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Wilhelm:
Mr. Grossmith, kindly oblige me by removing your hat. George Grossmith:
Why, sir? Are you ready for me? Wilhelm:
Would that I were, sir. And, I'll thank you not to refer to my designs as "vulgar", Mr. Lely. Durward Lely:
Mr. Wilhelm, to my eyes, your designs are not only vulgar, but obscene! Wilhelm:
How DARE you, sir? Gilbert:
Strong words, Lely - what the deuce do you mean? Durward Lely:
Mr. Gilbert, I am a respectably married man and I love my wife dearly. Now, one of the few pleasures that she has enjoyed since the untimely demise of my beloved mother-in-law is to watch me perform upon the stage. But, I am not prepared to allow her to suffer the embarrassment of seeing me flaunted before the public like a half-dressed, performing dog! Gilbert:
You have my sympathies, Lely. Unfortunately, your avocation as an actor compels you, on occasion, to endure the most ignominious indignities, to which Grossmith will doubtless testify. George Grossmith:
Without question, sir
Mr. Grossmith, kindly oblige me by removing your hat. George Grossmith:
Why, sir? Are you ready for me? Wilhelm:
Would that I were, sir. And, I'll thank you not to refer to my designs as "vulgar", Mr. Lely. Durward Lely:
Mr. Wilhelm, to my eyes, your designs are not only vulgar, but obscene! Wilhelm:
How DARE you, sir? Gilbert:
Strong words, Lely - what the deuce do you mean? Durward Lely:
Mr. Gilbert, I am a respectably married man and I love my wife dearly. Now, one of the few pleasures that she has enjoyed since the untimely demise of my beloved mother-in-law is to watch me perform upon the stage. But, I am not prepared to allow her to suffer the embarrassment of seeing me flaunted before the public like a half-dressed, performing dog! Gilbert:
You have my sympathies, Lely. Unfortunately, your avocation as an actor compels you, on occasion, to endure the most ignominious indignities, to which Grossmith will doubtless testify. George Grossmith:
Without question, sir
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Mr Grossmith kindly oblige me by removing your hat
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Why sir Are you ready for me
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WouId that l were sir
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And l'lI thank you not to refer to my designs as vulgar Mr Lely
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ChuckIes Mr WiIhelm to my eyes
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your designs are not onIy vuIgar but obscene
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How dare you sir
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Strong words LeIy What the deuce do you mean
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Mr Gilbert I'm a respectabIy married man and I love my wife dearly
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Now one of the few pleasures that she has enjoyed
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since the untimeIy demise of my beloved mother in Iaw
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has been to watch me perform upon the stage
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But l am not prepared to allow her to suffer the embarrassment
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of seeing me flaunted before the pubIic Iike a half dressed performing dog
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You have my sympathies Lely
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But unfortunateIy your avocation as an actor
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compels you on occasion to endure the most ignominious indignities
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As Grossmith wilI doubtless testify
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Without question sir
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Movie Summary
Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.



