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And Thomas More's a lucky play for me
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And Thomas More's a lucky play for me, because it wasn't performedduring Shakespeare's...

And Thomas More's a lucky play for me, because it wasn't performed
during Shakespeare's lifetime

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And Thomas More's a lucky play for me,
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because it wasn't performed during Shakespeare's lifetime.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
02:22:55
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
drama

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Movie Summary

A series of blockbuster theatre productions filmed live by the National Theatre.
S01 • E01 I suppose with a Catholic martyr, - Great British Theatre 00:09
I suppose with a Catholic martyr,
S01 • E03 He hath borne me on his back a thousand times - Great British Theatre 00:06
He hath borne me on his back a thousand times
S01 • E01 And so it had to wait till the 20th century, 1964, - Great British Theatre 00:09
And so it had to wait till the 20th century, 1964,
S01 • E03 How abhorred my imagination is, my gorge rises at it. - Great British Theatre 00:05
How abhorred my imagination is, my gorge rises at it.
S01 • E01 This was in Nottingham at the Playhouse, and... - Great British Theatre 00:04
This was in Nottingham at the Playhouse, and...
S01 • E01 So you're looking perhaps at the last actor who will ever be able to say - Great British Theatre 00:07
So you're looking perhaps at the last actor who will ev...
S01 • E01 [APPLAUSE] - Great British Theatre 00:09
[APPLAUSE]
S01 • E03 Your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar? - Great British Theatre 00:05
Your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on...
S01 • E03 ― No one now to mock your own grinning? ― (SOLEMN DRUMBEAT) - Great British Theatre 00:09
― No one now to mock your own grinning? ― (SOLEMN DRUMBEAT)...
S01 • E01 The Apprentice Boys of London are out on the town, - Great British Theatre 00:13
The Apprentice Boys of London are out on the town,
S01 • E03 This doth betoken the corpse they follow - Great British Theatre 00:06
This doth betoken the corpse they follow
S01 • E03 'Twas some estate. Couch we a while and mark. - Great British Theatre 00:04
'Twas some estate. Couch we a while and mark.
S01 • E01 Sent out by the authorities to put down the riot, - Great British Theatre 00:05
Sent out by the authorities to put down the riot,
S01 • E01 One by reading them the Riot Act. - Great British Theatre 00:04
One by reading them the Riot Act.
S01 • E01 And then with an appeal to humanity, - Great British Theatre 00:07
And then with an appeal to humanity,
S01 • E01 Shouting "Remove the strangers!" - Great British Theatre 00:06
Shouting "Remove the strangers!"
S01 • E03 Her obsequies have been as far enlarged as we have warrants. - Great British Theatre 00:05
Her obsequies have been as far enlarged as we have warrants.
S01 • E01 Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise - Great British Theatre 00:09
Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise
S01 • E03 Her death was doubtful - Great British Theatre 00:11
Her death was doubtful
S01 • E03 For charitable prayer, shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown on her, - Great British Theatre 00:13
For charitable prayer, shards, flints and pebbles should be ...