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Jean if you say yes

Was that a yes?

Quartet • 2012

Cissy Robson:

Jean... Jean, if you say yes, Cedric will give us the finale, instead of Anne Langley. Jean:
Anne Langley! Cissy Robson:
Yes.. yes, she wanted to sing Violetta... and she was, of course, a very fine Violetta... Jean:
Oh pull yourself together, Cissy! Violetta's supposed to be dying of tuberculosis. She sounded as if she was singing Falstaff. Cissy Robson:
Well, she's singing Tosca now. Jean:
[Quietly, after a stunned pause]
Over my dead body. Reginald Paget:
Was that a yes?

Full Transcript

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Jean if you say yes

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Cedric will give us the finale instead of Anne Langley

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Anne Langley Yes

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Yes she wanted to sing Violetta

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And she was of course a very fine Violetta

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Oh pull yourself together Cissy

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Violetta's supposed to be dying of tuberculosis

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She sounded as if she was singing Falstaff

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Well she's singing Tosca now

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Over my dead body

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Is that a yes

Duration

35 seconds

Views

264

Timestamp in Movie

01:12:17

Uploaded

Nov 26, 2022

Genres

comedy, drama, music

Production

BBC Film,Headline Pictures

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Movie Summary

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.

Actors

Cissy Robson

Pauline Collins

Reginald Paget