Madge, dear, in my will I've left you my press-cutting books. I don't want to hear what...
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Sir:
Madge, dear, in my will I've left you my press-cutting books.
Madge:
I don't want to hear what you've left me in your...
Sir:
[cutting her off sharply]
And I have something else for you. If possessions can be dear, then this ring is the dearest thing I own. This ring was worn by Edmund Kean in a play whose title is an apt inscription for how I feel, "A New Way to Pay Old Debts". When you talk of it, say "Edmund Kean and I wore it."
Sir:
[presses the ring into her hand; she looks uncomfortable]
I once had it in mind to give it to you years ago. But you were younger then... I thought you would misunderstand.
Madge:
Yes. A ring from a man to a woman... is easily misunderstood.
Transcript
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Madge dear in my will
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I have left you my press cutting books
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I don't want to hear
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what you've left me in your will
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And I have something else for you
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If possessions can be dear
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then this ring is the dearest thing I own
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This ring was worn by Edmund Kean
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in a play whose title
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is an apt inscription for how I feel
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A New Way To Pay Old Debts
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When you talk of it
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say Edmund Kean and I wore it
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I once had it in mind
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to give it to you years ago
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but you were younger then
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I thought you would misunderstand
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Yes a ring from a man to a woman
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is easily misunderstood
Clip duration: 60 seconds
Views: 190
Timestamp in movie: 01h 22m 26s
Uploaded: 01 December, 2022
Genres: drama
Summary: Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.
Comments
Actors
00:41 My lords ladies and gentlemen
00:15 I hate the critics
00:04 Now stop that at once
00:08 No I've not been happy
00:40 He needs youth You're lighter than she is
00:05 It's a disease What is
00:05 I'll forget what to say My memory's like a...
00:04 Is there a part for me
00:32 There are thousands of children all over this beloved land...
00:21 We all have our little sorrows ducky You're not the...
00:03 I had a friend
00:10 And keep your teeth in
00:11 Now where was I Oh yes So Davenport Scott said to me
00:18 Your 227th performance of the part Sir
00:03 Is he coming or isn't he Yes
01:11 I had a friend Oh for chrissake
00:06 I can't move that which cannot be moved
00:14 Do you know they've bombed the Grand Theatre Plymouth
00:10 Get the curtain up this instant
00:32 Where was the storm