I had no teacher, nor such a classroom. But then, I had less need of training
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Ned Kynaston:
Do you know the Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation? Maria:
What? Ned Kynaston:
The Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation. No? Perhaps you're more acquainted with the Pose of Tragic Acceptance. Or the Demeanor of Awe and Terror. Maria:
Mr. Kynaston. Ned Kynaston:
How about the Supplicant's Clasp or the Attitude of Prostrate Grief? Maria:
Mr. Kynaston. Ned Kynaston:
Funny, you've seen be perform them a thousand times. I'd have thought they'd taken hold. Maria:
Mr. Kynaston! Ned Kynaston:
Ah, well now, there's a feminine gesture. You seem to have managed the Stamp of Girlish Petulance. Maria:
I just wanted to act. I just wanted to do what you do. Ned Kynaston:
I have worked half my life to do what I do. Fourteen boys crammed in a cellar... Do you know when I was in training for this profession, I was not permitted to wear a woman's dress for three long years, I was not permitted to wear a wig for four - not until I had proved that I had eliminated every masculine gesture, every masculine intonation from my very being. What teacher did you learn from? What cellar was your home? Maria:
I had no teacher, nor such a classroom. But then, I had less need of training
Do you know the Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation? Maria:
What? Ned Kynaston:
The Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation. No? Perhaps you're more acquainted with the Pose of Tragic Acceptance. Or the Demeanor of Awe and Terror. Maria:
Mr. Kynaston. Ned Kynaston:
How about the Supplicant's Clasp or the Attitude of Prostrate Grief? Maria:
Mr. Kynaston. Ned Kynaston:
Funny, you've seen be perform them a thousand times. I'd have thought they'd taken hold. Maria:
Mr. Kynaston! Ned Kynaston:
Ah, well now, there's a feminine gesture. You seem to have managed the Stamp of Girlish Petulance. Maria:
I just wanted to act. I just wanted to do what you do. Ned Kynaston:
I have worked half my life to do what I do. Fourteen boys crammed in a cellar... Do you know when I was in training for this profession, I was not permitted to wear a woman's dress for three long years, I was not permitted to wear a wig for four - not until I had proved that I had eliminated every masculine gesture, every masculine intonation from my very being. What teacher did you learn from? What cellar was your home? Maria:
I had no teacher, nor such a classroom. But then, I had less need of training
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Do you know the Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation
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What
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The Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation No
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Or perhaps you're more acquainted with the Pose of Tragic Acceptance
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Or the Demeanour of Awe and Terror
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Mr Kynaston The Supplicant's Clasp
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Or the Attitude of Prostrate
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Funny you've seen me perform them a thousand times
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Mr Kynaston Now there's a feminine gesture
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You seem to have managed the Stamp of Girlish Petulance
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I just wanted to act
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I just wanted to do what you do But madam
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I have worked half my life to do what I do
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14 boys crammed in a cellar
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When I trained I was not permitted to wear a woman's dress for three years
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I was not permitted to wear a wig for four not until I had proved
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that I had eliminated every masculine gesture every masculine intonation from my very being
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What teacher did you have What cellar was your home
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I had no teacher nor such a classroom
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But then I had less need of training
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Movie Summary
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
Actors
Ned Kynaston
Maria
