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I sat me down, devised a new commission, wrote it fair
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I sat me down, devised a new commission,wrote it fair

I sat me down, devised a new commission,
wrote it fair

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I sat me down, devised a new commission, wrote it fair.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
02:16:54
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
drama

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Movie Summary

A series of blockbuster theatre productions filmed live by the National Theatre.
S01 • E03 I once did hold it a baseness to write fair - Great British Theatre 00:06
I once did hold it a baseness to write fair
S01 • E03 That on the know and view of the contents he should the bearers put to sudden death. - Great British Theatre 00:05
That on the know and view of the contents he should the bear...
S01 • E03 Why, even that was heavenly ordained. I had my father's signet in my purse. - Great British Theatre 00:05
Why, even that was heavenly ordained. I had my father's...
S01 • E01 The time has been, my senses would have cool'd - Great British Theatre 00:28
The time has been, my senses would have cool'd
S01 • E03 I folded up the writ in form of the other, placed it safely back, - Great British Theatre 00:06
I folded up the writ in form of the other, placed it safely ...
S01 • E03 Who comes here? Repair my lord, withdraw us a while. - Great British Theatre 00:04
Who comes here? Repair my lord, withdraw us a while.
S01 • E03 Is she to be buried in Christian burial that wilfully seeks her own salvation? - Great British Theatre 00:07
Is she to be buried in Christian burial that wilfully seeks ...
S01 • E03 The coroner hath sat on it and finds it Christian burial. - Great British Theatre 00:04
The coroner hath sat on it and finds it Christian burial.
S01 • E03 How can that be, - Great British Theatre 00:06
How can that be,
S01 • E03 [AUDIENCE LAUGHS] - Great British Theatre 00:06
[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
S01 • E03 Here lies the water. Here stands the man. - Great British Theatre 00:06
Here lies the water. Here stands the man.
S01 • E01 She should have died...hereafter. - Great British Theatre 00:06
She should have died...hereafter.
S01 • E03 If the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself. - Great British Theatre 00:06
If the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himsel...
S01 • E03 But if the man go to the water - Great British Theatre 00:08
But if the man go to the water
S01 • E01 There would have been a time for such a word. - Great British Theatre 00:05
There would have been a time for such a word.
S01 • E03 If this were not a gentlewoman, - Great British Theatre 00:06
If this were not a gentlewoman,
S01 • E01 And to-morrow, and to-morrow... - Great British Theatre 00:09
And to-morrow, and to-morrow...
S01 • E03 And the more pity that great folk should have countenance in this world - Great British Theatre 00:08
And the more pity that great folk should have countenance in...
S01 • E01 Creeps in this petty pace - Great British Theatre 00:17
Creeps in this petty pace
S01 • E03 There is no proper gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers and grave-makers. - Great British Theatre 00:07
There is no proper gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers and gra...