:19:00
Forgive my Anglo-Saxon, Mr Butt.
Have a biscuit.
:19:02
Thank you, sir.
I'll take one 'ome with me for me supper.
:19:06
Dickie, it's just this heat.
:19:08
It addles the noodles.
It happened to me in Milan frequently.
:19:11
Ah, Milano. Bellissimo.
:19:14
The heat less hellish.
:19:19
I am humiliated.
:19:22
One might as well be in the chorus.
:19:24
Away wi' you, you wee monkey!
:19:27
Alas, no!
:19:29
The reign of the Emperor Gilbert
is all but at an end.
:19:33
I consider this to be his best piece so far.
:19:36
With all due respect, Durward,
your romantic opinion may be informed...
:19:40
...by the fact that you take a rather good
role, in which you are "trés splendide".
:19:44
- Mm, grazie.
- Prego.
:19:47
But I consider "Princess Ida"
to be their worst.
:19:50
- Do you?
- I do.
:19:51
Where is the panache of "Pirates"?
:19:54
The wit of the "Pinafore"?
:19:56
From such a face and form as mine...
:20:00
...the noblest sentiments...
:20:03
...sound like the black utterances...
:20:05
...of a depraved imagination.
:20:07
It was very good, you know.
:20:09
- Yes, Dickie.
- Do forgive me, dear boy.
:20:12
I don't wish to be the prophet of doom.
:20:14
But one has the distinct feeling...
:20:16
...that the sword of Damocles hovers
ominously over the Savoy Theatre.
:20:26
How was Temple?
:20:28
Oh. Rather disgruntled, I fear.
:20:31
As though he wasn't
quite enjoying himself.
:20:34
His heart wasn't in it.
:20:36
No. One can usually rely
on Mr Temple, can't one?
:20:39
Mmm.
:20:42
And the ladies' chorus look as though
they could all do with a hearty meal.
:20:47
It's this infernal heat.
:20:49
One still has to feed oneself, Willie,
whatever the weather.
:20:53
And the audience
were fanning themselves...
:20:56
...with their programmes and libretti.
:20:58
Most distracting when one is striving
to concentrate on the performance...