:01:15
[ Man Screaming ]
:01:17
Henslowe, do you know what happens
to a man who doesn't pay his debts?
:01:22
His boots catch fire!
:01:25
[ Screaming Continues ]
:01:27
Why do you howl...
:01:29
when it is I
who am bitten?
:01:32
- What am I, Mr.Lambert?
- Bitten, Mr.Fennyman.
:01:35
How badly bitten,
Mr.Frees?
:01:37
Twelve pounds, one schilling
and four pence, Mr.Fennyman,
including interest.
:01:40
- Aaah! I can pay you!
- When?
:01:42
Two weeks! Three weeks at the most!
Oh, for pity's sake!
:01:45
- Take them out.
- [ Groaning ]
:01:47
Where will you find...
:01:49
Sixteen pounds, five schillings
and nine pence.
:01:51
Including interest,
in three weeks?
:01:53
- I have a wonderful new play.
- Put them back in.
:01:56
- It's a comedy!
- Cut off his nose.
:01:58
It's a new comedy
by William Shakespeare.
:02:03
- And his ears.
- And a share!
:02:05
We will be partners,
Mr.Fennyman!
:02:07
- [ Whimpering ]
- Partners?
:02:14
[ Gasping ]
It's a crowd-tickler.
:02:17
Mistaken identities. Shipwreck.
Pirate king.
:02:20
- A bit with a dog, and love triumphant.
- I think I've seen it.
:02:23
I didn't like it.
:02:25
- But this time it is by Shakespeare.
- What's it called?
:02:29
Romeo and Ethel,
the Pirate's Daughter.
:02:32
Good title.
:02:34
- [ Sighs ]
- A play takes time.
Find the actors, rehearsals.
:02:37
Let's say we open
in two weeks.
:02:40
That's, what, 500 groundlings
at tuppence a head.
:02:42
In addition, 400 backsides at
three pence, a penny extra for cushions.
:02:46
Call it, uh,
200 cushions.
:02:48
Say two performances for safety.
How much is that, Mr.Frees?
:02:52
- Twenty pounds to the penny,
Mr.Fennyman.
- Correct.
:02:55
- But I have to pay
the actors and the author.
- Share of the profits.
:02:58
- There's never any--
- Of course not.