I'LL DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.
YOU CAN'T.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THAT MUCH TO SAY-
ABOUT THIS PLAY.
BUT I WANT TO SAY IT RIGHT NOW, SO YOU REMEMBER THIS.
YOU KNOW AS ARTISTS,
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT BE- PERSONAL BELIEFS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT
AND WHAT IS WRONG.
THOUGH YOU CAN.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS PRESENT THE ARGUMENT.
PRESENT BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT
LIKE A GOOD SHAVIAN PLAY.
AND LET THEM DECIDE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ART DOES.
MISS BROWN. YOU ARE A TEACHER
AT THE HILLSBOROUGH CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL?
YES.
SO YOU'VE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THE DEFENDANT,
MR. CATES PROFESSIONALLY?
YES.
IS MR. CATES A MEMBER OF THE SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY
TO WHICH YOU BELONG?
OBJECTION.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS CHATTER ABOUT SPIRITUAL COMMUNITIES.
IF THE PROSECUTION WANTS TO KNOW
IF THEY GO TO THE SAME CHURCH, WHY DOESN'T HE ASK IT?
IT IS FEARFULLY ENDANGERING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THIS COURT.
A MAN IS ON TRIAL.
A THINKING MAN!
AND HE IS THREATENED WITH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT
BECAUSE HE CHOOSES TO SAY,
TO SPEAK WHAT HE THINKS.
COLONEL DRUMMOND WOULD YOU PLEASE REPHRASE YOUR QUESTION.
WELL LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, HOWARD -
ALL THIS FUSS AND FEATHERS ABOUT EVOLUTION.
DO YOU THINK IT HURT YOU ANY?
MR. SILLERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY PERSONAL OPINIONS
WITH REGARD TO THE DEFENDANT THAT MIGHT PREJUDI... PREJUDI...
PREJ... PREJUDICE YOU ON HIS BEHALF.
I DON'T HARDLY KNOW HIM.
THIS IS THE LAST THEATRE GAME WE PLAY.
THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN'T SING LIKE ME, SHUT UP.
A ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, OVER THE HILLS AND EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, THAT JESUS CHRIST IS BORN ♪
♪ WHILE SHEPHERDS KEPT THEIR WATCHING, ♪
♪ OVER SILENT FLOCKS BY NIGHT ♪
♪ BEHOLD THROUGHOUT THE HEAVENS THAT HAILED THE SAVIOUR'S BIRTH
♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, OVER THE HILLS AND EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, THAT JESUS CHRIST IS BORN ♪
WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE DESIGNED A TRUCK
THAT WILL BE USED FOR BOTH THE ARRIVAL SCENE OF BRADY
AND THE REVIVAL SCENE.
YOU'LL JUST GET PUSHED STRAIGHT DOWNSTAGE.
THERE'S A HANDRAIL TO HOLD ONTO AT THE FRONT HERE.
UH THIS IS A LOT EASIER FOR YOU PEOPLE WITH QUARTER INCH PUMPS
SO THERE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COLUMNS HERE
WITH IN BETWEEN THEM, IS A LIGHTBOX THAT HAS A PAINTING.
AND IT'S TAKEN FROM SOME NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTINGS,
GENERIC SMALL TOWN AMERICA.
SO BETWEEN THESE TWO COLUMNS IS A LIGHT BOX.
THERE'S ANOTHER COLUMN THAT SITS HERE,
AND THERE'S ANOTHER LIGHT BOX THAT SUSPENDS FROM THAT COLUMN
TO A COLUMN HERE.
ITS PRESENTATIONAL QUALITY IS FAIRLY FORMED...
AND THAT'S IT.
NO IT ISN'T.
IS THERE MORE?
WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THE ONE THING...
OH I'M SORRY!
...THAT'S ON ALL OUR MINDS.
I'M SORRY.
THE ONLY THING WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN.
I'M SORRY.
THE MONKEY!
I GUARANTEE I WON'T ASK ANY ACTOR
FOR ANY MORE EXPRESSIONS, THAN THE MONKEY MAKES.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS REALLY HAPPENED.
I THINK WHAT I SAID WAS "A PUPPET, THAT'S KIND OF HOKEY".
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RADIO CONTROLLED PUPPET,
WHICH WOULD BE OPERATED FROM THE BOOTH.
UM, THEY SAID HE COULD WATCH THINGS GO BY.
OOP. (Laugh)
SEE, I'M NOT USED TO IT. LOOK UP. LOOK DOWN.
IT'S THOSE LITTLE TINY MOVEMENTS THAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE
WOULD BE WHAT I WANT.
IS THAT A STUFFED MONKEY OR IS THERE A REAL MONKEY?
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GOES "EEK, EEK".
YOU GO, OH. NOBODY'S NEAR HER. SO IT'S THAT.
I THINK IT'S THAT KIND OF MOVEMENT. IN MY MIND ANYWAY.
IT'S THAT LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THE EYES,
LITTLE MOVEMENT OF HIS SNEER, LITTLE...
YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE WATCH YOU,
YOU CAN NEVER THREAD YOUR NEEDLE?
(LAUGHS)
THESE ARE FOR "INHERIT THE WIND"?
THESE ARE ALL FOR "INHERIT THE WIND".
THIS IS THE ONLY SHOW THAT I'M BUILDING AT THE MOMENT.
UM, ALL THE OTHER SHOWS DON'T SEEM TO HAVE HATS.
BUT SINCE IT'S SET IN THE MIDWEST
AND OF THAT TIME PERIOD,
ALL THE MEN GET BOATERS OR PANAMAS
AND ALL THE WOMEN GET HATS AS WELL.
♪...WORLD AND DISTANT STAR.
♪ HE WHO CALLS THE EARTH TO ORDER.
♪ IS AROUND OF WHAT WE ARE.
♪ GOD WHO SPOKE IN THE BEGINNING,
♪ HAS THE FIRST AND FINAL WORD.
SO THIS IS THE AUDITORIUM EMPTY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STAGE.
IT WAS DESIGNED BY TANYA MOISEIWITSCH,
UH, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE FIRST ARTISTIC DIRECTOR,
TYRONE GUTHRIE, WHO WANTED A THEATRE
THAT WAS LIKE THE GREEK THEATRE, EPIDAURAS.
SO I THINK IT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.
IT UH, HE WANTED THIS KIND OF STAGE
TO REFLECT THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE
BECAUSE HE WANTED THE SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTIONS
TO MOVE VERY, VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
THEY HAVE TO KEEP MOVING IN THIS, IN THIS UH, THEATRE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET ALL THE PEOPLE, YOU SEE.
SO IT MAKES FOR GREAT MOVEMENT.
AND THE TRICK OF IT, FOR AN ACTOR,
IS TO PRETEND YOU'RE IN A ROOM.
SO I CAN TALK TO YOU LIKE THIS.
THEY SEE ME. THEY SEE ME.
THOSE PEOPLE SEE YOU.
SO WE HAVE A CONVERSATION,
INSTEAD OF HAVING A CONVERSATION WHERE
IN THE ITALIAN STAGE THERE'S A PROSCENIUM ARCH -
YOU HAVE TO TALK LIKE THIS, AND PRETEND YOU'RE NATURAL.
THE DIRECTOR'S JOB
IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S SEEN ALL THE TIME
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STAGING,
IF CAN CLOSE YOUR EARS,
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE STORY IN THE WAY THEY MOVE.
UM AND, AND IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL,
WORKING ON THIS STAGE, TO CREATE THE PATTERNS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DANCE SOMETIMES.
YEA!
NOW WAIT! STOP! HOLD, HOLD!
THANK YOU EVERYBODY, THANK YOU.
SO CAN YOU COME RIGHT DOWN?
AND THAT MEANS BUSINESS SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU.
AND CAN YOU SCREAM?
OKAY.
CAN YOU DO IT?
YEAH.
LET ME HEAR IT.
(SCREAMS)
SAY HOWARD.
HOWARD!
OKAY. SO AFTER YOU DELIVER THIS AMAZING PIECE OF INFORMATION,
GET OUT OF THE WAY
AND THEN CALEB YOU COME IN TO TAKE THE CROWD.
HEY, YOU'VE GOT...
YEAH, YOU SAY YOUR LINE. OKAY?
HERE, YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM PETE? ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE?
AND THIS... IT'S OPERATED FROM THE BOOTH.
FROM THE BOOTH.
IT'S NOT OPERATED BY THE GUY
WHO'S, WHO BRINGS IT ON THE STAGE.
NO. NO.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
NOW HAVE YOU COME TO TESTIFY FOR THE PROSECUTION
OR FOR THE DEFENCE?
(AS MONKEY) *** OFF. (LAUGHING)
NO COMMENT?
THEY'RE TECH... THEY'RE TECHING THIS IN REHEARSAL HALL THREE.
NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
SO BUT THIS IS FROM TIM O'GORMAN
BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOING THROUGH THE LIGHTING BOARD, RIGHT?
NO.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REHEARSAL HALL?
WELL YOU HAVE TO TECH THIS, SO WE HAVE TO CREATE MOVES
SO I CAN CALL CUES, RIGHT?
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
MONKEY GO. MONKEY GO. MONKEY GO AND...
JUST LIKE YOU'RE TALKING TO AN ACTOR RIGHT?
YEAH, EXACTLY. (LAUGHING) AND SO, UH...
THIS MONKEY'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO WORK WITH
THAN THE OTHER MONKEYS WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW...
TRY THE TURN GUYS. GO. DROP AND THEN JUST SWITCH... (LAUGHING)
DO YOU LIKE THE FIRST WAY OR THE SECOND WAY?
SECOND WAY.
OKAY. SO WE TURN... TURN RIGHT...
YOU'RE HERE GUYS.
YOU'RE HERE. JUST DROP TO THIS AND THEN PICK UP THE SECOND.
WHAT WELL APPOINTED LEADER, FRONTS US HERE?
I THINK IT IS MY LORD OF WESTMOUNT.
RIGHT BEFORE THE, THE CROSS WITH THE ARMIES, SO YEAH...
JOHN'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THE EYES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, EVERYBODY.
THAT, THAT LITTLE NOTE THAT JOHN GAVE YOU YESTERDAY
ABOUT WHEN YOU PASS SOMEBODY,
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL
WHEN BERNIE'S ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT EYES,
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT.
SO, I, I THEN START SEARCHING OUT PEOPLE'S EYES
AND, AND SO THE TIMES I CATCH PEOPLE NOT LOOKING AT PEOPLE,
OR, OR WORRYING ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO FIX THOSE.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU GUYS LOOKING
AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO ZERO IN ON THAT, OKAY?
THE MORE YOU CAN MAINTAIN THAT EYE CONTACT
AND THE ISOMETRICS TO WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING NEXT,
THE STRONGER IT IS.
FULLY COMMIT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CROSS.
CAN WE DO IT ONCE PLEASE?
I SENT YOUR GRACE, THE PARCELS AND PARTICULARS OF OUR GRIEFS.
THE WHICH HATH BEEN WITH SCORN
SHOVED FROM THE COURT WHEREON THIS HYDRA SON OF WAR IS BORN,
WHOSE DANGEROUS EYES MAY WELL BE CHARMED ASLEEP
WITH GRANT OF OUR MOST JUST AND RIGHT DESIRES...
(SOUNDS OF SOLDIERS FIGHTING)
(Scream)
THE KING IS KIND,
AND WELL WE KNOW THE KING KNOWS AT WHAT TIME
TO PROMISE WHEN TO PAY.
GOOD. NOW YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF YOURSELF, RIGHT?
STAY ON KIND AND THEN GO WITH IMPULSE, RIGHT?
RIGHT.
OKAY.
THE KING IS KIND.
AND WELL WE KNOW THE KING KNOWS AT WHAT TIME
TO PROMISE WHEN TO PAY.
GOOD. THAT WAS STILL, IT'S CLOSER ON KIND
BUT IT'S STILL NOT THERE.
I MEAN IT'S, IT'S BETTER BUT YOU HAVE TO...
WELL YOU KNOW WHAT I'M DOING...
WHAT?
AT THIS MOMENT, HE SAYS THIS
AND EVERY REBEL WITHIN EARSHOT TURNS TO ME.
RIGHT, OKAY.
I-I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T,
LIKE I'LL FIGHT THE KING AND HIS WHOLE ARMY MYSELF.
BUT IT'S FOR THE LIVES OF THESE LADS, YOU KNOW,
WHO, WHO WANT WHAT I WANT.
BUT ALSO DON'T WANT TO DIE, YOU KNOW? THEY WANT TO...
RIGHT.
AND SO I JUST, I THINK I'M MAKE...
I THINK I'M THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT.
YEAH.
I THINK I HAVE TO CONSIDER IT BUT ULTIMATELY I HAVE TO...
YOU HAVE TO SPEAK FROM YOURSELF.
YEAH, SPEAK FROM MYSELF.
MY FATHER IN KIND HEART AND PITY MOVED SWORE HIM ASSISTANCE
AND PERFORM'D IT TOO.
NOW. WHEN THE LORDS AND BARONS OF THE REALM
PERCEIVED NORTHUMBERLAND DID LEAN TO HIM...
YEAH SO?
...THE MORE AND LESS CAME WITH CAP AND KNEE.
MET HIM IN BOROUGHS, CITIES, VILLAGES,
ATTENDED HIM ON BRIDGES. STOOD IN LANES.
LAID GIFTS BEFORE HIM. PROFFER'D HIM THEIR OATHS.
GAVE HIM THEIR HEIRS AS PAGES.
FOLLOW'D HIM EVEN AT THE HEELS IN GOLDEN MULTITUDES.
HE PRESENTLY...
WHAT?
...AS GREATNESS KNOWS ITSELF
WHAT?
...STEPS ME A LITTLE HIGHER THAN HIS VOW.
YES?
...AND NOW FORSOOTH TAKES ON HIM TO REFORM.
CRIES OUT UPON ABUSES.
SEEMS TO WEEP OVER HIS COUNTRY'S WRONGS
AND BY HIS FACE,
THIS SEEMING BROW OF JUSTICE DID HE WIN THE HEARTS OF ALL
THAT HE DID ANGLE FOR.
TUT. I CAME NOT TO HEAR THIS.
THEN TO THE POINT.
IN SHORT TIME AFTER, HE DEPOSED THE KING.
SOON AFTER THAT DEPRIVED HIM OF HIS LIFE.
TO MAKE THAT WORSE, SUFFERED MORTIMER WHO IS,
IF EVERY OWNER WERE WELL PLACED, INDEED HIS KING.
TO BE ENGAGED IN WALES
THERE WITHOUT RANSOM TO LIE FORFEITED.
DISGRACED ME IN MY HAPPY VICTORIES.
RATED MINE UNCLE FROM THE COUNCIL BOARD.
IN RAGE, DISMISSED MY FATHER FROM THE COURT.
BROKE OATH ON OATH. COMMITTED WRONG ON WRONG!
AND IN CONCLUSION,
DROVE US TO SEEK OUT THIS HEAD OF SAFETY.
AND WITHAL TO PRY INTO HIS TITLE,
THE WHICH WE FIND TO INDIRECT FOR LONG CONTINUANCE.
GOOD. SO...
YEAH. I I THINK I'M PISSED THAT HE INTERRUPTS ME TO BEGIN WITH.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE STUDENTS WON THAT...
HEY, YOU GUYS!
NO THE TEACHER...
ALRIGHT.
THAT'S IT.
OW. OW. AH. AH.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
THAT WAS FAKE.
THAT WAS STAGE FIGHTING.
YEAH, YOU WANT TO TRY IT?
OKAY, SO THE ONLY REASON WE DID THAT IS JUST 'CAUSE
WE WANT YOU GUYS TO -
WE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAGE COMBAT AND STUFF.
WELL IN THIS SHOW WE HAVE A FIGHT THAT WE DON'T,
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY MAKE REAL CONTACT.
BUT KEEPING THAT IN MIND, WHEN WE WERE REHEARSING,
WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING
AND UH, AND WE JUST MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY MAKE THAT CONTACT.
SO WHILE WE WERE PRACTISING, UH, ALTHOUGH IN THE PLAY
YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE SWORDS, WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO PRACTISE
FOR ABOUT A MONTH WITHOUT THEM.
AND UH THIS IS WHAT A PIECE OF THE FIGHT LOOKED LIKE
FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF REHEARSAL.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAR THE...
YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE... READY?
HA!
HA!
HA!
HOO!
HA! HA!
HA! HOO!
OH, OH, OH.
AH! THAT WAS REALLY CLOSE.
(Audience Laughing)
AHHHHH!
THESE GUYS HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING THIS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
OH! OH!
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PARTS IN THE PLAY.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED REHEARSING THE SCENE,
WE JUST STOOD IN PLACE
AND DID THE FOUR PARRIES AND THE SLASH.
BUT THERE WAS PEOPLE THERE
SO WE SOON REALIZED THAT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING
TO RECTIFY THAT.
OR ELSE WE WERE GOING TO BE TAKING OUT THESE PEOPLE