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Welcome to Drama of the Week. This

1:50

is the story of something that never

1:52

happened, that never was. This

1:55

is the story of something that

1:57

was made and made well. by

2:00

a workman's hands. And

2:02

this, my sweetheart, is the

2:05

same old story of Tom

2:07

O'Bedlin and his mad maudlin.

2:14

This day, 20th January 1698, was

2:18

I, John Evelyn Ghent, summoned

2:20

to the Lord Chancellor's office

2:22

on a matter of great

2:24

import. Mr.

2:28

Evelyn, please to follow me. Mr.

2:35

Evelyn, great pleasure. Thank you for

2:37

coming at such short notice. I am always happy to serve their Majesty. In

2:40

a matter of great import, yes. Please do,

2:42

sir. The

2:47

Tsar of all Russia, Peter Romanov, has

2:49

come to our city to learn the

2:51

art of shipbuilding. And

2:53

it is considered as the first order of

2:55

policy that we facilitate his wishes. Ah,

2:57

influence in the East, a growing nation.

3:00

I seem to recall relations were friendly

3:02

in the days of good Queen Bess

3:04

and Tsar Iverley. Exactly so, sir.

3:06

And his Imperial Majesty wishes to

3:08

take a house adjacent to the

3:10

royal dockyard of Greenwich. And

3:13

naturally, we thought of

3:15

your fine Says Court. No

3:18

better advertisement for the culture and beauty of

3:21

our fair land? Yes,

3:23

your Majesty would consider it a

3:25

great favour, naturally. Yes,

3:27

yes, of course. And perhaps you

3:30

would escort the Tsar? At your

3:32

service, my lord. And his Imperial

3:34

Majesty awaits at the hay market.

3:36

He will meet you there. I

3:41

have come to meet his Majesty, Tsar Peter

3:43

Romanov. This way, sir. He's

3:45

a sir. Enter. Your

3:51

Majesty. Ah! Ha!

4:00

It's a bloody red! Morning brothers.

4:02

Let the good Lord shine on you. The

4:06

new Prince arrives. Oh yes, an all-master and

4:08

a rumpock reed. I'm not of

4:11

any sort of a workshop. You know that, Abel.

4:13

Civil ton. All of his dead and mouldery men.

4:16

It's a new world now. Yeah, but it's

4:18

the same old judgement day. How

4:20

about this? But Abel, this is

4:22

my workshop. My

4:25

love, without thee I am but poor. Be gone, I'll

4:27

not see thee in all. Away into your fallatory arms.

4:31

You pity sweet, unspectless tom. Who must

4:34

I dwell in unkind shame? And shall I mourn

4:36

in sunny glades? To find my calm o' bedlam. Ten

4:39

thousand feet of my love. I am not

4:41

of any sort of a workshop. I am not of

4:43

any sort of a workshop. I am not of any sort

4:45

of a workshop. I am not of any sort of a

4:48

workshop. I am not of any sort of a

4:50

workshop. I am not of any sort of

4:53

a workshop. To find my calm o' bedlam.

4:55

Ten thousand years I travel. Mad

4:57

mornin' goes with all the

5:00

advice I say. I'll shoot from

5:02

gravel. Yet

5:04

we're listening. Funny boys, funny mad

5:06

boys. Bedlam boys are bony.

5:09

They feel so fair and they

5:12

say they're all right. Let's

5:14

not drink no money. Aaaah!

5:21

They're the ones writing the impression we made. Bonas,

5:23

see your bone eyes. God's

5:30

tis, but where do they grow you? I am Piotr,

5:33

that of Rus. In

5:35

their knees are boys. Asa

5:43

in London, by Mike Walker. Aaaah!

5:49

Aaaah! A bloody bear!

5:53

As we bear in Moscow, keep a

5:55

tight one. The bear is not a

5:57

danger. You are not a bear.

6:00

But you,

6:02

Majesty, are the tsars of...

6:05

Could we

6:07

dispense with the bear, please? He

6:09

drinks too much cladded. He'll be a sore

6:11

head in the morning. Come! We should go

6:13

to your fine house. The

6:18

tsar was massive. Say

6:21

six and a half feet tall. I was

6:23

fearful the coach would overturn. His

6:26

retinue followed in half a dozen other

6:28

coaches and cops. Six

6:30

grenadiers, two cableins, four

6:33

clockmakers. I know, I had

6:35

no idea why he needed four. Competitors,

6:37

servants, an orthodox priest,

6:40

and... And

6:43

then we were off. Yes,

6:51

I like. We have these in

6:53

the roost. Holly, sir. Yeah.

6:56

There are trees, bushes. But

6:59

never have I seen such a holy hedge. You

7:02

are gardeners. I do love it,

7:04

sir. I'm writing a discourse on

7:06

salads, lettuce and other leaves at

7:08

the moment. Leaves? As food. Eret

7:11

leaves. Men eat meat. What

7:14

is this, Sir Eadwin? A

7:16

wheelbarrow, which is used to

7:18

move garden rubbish or soil

7:21

or... Sir Eadwin! Eadwin!

7:24

Eadwin! I

7:28

knew at that moment this was only ever going to

7:30

get worse. However, at

7:32

least he'd be spending time in

7:35

the shipyards. You

7:37

are Master Shipwright Benjamin, favourite of

7:39

the Lord? You'd be the

7:42

Tsar of Roos, then. Excuse

7:45

my surprise. And you

7:47

can call me Ben. What

7:49

do I call you? I don't go much for titles.

7:52

I am Pyotr and I am here

7:54

to learn. And what do you wish

7:56

to learn? Shipbuilding, Master Ben. To make

7:58

navy for you. for my country. Ships

8:01

to trade and carry word of roost,

8:04

the whole world round. A fleet's

8:06

a tall order, but if you're content to

8:08

start with one ship, and

8:11

if you can work hard. I can

8:13

work. Well then, let's get to it. In

8:16

front of you, you'll see some tools. Compass,

8:19

what's your line? Dutch

8:22

ruler, tongue for ship laning,

8:24

one and a half foot. Gouge,

8:27

Dutch ad. Oh,

8:29

claw hammer. Looking

8:32

out over the royal docks, I wished

8:34

the Russian giant well, whilst fearing

8:37

the worst for my beloved house and

8:39

garden. But the

8:41

real story of Sir Peter in

8:44

London is not about

8:46

Goodman Benjamin or anxious man Evelyn.

8:49

It is about Mrs. Letitia Cross,

8:52

actress, and, well, she

8:54

was a rising star of the

8:57

London stage, appearing in Mad Maudlin

8:59

and her tomb the night

9:01

I took the star. God,

9:04

Stig, but where do they grow you? You're

9:07

fine actress, madam, and I

9:09

am Piotr, star of roost.

9:11

I'd say you're the star of Gammon walking in like that.

9:14

You're pretty woman. Oh, and don't get

9:16

the idea you're visiting Mrs. Laycock. I

9:18

am rich. Yeah, not sure what was sovereign

9:20

or to myself. But you are an

9:22

actress and I am a rich man. Do

9:25

you understand these things in England? Well,

9:28

I don't know. Well, you got the

9:30

idea you could walk into a respectable dressing

9:32

room and- A respectable actress?

9:35

I've been in France, madam. But

9:38

perhaps you make joke. What

9:41

do you want? To make love. Oh. The

9:46

door's that way. Go see the corporal of four. Hook

9:48

it, Cully. Friend Evelyn. Oh,

9:51

if you've already got a friend, you don't need me. Uh,

9:53

Mrs. Cross, I'm not supposed to- Tell this

9:55

actress. I will pay 100 gold guineas for

9:58

the pleasure of her bed tonight. Oh

10:01

God, um, that Mrs Cross, His

10:03

Majesty! I heard! Tell this

10:05

star I will have him arrested by

10:07

the Watts for creating my dressing room

10:09

like a punch house. And for you,

10:11

Mr... Mr Evil, in whoever you are,

10:13

do I look like a green goose?

10:15

Enough! I demand to be

10:17

obeyed! Oh God... I demand you put my

10:19

chair down! This is worse than a night

10:21

out with peeps! AAAAAAAAH! You

10:26

will pay for that! The

10:34

Keel Pizza is like a man's

10:36

spine. Everything hangs

10:38

off it. You see, the ship

10:40

lives, or founders... Founders? I do

10:43

not know this word. Sales or sinks.

10:46

And it depends on the keel. What

10:48

would this meet from? Elm. Here.

10:50

It gives us the length we need.

10:53

Six, seven-under-ton vessel. You'll see four

10:55

lengths, scarred end on end. The

10:58

scarf, secured with one-inch bolts, trams,

11:01

sideways. See, the keel

11:03

is thicker here. Yeah, midships, yes.

11:05

English style. 16-inch square, going down, you

11:07

see, to 10 inches, where the stern

11:10

post will rise, and then the bow...

11:12

Curve, like leg of Fritidant! Don't know

11:14

about that, but yes, a curve rising

11:17

at a lower strut. So, forehead there,

11:19

a level here, so the butt can

11:21

fit in the gride. Peter, are you

11:23

with me? It's not

11:26

good morning for me. I am...

11:29

I am sad, Frim Ben. Well, I say

11:31

hard work is the best cure for sadness.

11:34

That's true. When I was boy,

11:36

my aunt wanted to kill me, and I remember

11:38

taking a clock apart and putting it back together.

11:41

I wanted to know how it worked, and

11:44

it was clean somehow. It

11:47

made sense, like mathematics. Not like

11:49

murder, or the heart of women.

11:51

God has the key to hearts.

11:53

Prayer is always the answer, Peter.

11:55

Now, we work. Look here, on

11:57

your knees. Heading!

12:00

Under the keel is a false keel

12:02

to protect it, like God's

12:04

good grace to mankind. Next,

12:07

we look at the stern, and here we have

12:09

oak to cut for the stern post, so take

12:11

a handsaw, and get to

12:13

it. You speak well, friend

12:15

Ben. The best thing is to do something.

12:19

Always do. And

12:24

the great Saha was as good as

12:27

his word, for a few nights later,

12:29

as the theatres emptied, and the anglers

12:31

snared loose wallets, and the dips dipped

12:33

on weary packets. Let's do

12:35

this daily! If you want to take

12:37

us and buy me a challenge! A

12:41

challenge? A challenge? A

12:43

challenge? A challenge? A

12:45

challenge? A challenge? A challenge?

12:48

A challenge? A challenge? Oh my

12:50

God! I give

12:52

you my word, Mrs. Cross. But I

12:55

will act only as a star should, with

12:57

honour. Honor's cheap in England

12:59

now. And my apologies. I lay before

13:01

you like my coat. Won't

13:03

you be chilly without it? In Rus, I

13:06

hunt all night for wolves naked on the

13:08

ice. I'd like to see that. Did you

13:10

shoot the wolves? No, simply

13:12

froze in the personal part. And

13:14

I have a gift for you.

13:16

What gift? I made a chair

13:18

for you. Well, I'll

13:21

be a bornless blower, so you have.

13:24

Squirre away then, may you? Come in

13:26

aboard. Good

13:29

people, I am on for a

13:31

ride with this celebrated giant of

13:33

Russia. If I am back by morning,

13:35

send out the Copacob Sisters and drag

13:37

me on. Come on! See,

13:41

I made for you. You

13:48

made this? For

13:50

the one I broke. But, listen. Well,

13:53

it's very fine, thank you. Am

13:56

I supposed to call you Your Majesty or your huge-ness?

13:58

My name is Sir. My name is Pyotr. Then

14:01

Peter it is. And you

14:03

really are the king of Russia. It

14:05

is the truth. But in

14:08

Russia, the truth changes from one day to

14:10

the next. So who knows

14:12

tomorrow? And why are you here, Peter? To

14:15

learn. To know how to build a

14:17

great navy to defeat my enemies. And

14:19

who are they? Old Rus,

14:21

the past, the way things were.

14:25

I want to make a new country. I

14:28

just spent four Englishmen here to make a new country not

14:30

so long ago. And the game was... Beheaded!

14:33

I know. In Rus,

14:35

they tried to kill me. You

14:37

look like a hard man to kill, Peter. Not when

14:39

I was ten years old. Tell me.

14:41

It is old story. Tell me.

14:44

Please. My aunt

14:46

wanted to rule after the old tsar

14:48

died. And I was in

14:51

the way. She sent her

14:53

soldiers, her siltsie, to kill us. I

14:56

hid in a chimney like an imp. Family,

14:59

friends, teachers, all dead. And

15:02

I swore to myself that when I

15:04

grew and became tsar, I

15:06

would change everything. Make

15:09

a new Russia. I

15:13

offer my apologies. I did

15:15

not mean to speak of such matters, Mrs.

15:17

Letitia. Let us

15:19

talk of other things. Do you have

15:21

fear in Russia? Clowns we have. And

15:23

folk tales and one

15:26

who makes jokes. Comedians, censors.

15:30

But not women on stage. Not stories. Not

15:33

women on stages so long ago, hardly forty

15:35

years. And your theatre? How

15:37

does it go? Oh. Our

15:41

plays are all about love. Go on,

15:44

meats boy. Go on, boys, fall in love.

15:47

Go, losers boy. Go, fines

15:49

boy. Go on, boys, get married.

15:51

And get disappointed and very, very

15:54

boring. But don't do that last

15:56

part. The right is mostly. Oh,

15:59

and you can put cake. kingdoms, orchards, money, revenge, reputation

16:01

and place of love if you like,

16:03

still the same old story. And

16:06

the people? You saw them tonight outside

16:08

the theatre. They love it. Another

16:10

life. A magic box three hours

16:13

away from it all. A holiday

16:15

and they love us. The actors?

16:18

They can read about us in the gazette and then

16:20

they can see us larger than life. Just

16:22

like you. Larger than

16:24

life. We talk together

16:26

well when we don't get angry. When

16:30

we listen. And we don't break the

16:32

furniture. And now,

16:35

good night and farewell sweet prince. Wait!

16:39

You may bring me the chair at my next at

16:41

home. Mrs. Leticia! We have a lot of

16:44

time for you. We are going to

16:46

be here for you. We are going

16:48

to be here for you. No worries. We

16:50

are not going to be

16:52

here at home. We are going to be here

16:54

for you. We are going to

16:56

be here for you. We are going to

16:58

be here for you. We are going to be here for you. Home

17:01

is another country, baris. Here

17:03

we are in the land of Gdipsona

17:06

Barot. I

17:11

had not seen his imperial majesty

17:13

for a blessed few weeks, but

17:15

has host. No. But

17:19

of fear of what might be happening

17:21

to my beloved Says Court in the

17:23

salad garden. I paid

17:25

an early morning visit. May

17:29

this know never in

17:31

your bones. Oh,

17:37

yes! Oh,

17:39

merciful God! What are you

17:41

doing? Ah, friend Evelyn.

17:43

You see, I am making a new door for

17:45

your fine house. Ah! Why,

17:50

majesty, why? To go faster

17:52

to work, friend. I sleep,

17:54

I wake, I walk, I work. I'll

17:57

have no warning, my grenadiers, who clear the mess

17:59

and use. Sir Evelyn, find

18:01

your doorway! Ah! Oh

18:03

no, no, no, do not thank me, it is my pleasure.

18:06

Now, I must go and

18:09

study the future. Sir, the future I am

18:11

building for my country, my

18:13

empire. The

18:17

stairs, the ceilings, the very glass

18:19

in the windows, God give me

18:21

strength! Did ever a nation

18:23

owe a man more? So,

18:29

we have Markhamoth Peter,

18:31

the transom's here, deck,

18:34

wind, helm, ugh!

18:36

You have a pain, Master Beth? Yes,

18:39

no accounting. Helm, port,

18:41

transom, buttocks, rabbits

18:43

and wing, note

18:46

the knees, ugh! Tell me, Beth,

18:48

what ill be? I

18:50

cannot lie, Peter, the devil is afflicting

18:53

my tooth with great pain. Then you

18:55

can rejoice! I do, it will prepare

18:57

me for too much comfort, I

18:59

am sinful. No, no, you can

19:01

rejoice because you have Piotr Alexeyevich

19:03

this morning, who will teach the

19:06

teacher! Wait, but

19:08

a moment! And

19:12

it is simply unreasonable, sir, to

19:14

expect me to suffer this barbarity,

19:18

a hole in the walls. I understand,

19:20

Mr. Evelyn, indeed, I do. And by

19:22

garden, fire pits dug all over

19:24

it, oxen roasted, they

19:27

beat each other with twigs, even the saw.

19:29

Even he. Sit,

19:33

Master Beth, and

19:36

open the mouth. Oh, Lord

19:38

have mercy! What torture is this?

19:40

No torture but mercy. I explain

19:43

this terribly, you wench! Of

19:46

my own fashioning, Ben. My

19:48

courtiers, when they had toothpaste, I

19:50

am the master of teeth. For

19:53

pay sake, someone! I have

19:55

no fear! Their

19:58

Majesty's Government, regardless. this

20:00

relationship as of the utmost importance.

20:02

I understand the new power is

20:04

growing in Europe, and the

20:06

whole balance of nations will change. This

20:09

man is a modernizer. It's

20:11

more, he has no religious affiliations

20:14

with the Catholic powers. We need

20:16

to be his friend, Mr. Evelyn,

20:19

and you are the handheld-out in

20:21

friendship. But as Master Benjamin might

20:23

say, Proverbs 12, 26, the

20:26

righteous choose their friends with care for

20:29

the way of the false friend leads

20:31

them to despair. I think you may

20:33

trust the government, Mr. Evelyn, to

20:36

know what is best for this nation. What

20:39

pain saves any

20:42

pain? Now

20:46

swill the mouth with red wine

20:48

of Moscow. Is

20:50

it medicine? It is the best medicine. How

20:55

is the mouth now, Ben? No

20:57

pain. He's

21:00

gone. Oh, my good Lord, please,

21:02

do you have a rare talent here, my son? The glory

21:04

of God. More red wine? I'm sure

21:06

the friends will approve of our own spirits.

21:09

It is the medicine of Ruth! Now,

21:14

shall we get to near and fatek? Jesse,

21:23

Jesse! Wake up! Wake up! What's

21:26

the thing? Why is it gone? Oh, they'll

21:28

put some soldiers outside and

21:30

a giant wercing and jacking the beanstalk. What

21:33

on earth? Are

21:42

you going to go to the place where they... where they've

21:44

been holding it? Greetings of

21:46

the day, Mr. Latisha!

21:50

Flowers from common garden. You have to bring

21:52

them all. On my knees. I

21:56

offer a tribute to a great actress! Get

21:58

off my island, son of a... By

22:00

the way, tell him to take the flowers.

22:03

You best come in. Now

22:07

sit down and I'll make us some chocolate.

22:09

Lucy, put the cowl on. I think your

22:11

servant fainted. At least you've made

22:13

up fire. I

22:15

have gift for you. One flower. The

22:18

best of all flowers is you are the

22:21

best of all women. Here,

22:24

drink your chocolate. I have

22:26

700 dreams and they are all

22:28

about you. Mmm, chocolate

22:31

is good, but I am

22:33

sad. You are cruel. My

22:36

mother taught me to be careful of men

22:38

and bears and it strikes me, you is

22:40

both. Like bear,

22:43

I have big heart and it

22:45

belongs to Odisha. What are

22:47

you, Peter Romanov? In love

22:49

since I heard you singing your song. Well,

22:51

they do say love is a mighty power. Love

22:54

is greater than all my empire and

22:56

all my armies. You

22:58

know, when you're a bit quieter, you're not so bad. Sometimes

23:01

all I want is a little house,

23:04

a little kitchen, a little Mrs. Leticia.

23:07

My friends call me Letty. Letty.

23:11

Peter, now you

23:14

must go. I have lines to learn and poor

23:16

Lucy to rescue. I can come back. Yes,

23:18

yes, come back quietly. The theater's

23:20

dark this Wednesday, come then. I will bring the

23:22

chair. And you know what this

23:24

is? A brush. That's

23:27

right. And now I sweep you

23:29

out of the door. Oh, that's right. Oh,

23:33

that's right. Good.

23:41

Now, at this stage, Peter, we

23:43

attend to the ports, but to expatics and

23:45

top timbers for our cannon. Most shipwrights advise

23:48

not cutting the top timbers, for it'll set

23:50

up a weakness. You

23:53

attending to me, Peter? Ah, I

23:56

confess, Master Ben. My mind flies away

23:58

to Mrs. Leticia. Cross

24:00

the actress who got says i

24:02

agree with all the immorality in

24:05

front of on his but you're

24:07

a happy man intense. The otherwise

24:10

children known as Been Good Trust

24:12

says. Oh do

24:14

I charm this woman in some

24:17

hospital bed see troubled by the

24:19

demon of lust brother. Moves

24:23

I command for the team and

24:25

does not listening. Castile devil out

24:27

and think on the would we

24:29

use it jumps. You'll come on

24:31

Tuesday night. you can just so.

24:34

Work with the would find out what

24:37

hide within as this thing when one

24:39

is already in the room. With

24:42

him as a specific. Say

24:46

hello to his gifts Seek

24:48

and ye will fund has

24:51

I've seen and as I

24:53

was saying it's no surprise.

24:55

advise.com itself Service fertile Sabha

24:57

with. My

25:01

homies he had long been

25:04

the turban and Russian dame

25:06

said seems a place that

25:08

some trivial matters and the

25:10

loser was to sit naked

25:12

in a wheelbarrow. My full

25:14

Byron's was being held through

25:16

the hinge with science. At

25:24

the heart of every love Jesus Agree

25:27

with. What

25:29

it is a recover who knew but

25:31

I see is the worst. To

25:35

be saved by the great

25:37

saws great passion for Mrs

25:39

Cross. As time passed all

25:41

his attention say sense given

25:43

to be studies with Must

25:45

Benjamin saved by the Lord

25:48

was turned upon one aim

25:50

only and as her next.

25:52

At Home. And is it true

25:54

that the jeweler say upon King

25:56

Lear that. You. have been

25:58

listening to Sir

26:00

John, I'm just with Mrs. Cross. I

26:04

had it on good authority that

26:07

you are Cordelia, in kingly a

26:09

reimagined for the modern tale. Then

26:11

I cannot deny it, my lord. I hope

26:13

you will favour us with your patronage. Puff

26:16

of court. English

26:18

gentlemen, the tsar requires you

26:20

go. But Majesty! In

26:23

street my servants have gold to give away to gentlemen.

26:25

I advise you go now before I help you on

26:27

your way through Mrs. Cross's windows. Your Majesty. Sir

26:30

Cross, your Majesty. You

26:32

have no right. This is my house. And still

26:34

they go. They are my audience. And still they

26:36

go. You

26:38

dare to stand here in my withdrawing room and to...

26:42

Not stand, Mrs. Letty. I

26:44

kneel, a humble man before you. I have

26:46

a gift. What is your

26:49

gift? In ruse, in the

26:51

old way of marriage, the bride's father leads her

26:53

to the altar and takes a knout. Knout? For

26:56

a beating. He beats his daughter. Then

26:58

he gives the knout to the husband. Because now

27:01

it is his job to beat his wife. I

27:03

know a few whites over here wouldn't say no to

27:05

that. For you, I will change

27:07

this. No more knout. For all

27:09

time. Truly? On

27:12

throne of ruse, on my knees. This

27:16

you I, Pyotr Romanov, swear.

27:19

Look in my eyes. Well,

27:24

for once I can see eye to eye with you, Peter.

27:28

And yes, you mean what you say. Now look again. I

27:33

say Pyotr loves

27:35

Mrs. Letty's across. So

27:38

what do you say now? I

27:42

say you'd best get to it. It

27:52

was an early spring that year,

27:54

and Peter and hisletitia spent sweet

27:57

hours together whenever opportunity offered. Oh,

28:00

we can sit here. I have a blanket. And

28:02

I have a picnic basket. Why

28:06

picnic? Oh, it's a

28:08

breeze. I don't know why. There

28:10

must be a reason for everything. We

28:13

can understand that, but unreasoned. The

28:17

toll of Ruth is in constant battle

28:19

between reason and unreasoned. We

28:22

stand before a door to death

28:24

and destruction for a

28:26

city, a new Rome on the

28:28

Baltic Sea. What

28:31

are the bells? Calling the

28:33

people to church. Is

28:35

he a kind God? Your English

28:38

God? Mostly, I think. He

28:40

don't ask too much if they treat him with

28:42

respect. For us, Christ is

28:44

painted on the ceiling of the church and

28:46

his terrible eyes look down on sinful man.

28:49

Nothing escapes the eye of God. No

28:52

sin too small. No secret

28:54

from him. But

28:57

here, Lamb of God. I

29:01

get... No, no,

29:03

you can't! Oh,

29:06

no, no! I

29:10

give to Letty. Oh,

29:13

oh, come back to mama. The

29:19

author is the little father

29:21

of old Ruth. Letty,

29:23

the little mother of all

29:25

England. Hmm. Here.

29:31

Wine. Drink, my dear. Yes,

29:36

it is good to be my dear. Stop

29:39

me if I was matey. Leave some for us. Or

29:42

not. Yes!

29:47

Sing, little mother. Sing

29:49

to Piotr. Yes. Graham.

30:06

Who are you going

30:09

on? Besides

30:22

his brother even Sergio Ramos

30:24

avenger it's houses are friend

30:27

was a shrewd oneself as

30:29

more than and you say

30:31

and you say enough good

30:33

workman's oh those intensive so.

30:36

Clever man might learn more than a little

30:39

about the English fleet is he kept his

30:41

eyes and ears open hand would for said.

30:44

No food or is businesses

30:46

shipbuilding only So he says

30:49

he respects the craft, loves

30:51

it. Does he

30:53

talk about the moment? Cross if

30:55

does for the reason I choose

30:58

not to listen and us what

31:00

he wants Really wants a I

31:02

on something of great value. I

31:05

might cheaper under a bushel basket.

31:07

Both is ah thanks. Monday is

31:09

Friday and so is. And

31:12

when he looks about him and I

31:15

think he say and are three tenths

31:17

and what and buys a say in

31:19

empires or for Daniel eleven to seven

31:22

same. For the sons of

31:24

the King of the know, Throughput

31:26

athletes and armies as I slugged

31:28

over the land. I

31:31

like a truly to. Bar

31:34

fucking have to. underworld. This

31:43

is where you work

31:45

so raise. This is

31:48

my license before I go into

31:50

the green that decides that the

31:52

popcorn. Out is there are to steer.

31:54

Wasn't a mark on the floor. To

31:57

tell us when means that he says

31:59

something into. each other. Bumping

32:03

is good. Up

32:05

there, flies. Flies? Everything

32:07

lowered onto the stage has flown in. Uh,

32:10

Jerry, can you drop Beechey

32:13

head? Ah, big

32:18

cliff. Like real. For the

32:21

next production, King Lear. Yeah, plays about

32:23

the king. An old king, an old

32:25

story. Not so much the modern taste,

32:27

so we've made some changes. In the rules, we

32:29

would not put a king on show. Well,

32:31

we wouldn't put the present king and queen on stage,

32:33

that's for sure. But one day, you

32:36

know, everything is changing.

32:39

And when I have my own theatre company, I'm going to... One

32:43

day. Thank you, Jerry. It

32:49

is my ambition to run my

32:51

own company and my own house. When

32:53

we go back, I will build you a

32:55

theatre at the centre of my city on the Nivah. It

32:58

will be pure city and wetties.

33:03

Is that thunder? It's only props

33:05

for Iacin. It's thunderbolt for King Lear.

33:08

You can't direct that hurricane of the

33:11

spout. Is it a bad omen? It

33:13

will be splendid. Now,

33:17

are you hungry? Always

33:19

hungry for food and for

33:21

a lotion. Then my dressing

33:23

room awaits. And this time,

33:26

you shall be welcome. Never.

33:37

Never. Never.

33:42

But to desire a thing is to

33:44

lose it. Whoa,

33:46

is lost, Lear, son's

33:49

kingdom, son's sense,

33:52

son's cordelia.

34:00

Not the law so green

34:02

hair balls I thought for

34:04

sure and forty thousand maybe

34:06

not the couldn't see. The

34:08

up and clean. Proper.

34:30

Neither could feel his tone. new

34:32

least he's of happiness could persuade

34:35

this critics have to with similar

34:37

reviving this relic to. Pass.

34:41

Business. A.

34:45

Popular cause kidney themselves and their

34:47

public that are in a movie

34:49

success. Stories. To.

34:53

Tell me Mrs Was could do better. Severe

34:55

was I next semester which leads eaves all

34:57

Mrs I. Wake

35:01

Up. Wake Up. So

35:04

many. Am overweight. The

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bank says say that isn't so.

35:10

I'll and my God. Security Intelligences.

35:13

Wish you could it or hate them. Sort

35:15

of the bed immanence. Never

35:18

never Never Never. Opinion

35:20

Editors newspapers as dangerous things

35:23

to me thinks of. Now.

35:25

For he wanted to make your country mooted. Of

35:28

flowers. Silva's laws must be

35:30

so. Well. Maybe

35:32

it was a bad and in. Movie.

35:35

Spoofs has to do with insulting. Had

35:38

to trace rules is what that's

35:40

our says. We're. To King said

35:42

that didn't Then well as miss are evil

35:44

and. He was a week

35:46

seeing a week. King is noting.

35:49

Know. Was a boy face the stoop?

35:51

food? Two. Hundred men who

35:54

wanted my blood. When I was a

35:56

girl as I see wanted let's is randy fast as

35:58

you want a mom made in it. Oh

36:00

man, one that. I can

36:02

name a season many don't are not own

36:05

the fair either. Newton be different

36:07

when you come from loose with brothers. But

36:10

he a name. Of Dispatches.

36:13

The. Still feel big trouble again.

36:16

They are the bus I am tomorrow.

36:18

I must go back and several them. And

36:21

make you princess of my new

36:23

city! Of

36:26

the a dozen princess is on the

36:28

site, I don't want that p I

36:30

want my own say are here in

36:33

London Amount company A Male writers. And. I

36:35

want to be sort of always be

36:37

a bite of Sweden, a stolen of

36:39

sacred Russian lands. Now I will take

36:42

it all back Marvel. Who

36:44

a little mother's know? I

36:46

am. Let's is across Access and that's

36:48

the series is it? To the Sars

36:50

there is no proof of it, only

36:52

has will. Lose his many

36:55

nations are hundred voices. It is my

36:57

destiny to be one voice over all.

36:59

Philby. And the join a Musketeer can piano don't

37:01

like that tie in a like a Different Man.

37:03

With do so liberties, the God

37:05

who looks down, who judges and

37:07

punishes is my goal would and

37:09

I am his chosen. What

37:12

was set apart will be made whole by

37:14

my hand as long as I live. For

37:17

or you do when you say that. First

37:19

that would settle disputes. Food

37:21

once and for always and

37:23

what is happening Filled with

37:25

smoke. From to the people.

37:28

So what you've learned the lesson. The

37:30

past. Isn't dead. I

37:33

am the future. And that

37:35

is a waterfront. Know Still

37:37

right. Right is what I say. thrive as

37:39

wrong. The ban has seven dream for they

37:41

are all of blood and bone and meat

37:44

and bone. And only the

37:46

best that that is one this

37:48

sacred and inviolable. And

37:50

you are a month so. No.

37:53

I am that side and I

37:55

am not. I will go you

37:58

will com know. I will know. I

38:00

offered you the world! Let me

38:02

go, Pia! You belong to me, LaTisha Croft! You

38:06

think they will not give you to me if

38:08

I demand? I am

38:10

sad. You are nothing. And

38:12

this is a knife against your

38:15

heart. I have been sticking big bastards

38:17

since I was 12 years

38:19

old and my God, I'll stick you too.

38:21

So, no! You

38:26

are nothing. I

38:28

look and I see nothing there. When

38:32

we first met, you said

38:34

you'd pay 100-bill giddy for the pleasure

38:37

of my bed. Well, you have

38:39

had a lot of bed and a lot of pleasure.

38:41

Shall we say a thousand? Nothing.

38:44

You are nothing.

38:52

The same old story. We've

38:58

done a fine job there, so we are, Peter. It's

39:01

the foundation of a good ship. Remember to trust the

39:03

wood, trust the feeling, and

39:05

trust these, Peter. Fine

39:11

chisels. Keep an edge on

39:13

them and I'll never let you down. Benjamin, favorite of

39:16

the Lord, you are a good man and a true master. I

39:19

kneel and kiss your feet. A

39:21

handshake would have done it. A

39:23

diamond among men and I give you a diamond to remember. God

39:29

keep thee well. At

39:35

last they were leaving. Hardly

39:37

three months had gone, but it's even. And

39:41

Evelyn, I give you back your fine

39:43

house and your fine garden. Thank

39:45

you. I wanted to make you

39:47

a present of one of my wheelbarrows. I

39:51

Believe we have your own Holly over there in

39:53

Russia. Have

40:00

you like my bad publicity got?

40:02

No. I mean. I

40:05

hope relations between Russia and England

40:07

will be always cordial and of

40:09

so they will be. You have

40:12

you gotten? I have my. We

40:15

can send each other. Let's isn't beams

40:17

and a seeds of men. Flowers Do

40:19

Not come walking in my garden and

40:22

I will not go walking yours after

40:24

all. Thirty One Look at the size

40:26

of your boss and look at a

40:28

size of mine. Is

40:31

now we are just. Wrong

40:39

again money is hop Madam Lang

40:42

was do not deny the signal

40:44

wire his law. That's

40:47

Not a cell phone

40:49

and ah, Ah

40:52

Mrs cause of words if I may.

41:00

Read. Half

41:04

of that mysteries in his life

41:06

bottles from their. Ah, How

41:09

does it go? Sadly, I say how

41:11

old is the thermal Modern lox?

41:13

mood jugs, Court. I.

41:17

Was charged to deliver this

41:19

purse or mutual friend. See.

41:24

That I told him a thousand. Short,

41:26

as soon as he beat you,

41:29

hoped for more. I

41:31

have to take care of. My beloved house has

41:33

virtually a ruined, you know? He'll be of

41:35

room when I dragged him through the courts.

41:37

You must I Some greens. It's hard lawyers

41:39

misread Lin looking to sue the sort of

41:41

must be why know. Why? Bless

41:44

you Mrs. Gross because nothing will come of.

41:46

It. So hear my voice still no,

41:48

I'm angry And and and he'll he'll

41:50

know is the highest Badly. Really?

41:53

Honestly truly. I

41:56

many years older than you ma'am I

41:58

have seen a. And

42:01

a dictator Die. A cruel

42:03

or of brother against brother. I

42:06

have seen a city burn. I've

42:09

known a great place to send

42:11

on the nation and all this

42:13

I have recorded. Of

42:16

the saw I will record nothing.

42:18

This. Is visit to us be as if

42:21

it never happened. If.

42:23

Nobody tells the story. That

42:25

is a story. And.

42:27

Peter and his allies. Of

42:30

lack of cc believes everybody

42:32

says. I want now. I'll

42:35

try to get my house in order to grow

42:37

lettuces. You. Can.

42:39

Slay closes and it won't be long.

42:41

Is that The map? Maudlin As a

42:44

self I hit send you a ticket

42:46

Mr. Evening. Goodbye.

42:49

Goodbye. Mrs. Cross. So

42:55

people went home and Bill is

42:57

navy and for his. Great Northern

42:59

War and one it. And

43:02

made Russia, baker and morton and reform

43:04

the marriage ceremony just like he promised

43:06

and made the bullies caught that the

43:08

it's wilsonville he say he by the

43:10

sea and this and than the other

43:12

and. Anatomists or school

43:15

to marry Hamilton a lethal betrayed him

43:17

fully trust several in why and had

43:19

her head cut off and picked up

43:21

against the cool and next, your own

43:23

head. Supplies. Or

43:26

maybe the phone. Dunno dentistry to

43:28

and then he he threw it

43:30

away. It was nothing to him.

43:34

I reckon I was there a lot of us. are you? May

43:38

never paid off either. Cheap bastard.

43:41

To. Ten

43:45

thousand years I travel.

43:49

Mad Mode lane goes

43:51

without. Saying.

43:56

That will I see funny voice

43:58

on a man. Boys, bedlam,

44:01

boys are bony They

44:04

still go bare and

44:06

they feel you In

44:24

Azhar in London, Peter the

44:26

Great was played by Greg Kolpakci John

44:29

Evelyn by Michael Burtonshaw Ben

44:32

John Lightbody and Letitia

44:34

Cross by Sienna Kelly The

44:37

Foreign Secretary was Josh Bryant Jones

44:40

Lucy was Kitio Sonneville and

44:42

other parts were played by members of the cast

44:46

Musical Accompliment was by Peter Ringrose

44:50

Azhar in London was written by Mike

44:52

Walker from an idea by Michael Crick

44:55

The director was Sasha Yevtashenko

44:59

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