1 00:00:22,607 --> 00:00:26,543 Oh, Hamnet, you do look lovely. Every heart will melt. 2 00:00:26,567 --> 00:00:27,703 Oh, Nan! 3 00:00:27,727 --> 00:00:31,783 A proper little English gentleman on the most important day of his life. 4 00:00:31,807 --> 00:00:33,703 Most important, Mum? Really? 5 00:00:33,727 --> 00:00:35,383 It's his confirmation, will. 6 00:00:35,407 --> 00:00:37,463 He's to be welcomed into the Church. 7 00:00:37,487 --> 00:00:40,303 And if you go spoiling it with your bloomin' scepticism, 8 00:00:40,327 --> 00:00:41,743 I shall never forgive you. 9 00:00:41,767 --> 00:00:43,583 How can you suggest such a thing, Anne? 10 00:00:43,607 --> 00:00:47,423 I will treat the spectacle of our corrupt and drunken old sot of a vicar 11 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:49,423 taking a large wodge of my cash 12 00:00:49,447 --> 00:00:53,263 to induct Hamnet into his mob of murderers, inquisitors, 13 00:00:53,287 --> 00:00:56,703 hypocrites and perverts with due solemnity. 14 00:00:56,727 --> 00:00:58,383 Now, just you look here, Will Shakespeare. 15 00:00:58,407 --> 00:01:00,623 I know there's plenty of wrong ‘uns in the clergy, 16 00:01:00,647 --> 00:01:02,783 but Hamnet ain't being welcomed by them. 17 00:01:02,807 --> 00:01:03,983 Not in my mind. 18 00:01:04,007 --> 00:01:08,663 He's being welcomed by God and the love that surpasseth all understanding. 19 00:01:08,687 --> 00:01:10,063 Hm, well, you've got that right. 20 00:01:10,087 --> 00:01:13,183 A love that consists principally of torturing and burning people 21 00:01:13,207 --> 00:01:15,303 who believe in exactly the same God as you 22 00:01:15,327 --> 00:01:19,623 but use slightly more candles and wear slightly sillier hats while doing it 23 00:01:19,647 --> 00:01:22,223 is pretty hard to get your head round. 24 00:01:22,247 --> 00:01:24,143 Don't do this, Will, I'm warning you. 25 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:26,583 Hamnet's confirmation means a lot to me, 26 00:01:26,607 --> 00:01:29,023 and you absolutely promised you'd be there. 27 00:01:29,047 --> 00:01:30,743 I know that, wife, and I will. 28 00:01:30,767 --> 00:01:33,703 Although I can't imagine God's bothered either way. 29 00:01:33,727 --> 00:01:35,903 What would you know about what bothers God? 30 00:01:35,927 --> 00:01:37,583 I don't think you even believe in him! 31 00:01:37,607 --> 00:01:40,406 For the avoidance of being burned alive, Mum, I do. 32 00:01:42,007 --> 00:01:44,023 We have so much to be thankful for! 33 00:01:44,047 --> 00:01:47,183 One in three kids dies before they're 11, you know. 34 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:48,743 Ours have all made it. 35 00:01:48,767 --> 00:01:51,263 I'm aware of the child mortality rates, Anne. 36 00:01:51,287 --> 00:01:55,783 Another aspect of God's love that definitely surpasseth all understanding. 37 00:01:55,807 --> 00:01:59,423 Life's a mystery, Will, and you may have a very big brain, 38 00:01:59,447 --> 00:02:01,583 but there are more things in heaven and earth 39 00:02:01,607 --> 00:02:03,743 than are dreamt of in your philosophy. 40 00:02:03,767 --> 00:02:07,442 In faith, she may be an illiterate milking-slap but she can coin a phrase! 41 00:02:09,767 --> 00:02:10,837 That was a corker! 42 00:02:12,087 --> 00:02:14,143 Discreetly will I jot it down. 43 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:17,383 Anne's right. It's time you counted your blessings. 44 00:02:17,407 --> 00:02:20,703 You're richer than your dad ever was, and he's been thieving all his life. 45 00:02:20,727 --> 00:02:24,063 Not thieving, love, not any more. 46 00:02:24,087 --> 00:02:25,663 Common people are thieves, 47 00:02:25,687 --> 00:02:28,183 and I am a gentleman now. 48 00:02:28,207 --> 00:02:30,483 So it's just creative accounting. 49 00:02:31,887 --> 00:02:35,303 And the more you do of it, the more likely you'll get a knighthood. 50 00:02:35,327 --> 00:02:39,263 Oh! Husband, such a giddy prospect! 51 00:02:39,287 --> 00:02:42,663 Do you think you could steal enough to earn a knighthood? 52 00:02:42,687 --> 00:02:46,317 As an English gentleman, it is my duty to try. 53 00:02:48,567 --> 00:02:51,023 Dad, you've got a letter off the London coach. 54 00:02:51,047 --> 00:02:53,703 Oh, thank you, Judith. Wonder what this could be. 55 00:02:53,727 --> 00:02:55,743 Oh, my giddy, goody godlingtons! 56 00:02:55,767 --> 00:02:57,823 There's to be London theatre awards! 57 00:02:57,847 --> 00:02:58,943 What's that when it's at home? 58 00:02:58,967 --> 00:03:03,383 A glittering, star-studded evening in which the cream of London's theatre 59 00:03:03,407 --> 00:03:06,286 will compete for curiously shaped statuettes. 60 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:11,103 There's to be awards for best play, best comedy, best revival, 61 00:03:11,127 --> 00:03:13,583 and I am nominated in all categories! 62 00:03:13,607 --> 00:03:16,463 This is absolutely brilliant. I shall win the lot. 63 00:03:16,487 --> 00:03:18,103 Well, how can you be so sure? 64 00:03:18,127 --> 00:03:19,983 Because I'm the greatest writer that ever lived. 65 00:03:20,007 --> 00:03:24,423 But also because the last plague forced most of London's companies on the road. 66 00:03:24,447 --> 00:03:27,383 There's scarcely been any shows in town but mine all year. 67 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:28,903 I'll sweep the board. 68 00:03:28,927 --> 00:03:32,623 The ceremony's on the second Tuesday after Michael-Maundy Thursday. 69 00:03:32,647 --> 00:03:34,863 That's the date of Hamnet's confirmation. 70 00:03:34,887 --> 00:03:36,303 You'll have to change it. 71 00:03:36,327 --> 00:03:40,063 Change it? Will, this isn't a bloomin' tea party. 72 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:42,103 Actually, it /s a tea party, Mum. 73 00:03:42,127 --> 00:03:44,503 You've invited all the aunties round for cake. 74 00:03:44,527 --> 00:03:47,383 Snotty, stuck-up bitchingtons. 75 00:03:47,407 --> 00:03:49,983 My sisters are not snotty, stuck-up bitchingtons. 76 00:03:50,007 --> 00:03:51,983 Gran, they so are! 77 00:03:52,007 --> 00:03:53,383 They are not! 78 00:03:53,407 --> 00:03:56,143 They are as down-to-earth and as approachable as I am. 79 00:03:56,167 --> 00:03:57,362 Exactly! 80 00:03:58,647 --> 00:04:02,423 Hamnet has an appointment with God, and you promised you'd be there. 81 00:04:02,447 --> 00:04:05,623 What could be more important than his spiritual wellbeing? 82 00:04:05,647 --> 00:04:08,103 The London bloomin' Theatre Awards, that's what! 83 00:04:08,127 --> 00:04:10,303 And, quite frankly, if God considers that 84 00:04:10,327 --> 00:04:12,623 Hamnet's soul will be of greater spiritual value 85 00:04:12,647 --> 00:04:16,423 because you've dressed him up in a ruffle and invited the aunties round for cake, 86 00:04:16,447 --> 00:04:20,122 then, for an omniscient deity, I fear he lacks self-confidence. 87 00:04:21,687 --> 00:04:25,423 I'm going to my bloomin' awards night, and so if you want me at Hamnet's confirmation 88 00:04:25,447 --> 00:04:28,383 you'll just have to go to the vicar and change the date! 89 00:04:28,407 --> 00:04:32,503 You're a selfish man, will Shakespeare! A horrible, selfish man! 90 00:04:32,527 --> 00:04:36,863 But, wife, a horrible, selfish man who's been nominated in several categories 91 00:04:36,887 --> 00:04:39,543 at the London Theatre Awards. 92 00:04:39,567 --> 00:04:41,001 Happy in my own skin. 93 00:04:44,087 --> 00:04:46,343 Well, this is most unexpected. 94 00:04:46,367 --> 00:04:48,543 A summons from the Master of the Inns of Court 95 00:04:48,567 --> 00:04:50,863 to give a private Sunday-night performance. 96 00:04:50,887 --> 00:04:52,263 Oh, what's the play? 97 00:04:52,287 --> 00:04:55,023 A revival of Robert Greene's Friar Bacon And Friar Bungay. 98 00:04:55,047 --> 00:04:56,543 Oh, dear God, no. 99 00:04:56,567 --> 00:04:59,703 Oh, worst play ever. Even 7can't make it work, and I'm a genius. 100 00:04:59,727 --> 00:05:02,583 Yes, ‘tis a very mystery why anyone would wish to revive it. 101 00:05:02,607 --> 00:05:04,863 - I'm not interested. - Nor me. 102 00:05:04,887 --> 00:05:06,383 The money's good and a fine dinner promised. 103 00:05:06,407 --> 00:05:07,636 -TI'lldo it. - Me too. 104 00:05:11,527 --> 00:05:13,903 So dispiriting! 105 00:05:13,927 --> 00:05:15,743 I've been standing in the market all day, 106 00:05:15,767 --> 00:05:18,463 and not a single mark be made upon my petition. 107 00:05:18,487 --> 00:05:20,383 - Petition, Kate? - Yes. 108 00:05:20,407 --> 00:05:24,303 I plan to appeal to the municipal authorities to ban bear-baiting. 109 00:05:24,327 --> 00:05:26,743 Why would you want to ban bear-baiting? It's a laugh. 110 00:05:26,767 --> 00:05:29,783 Get a bear, you tie an enraged and distressed ape to its back, 111 00:05:29,807 --> 00:05:34,263 tether it in an arena and then set a pack of half-starved dogs on it. 112 00:05:34,287 --> 00:05:36,383 I mean, what's not to like? 113 00:05:36,407 --> 00:05:39,863 That it's sickeningly cruel and disgustingly savage! 114 00:05:39,887 --> 00:05:41,223 As I say, what's not to like? 115 00:05:41,247 --> 00:05:43,303 Come on, Kate, it's funny. 116 00:05:43,327 --> 00:05:46,823 Watching the big old bear swatting and clawing at the dogs 117 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:48,543 as they tear lumps out of its flesh. 118 00:05:48,567 --> 00:05:51,383 Life's brutal and hard, Kate. Man needs his sport. 119 00:05:51,407 --> 00:05:53,503 Yes, I do understand that, 120 00:05:53,527 --> 00:05:57,663 which is why I'm trying to promote a meat-free alternative. 121 00:05:57,687 --> 00:05:59,280 Meat-free bear-baiting? 122 00:06:00,367 --> 00:06:01,743 Pear-baiting! 123 00:06:03,087 --> 00:06:07,223 Take a ripe pear, impale a juicy raspberry upon its stalk 124 00:06:07,247 --> 00:06:10,983 and set a pack of reasonably hungry gerbils on it. 125 00:06:11,007 --> 00:06:15,343 All will be merry as the furry creatures nibble ferociously at the juicy fruit. 126 00:06:15,367 --> 00:06:17,223 How long till the pear be eaten? 127 00:06:17,247 --> 00:06:18,943 Who will get the biggest chunk? 128 00:06:18,967 --> 00:06:23,103 It ain't gonna happen, Kate. Man is cruel. It's a fact of life. 129 00:06:23,127 --> 00:06:25,183 But slowly he improves. 130 00:06:25,207 --> 00:06:27,583 Why, in Roman times, "twas not animals 131 00:06:27,607 --> 00:06:30,303 but humans who were savaged to death for entertainment, 132 00:06:30,327 --> 00:06:32,023 so there has been progress. 133 00:06:32,047 --> 00:06:33,183 Which reminds me. 134 00:06:33,207 --> 00:06:35,823 They're disembowelling Catholics at Tyburn this afternoon, Bottom. 135 00:06:35,847 --> 00:06:37,663 Thought I might mooch along. 136 00:06:37,687 --> 00:06:38,863 Love it! 137 00:06:38,887 --> 00:06:41,223 Amazing how long them Catholics stay alive. 138 00:06:41,247 --> 00:06:43,863 I mean, even after they've been disembowelled 139 00:06:43,887 --> 00:06:45,423 and had their privy parts struck 140 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:48,023 from their bodies and placed within their screaming mouths. 141 00:06:48,047 --> 00:06:50,926 I'm like, "Come on, just die, it's getting boring!" 142 00:06:52,207 --> 00:06:53,863 We could take a picnic. 143 00:06:53,887 --> 00:06:57,143 Oh, except... Damn, I keep forgetting! I'm in hiding. 144 00:06:57,167 --> 00:06:59,623 Zounds! I really wish I'd thought this plan through. 145 00:06:59,647 --> 00:07:01,558 Being dead really limits your social life. 146 00:07:02,847 --> 00:07:06,463 Bottom! Bring ale, bring pie! Your master is returned. 147 00:07:06,487 --> 00:07:08,703 "Please" might be nice. Manners cost nothing. 148 00:07:08,727 --> 00:07:12,516 You, on the other hand, cost a penny a week, so get my bloomin' ale and pie. 149 00:07:13,647 --> 00:07:15,383 Did you have a good journey, Mr Shakespeare? 150 00:07:15,407 --> 00:07:17,823 No, Kate. The natural order remains intact. 151 00:07:17,847 --> 00:07:20,063 Night follows day, the Queen sits upon the throne, 152 00:07:20,087 --> 00:07:22,463 and I had a truly crapsome journey. 153 00:07:22,487 --> 00:07:23,903 Jam-packed and reeking! 154 00:07:23,927 --> 00:07:27,503 I thought you'd decided to pay the ha'penny weekend upgrade 155 00:07:27,527 --> 00:07:29,183 to sit on the posh bench, 156 00:07:29,207 --> 00:07:32,383 so, despite the coach being packed, you'd still have space and comfort. 157 00:07:32,407 --> 00:07:34,223 1did, Bottom, but mark this. 158 00:07:34,247 --> 00:07:37,183 When the coach was packed, those who had not paid the ha‘'penny upgrade 159 00:07:37,207 --> 00:07:40,484 to sit on the posh bench simply thrust themselves upon it anyway. 160 00:07:41,607 --> 00:07:45,943 But did not the coach guard inspect each ticket with stern, unflinching gaze 161 00:07:45,967 --> 00:07:49,503 and order those with standard tickets to vacate the posh bench at once 162 00:07:49,527 --> 00:07:51,263 or suffer a heavy fine? 163 00:07:51,287 --> 00:07:53,663 Yes, Kate, he absolutely did. 164 00:07:53,687 --> 00:07:55,983 Except, hang on, no, he didn't. 165 00:07:56,007 --> 00:08:01,063 He sat atop his distant perch muttering a series of semi-comprehensible remarks 166 00:08:01,087 --> 00:08:03,103 about not stopping at watford, 167 00:08:03,127 --> 00:08:06,983 whilst beneath him all order was forsaken and chaos ruled. 168 00:08:07,007 --> 00:08:10,863 Funny how when the coach be but half-filled with blameless gentlefolk, 169 00:08:10,887 --> 00:08:12,263 the guard is ever-diligent, 170 00:08:12,287 --> 00:08:15,503 forcing sweet old ladies to fossick deep in their satchels 171 00:08:15,527 --> 00:08:18,663 and nursing mothers to lay aside their suckling infants 172 00:08:18,687 --> 00:08:20,743 that they may reach the pockets of their gowns. 173 00:08:20,767 --> 00:08:23,983 But when the coach is ram-packed with strutting hooligans 174 00:08:24,007 --> 00:08:28,063 and their gobbly, over-entitled tarting-slaps, 175 00:08:28,087 --> 00:08:31,143 this same knight of the road be nowhere to be seen. 176 00:08:31,167 --> 00:08:35,583 Thus did I end up paying an upgrade to be forced flat against a window 177 00:08:35,607 --> 00:08:38,183 by three snotsome teenage grotlings 178 00:08:38,207 --> 00:08:40,863 who I knew had not paid the upgrade, 179 00:08:40,887 --> 00:08:44,642 but for 27 hours I had not the gutlings to challenge them! 180 00:08:46,647 --> 00:08:48,263 Harrowing story, master. 181 00:08:48,287 --> 00:08:50,783 You should tell it to a leper or a plaguey some time. 182 00:08:50,807 --> 00:08:53,863 Might help them take their minds off their running sores. 183 00:08:53,887 --> 00:08:55,583 You need to count your blessings. 184 00:08:55,607 --> 00:08:59,383 Yes, Bottom, like having a servant to put my problems into perspective. 185 00:08:59,407 --> 00:09:02,559 So much handier than having one that can cook an edible pie. 186 00:09:04,447 --> 00:09:08,623 However, I shan't allow anything to dent my mood today because, guess what, 187 00:09:08,647 --> 00:09:10,823 I am returned with amazing news. 188 00:09:10,847 --> 00:09:12,863 There's to be a theatre awards night! 189 00:09:12,887 --> 00:09:15,663 And since my plays are currently the only ones running, 190 00:09:15,687 --> 00:09:17,503 I'm bound to scoop the lot! 191 00:09:17,527 --> 00:09:20,143 Goodness! Congratulations, Mr Shakespeare! 192 00:09:20,167 --> 00:09:23,343 All but one award, actually, because, believe it or not, 193 00:09:23,367 --> 00:09:26,383 they're going to honour you, Kit, posthumously, 194 00:09:26,407 --> 00:09:29,445 which, ironically, I also win because I wrote all your plays. 195 00:09:30,487 --> 00:09:32,543 Clean sweep for me. Amazing! 196 00:09:32,567 --> 00:09:34,983 Me? Nominated at an awards ceremony! 197 00:09:35,007 --> 00:09:36,543 Such larks! 198 00:09:36,567 --> 00:09:38,285 Yet I can't go, cos I'm dead. 199 00:09:39,287 --> 00:09:41,183 Curse this ruse of mine. 200 00:09:41,207 --> 00:09:42,583 I wonder who they'll get to collect it. 201 00:09:42,607 --> 00:09:45,463 Oh, they'll try and get in touch with some member of your family, I suppose. 202 00:09:45,487 --> 00:09:48,183 No luck there. All gone to hell years ago. 203 00:09:48,207 --> 00:09:49,242 Unless... 204 00:09:50,447 --> 00:09:51,503 Unless... 205 00:09:51,527 --> 00:09:55,143 Gadzungles! I begin to see a way out of my current fix 206 00:09:55,167 --> 00:09:57,463 and enter society once more! 207 00:09:57,487 --> 00:10:01,263 Will Mrs Shakespeare be accompanying you to the ceremony, Mr Shakespeare? 208 00:10:01,287 --> 00:10:03,183 I'm sure she'd be thrilled. 209 00:10:03,207 --> 00:10:06,023 Well, I-I know I should ask her, but, 210 00:10:06,047 --> 00:10:09,903 well, these awards will be London's most glamorous night in years. 211 00:10:09,927 --> 00:10:12,663 Sophisticated men, beautiful women... 212 00:10:12,687 --> 00:10:15,303 Are you saying you don't think your wife would be fitting company 213 00:10:15,327 --> 00:10:16,423 for such an occasion? 214 00:10:16,447 --> 00:10:18,438 Duh! She's a milkmaid. 215 00:10:19,687 --> 00:10:22,943 Mr Shakespeare, she is your loyal and loving wife! 216 00:10:22,967 --> 00:10:24,503 I cannot believe that you would 217 00:10:24,527 --> 00:10:27,343 not want her on your arm at your moment of triumph 218 00:10:27,367 --> 00:10:29,983 but would instead seek out some young tarting-slap. 219 00:10:30,007 --> 00:10:31,623 Have you no decency? 220 00:10:31,647 --> 00:10:32,983 No loyalty? 221 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:35,423 Come on, Kate, this is a work night for me, 222 00:10:35,447 --> 00:10:37,663 a chance to get in with the pamperloins 223 00:10:37,687 --> 00:10:40,600 who despise me as an upstart country bum-shankle. 224 00:10:41,607 --> 00:10:45,783 Having a bit of beautiful, refined and intelligent young totty on my arm 225 00:10:45,807 --> 00:10:47,503 would really help. 226 00:10:47,527 --> 00:10:49,623 So, what I was wondering, Kate, is... 227 00:10:49,647 --> 00:10:51,103 Oh, my goodly godlingtons! 228 00:10:51,127 --> 00:10:54,023 Yes, yes, yes, yes! 229 00:10:54,047 --> 00:10:56,183 Of course I'll be your tarting-slap! 230 00:10:56,207 --> 00:10:59,103 I can't believe it. Me going to the theatre awards 231 00:10:59,127 --> 00:11:01,004 with London's leading playwright! 232 00:11:01,967 --> 00:11:03,605 You-You didn't let me finish, Kate. I... 233 00:11:04,607 --> 00:11:08,023 I was wondering if you'd take a letter of invitation to Emelia Lanier. 234 00:11:08,047 --> 00:11:12,063 Oh-oh, watch out. He's back on the gorgeous, sultry Emelia. 235 00:11:12,087 --> 00:11:13,943 The "dark lady" of his smutty poems. 236 00:11:13,967 --> 00:11:15,303 They were not smutty! 237 00:11:15,327 --> 00:11:16,623 Excuse me. 238 00:11:16,647 --> 00:11:18,783 "Wilt thou, whose will is large and spacious, 239 00:11:18,807 --> 00:11:21,943 "not once vouchsafe to hide my will in thine?" 240 00:11:21,967 --> 00:11:24,243 Eh? We all know what you meant. 241 00:11:26,247 --> 00:11:30,263 Yes. Although I still can't believe you thought a girl would be flattered 242 00:11:30,287 --> 00:11:33,343 to be told she has a large and spacious lady grotto. 243 00:11:33,367 --> 00:11:38,583 And I also can't believe you want me to take your invitation round! 244 00:11:38,607 --> 00:11:41,103 Just thought it was a bit classier than sending Bottom. 245 00:11:41,127 --> 00:11:43,663 I mean, you shouldn't be inviting a woman other than your wife. 246 00:11:43,687 --> 00:11:45,543 Unless, it seems, that woman happens to be you. 247 00:11:45,567 --> 00:11:48,623 Yes. Because you don't want to hide your will in mine, 248 00:11:48,647 --> 00:11:52,023 but you are on record as wanting to hide it in Emelia Lanier's... 249 00:11:52,047 --> 00:11:53,321 large and spacious one. 250 00:11:55,087 --> 00:11:56,783 I thought you were over this "dark lady", master. 251 00:11:56,807 --> 00:11:58,983 Only by necessity, Botsky. 252 00:11:59,007 --> 00:12:01,143 She hinted that I desired her in vain. 253 00:12:01,167 --> 00:12:03,343 You mean she told you she wouldn't want to be seen dead 254 00:12:03,367 --> 00:12:06,143 with a fartsome old baldy-boots from the Midlands like you. 255 00:12:06,167 --> 00:12:07,983 Yes. That's right. 256 00:12:08,007 --> 00:12:09,903 But she might be prepared to be seen with me 257 00:12:09,927 --> 00:12:12,903 at the most glamorous night of London's social calendar. 258 00:12:12,927 --> 00:12:15,983 Right, I'm off to Lucy's for a celebratory quaff. 259 00:12:16,007 --> 00:12:17,783 Wish I could invite you, Kit, but... 260 00:12:17,807 --> 00:12:19,783 Yes. I know. I'm dead. 261 00:12:19,807 --> 00:12:21,383 But watch this space, i' faith, 262 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:24,303 because I've been nominated for a posthumous theatre award. 263 00:12:24,327 --> 00:12:26,079 This bad boy's back in the game. 264 00:12:30,047 --> 00:12:32,423 Mr Burbage not here, Miss Lucy? 265 00:12:32,447 --> 00:12:34,303 Nor Condell or Kempe? 266 00:12:34,327 --> 00:12:36,623 They rarely miss their Sunday-night quaff. 267 00:12:36,647 --> 00:12:40,303 They have a gig, Mr Shakespeare. Private function at the Inns of Court. 268 00:12:40,327 --> 00:12:43,703 Oh, I see. Some spoilt little girl's 21st, no doubt, 269 00:12:43,727 --> 00:12:46,303 and doting Daddy has booked the big London stars 270 00:12:46,327 --> 00:12:48,463 to do the arse-kicking routine at midnight. 271 00:12:48,487 --> 00:12:51,943 Personally, I think that sort of gig is totally selling out. 272 00:12:51,967 --> 00:12:53,503 You mean, being the writer, 273 00:12:53,527 --> 00:12:56,023 nobody ever pays you a fortune to do a celebrity gig 274 00:12:56,047 --> 00:12:58,663 and you are eaten up with resentment and jealousy. 275 00:12:58,687 --> 00:13:00,503 Yes, that's it, exactly. 276 00:13:00,527 --> 00:13:03,783 Anyway, ale, if you please, Miss Lucy, and pie. 277 00:13:03,807 --> 00:13:08,023 I'm celebrating being nominated in all categories at the London Theatre Awards, 278 00:13:08,047 --> 00:13:11,423 which I'm certain to win, as there appear to be no rival contenders. 279 00:13:11,447 --> 00:13:14,023 Ah-ah-eh-eh. No rivals? 280 00:13:14,047 --> 00:13:16,223 Ha! Where is the fun in that? 281 00:13:16,247 --> 00:13:19,023 In my village, the winner of any contest 282 00:13:19,047 --> 00:13:24,423 was expected to cut off the head of his rival and boil the brains for soup. 283 00:13:24,447 --> 00:13:27,063 Goodness, Lucy. Can such savagery be true? 284 00:13:27,087 --> 00:13:29,983 Ah, of course not. I make up that stuff for the tourists. 285 00:13:30,007 --> 00:13:33,223 It is actually customary for the victor to say to the rival, 286 00:13:33,247 --> 00:13:35,903 "No, really, you should have won, you were much better. 287 00:13:35,927 --> 00:13:37,623 "I was just lucky, really.” 288 00:13:37,647 --> 00:13:40,366 Hm. I can see that is a less interesting anecdote. 289 00:13:44,567 --> 00:13:46,943 Can't believe Emelia‘s actually coming! 290 00:13:46,967 --> 00:13:47,983 First time I've met her 291 00:13:48,007 --> 00:13:51,623 since the unfortunate misunderstanding over sonnet number 130. 292 00:13:51,647 --> 00:13:54,263 When you mentioned her eyes were dull, her hair like wire, 293 00:13:54,287 --> 00:13:57,343 her skin a dullish grey and her breath reeked? 294 00:13:57,367 --> 00:13:59,863 Yes. And, amazingly, she failed to spot 295 00:13:59,887 --> 00:14:02,503 that I was satirising traditional romantic poetry. 296 00:14:02,527 --> 00:14:04,063 You've asked her round pretty early. 297 00:14:04,087 --> 00:14:06,063 The awards aren't for hours. 298 00:14:06,087 --> 00:14:09,023 Are you hoping to grab a chance to hide your will in hers? 299 00:14:09,047 --> 00:14:12,383 No! I... I'm taking her to supper at Lucy's. 300 00:14:12,407 --> 00:14:13,583 What a night! 301 00:14:13,607 --> 00:14:16,023 Dinner with a beautiful, sophisticated girl, 302 00:14:16,047 --> 00:14:20,183 then showing her off during my triumph at a star-studded awards ceremony. 303 00:14:20,207 --> 00:14:22,303 It does not get any better than this! 304 00:14:22,327 --> 00:14:26,863 Mr Shakespeare, I really think you need to remember that you are a married man! 305 00:14:26,887 --> 00:14:28,423 Look, I'm just taking her to dinner. 306 00:14:28,447 --> 00:14:30,743 You can tell yourself that if you like, Mr Shakespeare, 307 00:14:30,767 --> 00:14:34,103 but you and I both know that, given half the chance, you'd be in there 308 00:14:34,127 --> 00:14:36,482 like the eager rodent up the proverbial piping drain! 309 00:14:38,887 --> 00:14:41,223 Oh, God, she's here! This is it! 310 00:14:41,247 --> 00:14:44,383 I'm actually going to take Emelia Lanier on a glamorous night out. 311 00:14:44,407 --> 00:14:45,623 Master... 312 00:14:45,647 --> 00:14:48,543 Madam, this is the greatest moment of my life. 313 00:14:48,567 --> 00:14:52,983 Well, that's nice, love, because I have made a bit of an effort. 314 00:14:53,007 --> 00:14:54,343 Anne! 315 00:14:54,367 --> 00:14:55,743 You're in London? 316 00:14:55,767 --> 00:14:56,767 Yes. 317 00:14:57,767 --> 00:15:00,583 Well, I was sorry that I've been so cross about your big night, 318 00:15:00,607 --> 00:15:03,183 and when you made me change the date of Hamnet's confirmation 319 00:15:03,207 --> 00:15:05,663 I decided I'd come and support you. 320 00:15:05,687 --> 00:15:09,063 Like you said, it's the greatest moment of your life. 321 00:15:09,087 --> 00:15:10,423 What? 322 00:15:10,447 --> 00:15:12,863 Oh, yes, of course. Yeah. 323 00:15:12,887 --> 00:15:17,143 In fact, it's almost like you were expecting somebody. 324 00:15:17,167 --> 00:15:19,263 Are you expecting somebody, Will? 325 00:15:19,287 --> 00:15:20,903 No! Of course not. 326 00:15:22,087 --> 00:15:24,023 Who's that, then? 327 00:15:24,047 --> 00:15:28,303 Nobody! Kate, run and tell Bottom to make sure there's nobody at the door, 328 00:15:28,327 --> 00:15:30,543 and if there is, tell them I've got the plague. 329 00:15:30,567 --> 00:15:32,663 You stay right where you are, Kate! 330 00:15:32,687 --> 00:15:36,583 If there's nobody there, then it won't matter if we find out who it is, will it? 331 00:15:36,607 --> 00:15:40,783 Master... It-It... It's... Mr Shakespeare! 332 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:43,640 I'm so looking forward to coming to the awards ceremony. 333 00:15:47,087 --> 00:15:50,967 Oh, my God, it's that tart you wrote them smutty poems for! 334 00:15:52,007 --> 00:15:53,863 I beg your pardon?! 335 00:15:53,887 --> 00:15:55,063 William? 336 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:57,237 Who is this oikish milking-slap? 337 00:15:58,727 --> 00:16:00,383 It's Mr Shakespeare's wife, Emelia. 338 00:16:00,407 --> 00:16:02,663 No doubt come to accompany him to tonight's awards. 339 00:16:02,687 --> 00:16:07,223 Perhaps you and Mrs S would like to join me and Emelia for dinner. 340 00:16:07,247 --> 00:16:08,703 Kit Marlowe! 341 00:16:08,727 --> 00:16:12,383 Ahhh! I thought you were dead! 342 00:16:12,407 --> 00:16:16,223 The resemblance /s shocking, I know, but not Kit. 343 00:16:16,247 --> 00:16:17,476 Kurt. 344 00:16:18,967 --> 00:16:22,783 His ravishing blond twin invited to the awards ceremony to collect Kit's award, 345 00:16:22,807 --> 00:16:26,423 which was why I asked will to invite you on my behalf. 346 00:16:26,447 --> 00:16:29,423 You meant so much to Kit, after all. 347 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:31,903 Well, yes. I remember his poem. 348 00:16:31,927 --> 00:16:35,966 "Emelia, Emelia, by God, I'd like to feel ya." 349 00:16:37,487 --> 00:16:40,623 So much better than Mr Shakespeare's disgusting sonnet 350 00:16:40,647 --> 00:16:42,903 about putting his will in my... 351 00:16:42,927 --> 00:16:44,743 well, exactly. 352 00:16:44,767 --> 00:16:48,965 Will and I were hoping that you would be my date in memory of Kit. 353 00:16:49,967 --> 00:16:52,623 - Isn't that right, will? - Yes, absolutely. 354 00:16:52,647 --> 00:16:56,503 I'd thought to go alone, but now you are here, my darling Anne, 355 00:16:56,527 --> 00:16:58,723 things couldn't be merrier. 356 00:17:02,127 --> 00:17:08,663 Ooh, I'm having a lovely time quaffing ale and gorging pie in a London tavern! 357 00:17:08,687 --> 00:17:10,503 Who'd have thought it, eh? 358 00:17:10,527 --> 00:17:14,063 Me, a common milk-slap from Stratford? 359 00:17:14,087 --> 00:17:15,521 Woohoo! 360 00:17:16,967 --> 00:17:20,903 D'you know, I think I'll spend some more time with you in town, Will, 361 00:17:20,927 --> 00:17:22,383 now that the kids are getting older. 362 00:17:22,407 --> 00:17:24,223 Won't that be wonderful? 363 00:17:24,247 --> 00:17:25,442 Yes, my love. 364 00:17:27,527 --> 00:17:29,120 Wonderful. 365 00:17:30,167 --> 00:17:33,783 Ah, Will and... Good God, it's a ghost! 366 00:17:33,807 --> 00:17:35,863 No ghost, Mr Burbage. 367 00:17:35,887 --> 00:17:39,103 I'm Kit's brother, Kurt, come to collect his posthumous award. 368 00:17:39,127 --> 00:17:40,943 Well, you've certainly got the better hair. 369 00:17:40,967 --> 00:17:42,943 Well... 370 00:17:42,967 --> 00:17:47,343 Welcome, Kurt, and an exciting night of awards ahead, I think. 371 00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:49,863 Hm. Exciting? Ha-ha, don't think so. 372 00:17:49,887 --> 00:17:52,983 Not Italian, is it? It's just London, so... 373 00:17:53,007 --> 00:17:55,103 Shut up, Kempe. 374 00:17:55,127 --> 00:17:57,023 Are you nervous, Mr Shakespeare? 375 00:17:57,047 --> 00:18:00,983 Like the tired antelope who thought his wife nodded at a leafy glade 376 00:18:01,007 --> 00:18:02,703 and said, "Lie down there," 377 00:18:02,727 --> 00:18:05,823 only to discover she said, “Lion down there.” 378 00:18:05,847 --> 00:18:08,223 ‘Tis I who am the lion tonight, Miss Lucy. 379 00:18:08,247 --> 00:18:10,583 All the other companies left town during the last plague 380 00:18:10,607 --> 00:18:11,943 and are still touring. 381 00:18:11,967 --> 00:18:14,543 I can't see that there's actually going to be any other nominations at all. 382 00:18:14,567 --> 00:18:17,103 Can you think of any recent productions, Burbage? 383 00:18:17,127 --> 00:18:20,143 Any one-off Sunday-night revivals? 384 00:18:20,167 --> 00:18:21,202 Er... 385 00:18:22,487 --> 00:18:24,383 Mrs Shakespeare! 386 00:18:24,407 --> 00:18:25,583 So glad I caught you. 387 00:18:25,607 --> 00:18:27,903 I'm afraid a letter has followed you from Stratford. 388 00:18:27,927 --> 00:18:32,143 Nothing serious, it says, but Susanna and Judith are both a bit feverish. 389 00:18:32,167 --> 00:18:33,543 Your mother-in-law says not to worry 390 00:18:33,567 --> 00:18:35,703 but that she'd feel better if you were to come home. 391 00:18:35,727 --> 00:18:37,023 Oh, dear. 392 00:18:37,047 --> 00:18:39,223 Oh, how disappointing! 393 00:18:39,247 --> 00:18:40,703 Who'd be a mum, eh? 394 00:18:40,727 --> 00:18:42,783 Oh, I'm sorry, Will. 395 00:18:42,807 --> 00:18:47,223 I so wanted to support you on your big night, but good luck. 396 00:18:47,247 --> 00:18:51,383 And don't forget Hamnet's confirmation, and you come home just as soon as you can. 397 00:18:51,407 --> 00:18:52,583 Of course, wife. 398 00:18:52,607 --> 00:18:56,157 Burdened down by many an interestingly shaped statuette, no doubt. 399 00:18:58,847 --> 00:19:01,423 Well, now, very sorry to see her go. 400 00:19:01,447 --> 00:19:02,823 Very sorry indeed. 401 00:19:02,847 --> 00:19:05,023 But it occurs to me, Emelia, 402 00:19:05,047 --> 00:19:07,983 that it does mean that you can now be my guest, as planned. 403 00:19:08,007 --> 00:19:09,343 Hm... 404 00:19:09,367 --> 00:19:11,085 I kind of think I'll stick where I am. 405 00:19:12,447 --> 00:19:13,863 Oh, right. 406 00:19:13,887 --> 00:19:15,844 So, Mr Shakespeare... 407 00:19:17,487 --> 00:19:19,863 One spare ticket, eh? 408 00:19:19,887 --> 00:19:22,303 If you were in need of some highly attractive 409 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:24,303 and sophisticated young totty... 410 00:19:24,327 --> 00:19:25,965 Yes, I am, Kate. Do you know any? 411 00:19:27,127 --> 00:19:28,263 I mean me! 412 00:19:28,287 --> 00:19:30,676 Oh. Yes, right. Of course. 413 00:19:35,127 --> 00:19:36,863 Yeah, all right, hello. 414 00:19:36,887 --> 00:19:41,103 Welcome to the famous Red Lion Theatre for the first annual London Theatre Awards. 415 00:19:41,127 --> 00:19:42,383 I'm Will Kempe, yeah? 416 00:19:42,407 --> 00:19:44,183 I'm brilliant, by the way. Hm! Just saying. 417 00:19:44,207 --> 00:19:46,343 Oh, look at you all! 418 00:19:46,367 --> 00:19:48,543 All thinking, "Ooh, I really hope I win!" 419 00:19:48,567 --> 00:19:51,023 What for? For being rubbish at acting? 420 00:19:52,607 --> 00:19:55,703 What's the difference between you lot and Mary Queen of Scots? 421 00:19:55,727 --> 00:19:58,423 She only died horribly in front of a large crowd once. 422 00:20:00,527 --> 00:20:03,583 I see Sir Francis Drake's just been buried at sea off Cadiz in full armour. 423 00:20:03,607 --> 00:20:05,487 I bet he went down better than most of you lot. 424 00:20:07,247 --> 00:20:09,423 I think he's misjudged the mood of the room. 425 00:20:09,447 --> 00:20:11,623 I think he's brilliant. So dry. 426 00:20:11,647 --> 00:20:12,783 So edgy. 427 00:20:12,807 --> 00:20:14,063 He's just being rude. 428 00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:16,543 Anyway, lovely to be here. 429 00:20:16,567 --> 00:20:19,063 Well, what I mean is, lovely to be paid to be here. 430 00:20:19,087 --> 00:20:20,823 I can't think of any other reason. 431 00:20:20,847 --> 00:20:22,503 Unless you're some desperate old luvvie-kissie 432 00:20:22,527 --> 00:20:24,863 who'll go anywhere for a free drink, like most of you lot. 433 00:20:27,767 --> 00:20:30,183 Why are they laughing? He's saying they're all desperate. 434 00:20:30,207 --> 00:20:31,743 He's just so out there. 435 00:20:31,767 --> 00:20:34,183 Just doesn't care. Such a cooling dude. 436 00:20:34,207 --> 00:20:36,463 He's just being arrogant and unpleasant. 437 00:20:36,487 --> 00:20:37,983 He's just so dry and edgy. 438 00:20:38,007 --> 00:20:39,343 He's not dry and edgy. 439 00:20:39,367 --> 00:20:42,263 He's just slagging everyone off for being a pampered luvvie-kissie, 440 00:20:42,287 --> 00:20:45,943 even though beneath the thin veneer of post-Renaissance ironic cool 441 00:20:45,967 --> 00:20:48,583 he's the biggest pampered luvvie-kissie of the lot. 442 00:20:48,607 --> 00:20:51,983 And if there's one thing more irritating than being a pampered luvvie-kissie 443 00:20:52,007 --> 00:20:54,983 attending a gala evening forpampered luvvie-kissies, 444 00:20:55,007 --> 00:20:57,543 being slagged off by a pampered luvvie-kissie, 445 00:20:57,567 --> 00:21:00,023 it's having all the other pampered luvvie-kissies in the room 446 00:21:00,047 --> 00:21:03,103 pretending to be wryly amused and in on the joke 447 00:21:03,127 --> 00:21:07,543 in the desperate hope that it'll make them look less like pampered luvvie-kissies. 448 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:09,663 Well, I like being a pampered luvvie-kissie. 449 00:21:09,687 --> 00:21:12,983 I amuse people for a living and never killed anyone, 450 00:21:13,007 --> 00:21:16,103 and when I win all my interestingly shaped statuettes tonight, 451 00:21:16,127 --> 00:21:19,223 I'm not going to pretend that I think that everyone else is as good as me, 452 00:21:19,247 --> 00:21:20,583 because I don't. 453 00:21:20,607 --> 00:21:23,463 And I'm not going to bang on about suffering and poverty, 454 00:21:23,487 --> 00:21:26,623 because it's neither my fault nor in my power to change! 455 00:21:26,647 --> 00:21:30,383 I'm going to whoop and cheer and possibly do a little victory dance, 456 00:21:30,407 --> 00:21:33,047 because I'm bloomin' best and I want a prize. 457 00:21:34,207 --> 00:21:37,943 So... first bit of pointless self-congratulation - 458 00:21:37,967 --> 00:21:41,303 sorry, I meant award - is the best revival. 459 00:21:41,327 --> 00:21:43,503 And to present it, we've got an actor 460 00:21:43,527 --> 00:21:46,103 who has done a lot to stop starvation. Yeah? 461 00:21:46,127 --> 00:21:47,703 By eating all the pies! 462 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:51,162 Please welcome Dickie Burbage. 463 00:21:53,007 --> 00:21:54,156 Ah! 464 00:21:57,847 --> 00:22:01,442 And the nominations for best revival are... 465 00:22:02,607 --> 00:22:05,543 Richard II, by Will Shakespeare, currently enjoying 466 00:22:05,567 --> 00:22:08,303 its fifth triumphant season in London repertory. 467 00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:10,903 Oh, God, I so didn't expect to win this, 468 00:22:10,927 --> 00:22:12,583 I haven't prepared a speech at all. 469 00:22:12,607 --> 00:22:15,583 And Friar Bacon And Friar Bungay by Robert Greene, 470 00:22:15,607 --> 00:22:19,143 performed for one night only at the refectory in the Inns of Court. 471 00:22:19,167 --> 00:22:20,423 What?! 472 00:22:20,447 --> 00:22:21,983 And the winner is... 473 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:24,806 Robert Greene, Friar Bacon And Friar Bungay! 474 00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:31,863 So sorry, Mr Shakespeare. I know you wanted to win so much. 475 00:22:31,887 --> 00:22:35,583 Nonsense. Like it matters. As if. It's all crappage anyway. 476 00:22:35,607 --> 00:22:38,583 Besides, that was only for a revival. I'll win everything else. 477 00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:41,063 The nominations for best tragedy are... 478 00:22:41,087 --> 00:22:43,703 Julius Caesar, by Will Shakespeare... 479 00:22:43,727 --> 00:22:44,956 And the winner is... 480 00:22:46,047 --> 00:22:49,199 Robert Greene, Friar Bacon And Friar Bungay. 481 00:22:50,767 --> 00:22:53,983 Nominations for best comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, by Will Shakespeare... 482 00:22:54,007 --> 00:22:55,463 The winner is... 483 00:22:55,487 --> 00:22:57,717 Robert Greene, Friar Bacon And Friar Bungay. 484 00:23:00,087 --> 00:23:01,703 Best actor in a male role... 485 00:23:01,727 --> 00:23:03,183 Richard Burbage 486 00:23:03,207 --> 00:23:06,623 for Friar Bacon in Robert Greene's Friar Bacon And Friar Bungay. 487 00:23:06,647 --> 00:23:10,481 Will Kempe as Ralph Simnel in Robert Greene's friar Bacon... 488 00:23:12,407 --> 00:23:18,023 And I'intend to make an absolute beast of myself at the afterparty 489 00:23:18,047 --> 00:23:19,183 in his honour! 490 00:23:20,247 --> 00:23:22,943 Henry Condell for the Fair Maid of Fressingfield 491 00:23:22,967 --> 00:23:25,423 in Robert Greene's Friar Bacon And Friar Bungay! 492 00:23:25,447 --> 00:23:28,263 As an actor who plays female roles, 493 00:23:28,287 --> 00:23:33,223 I would like to accept this on behalf of all actors who play female roles. 494 00:23:33,247 --> 00:23:36,663 Their courage, their strength, their passion. 495 00:23:36,687 --> 00:23:41,343 We need more and better roles for actors who play female roles. 496 00:23:41,367 --> 00:23:43,223 We are not just the totty. 497 00:23:43,247 --> 00:23:46,263 We are not just eccentric old ladies. 498 00:23:46,287 --> 00:23:48,943 We are strong, we are passionate, 499 00:23:48,967 --> 00:23:51,743 and we demand an equal voice in this industry. 500 00:23:51,767 --> 00:23:54,223 Be angry, be fierce. 501 00:23:54,247 --> 00:23:56,343 Dare to dream! 502 00:23:56,367 --> 00:23:57,562 Thank you. 503 00:24:06,927 --> 00:24:08,583 Yes, it's me. 504 00:24:08,607 --> 00:24:11,983 I'm home, and, no, since you ask, Idid nothave a good journey. 505 00:24:12,007 --> 00:24:15,103 My coach was massively delayed out of Long Compton because of, 506 00:24:15,127 --> 00:24:19,143 and I quote, "the late arrival of the incoming service". 507 00:24:19,167 --> 00:24:21,623 And this, mark you, was offered as an excuse, 508 00:24:21,647 --> 00:24:23,823 as if somehow that made everything all right. 509 00:24:23,847 --> 00:24:25,423 "The incoming service was late. 510 00:24:25,447 --> 00:24:26,863 "whoopee! We're off the hook. 511 00:24:26,887 --> 00:24:28,823 "All guilt be absolved.” 512 00:24:28,847 --> 00:24:32,583 Except, hang on, who exactly was running this incoming service? 513 00:24:32,607 --> 00:24:35,423 Genghis Khan, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, 514 00:24:35,447 --> 00:24:38,063 the recently encountered Cherokee and Mohawk tribes 515 00:24:38,087 --> 00:24:39,903 of the North American Seaboard? 516 00:24:39,927 --> 00:24:43,263 No! The same people who are running my outgoing coach. 517 00:24:43,287 --> 00:24:45,743 Two late coaches does not make it better. 518 00:24:45,767 --> 00:24:47,543 Imagine if I tried that in the theatre. 519 00:24:47,567 --> 00:24:49,463 "Sorry, no play tonight, I haven't written it. 520 00:24:49,487 --> 00:24:51,927 "But don't worry, I haven't written the previous one either.” 521 00:24:53,247 --> 00:24:55,063 well, hello to you lot, too, thanks very much. 522 00:24:55,087 --> 00:24:57,543 And since you asked, no, I didn't win any prizes, 523 00:24:57,567 --> 00:25:00,903 because Robert Greene got all his Oxbridge mates to vote for him. 524 00:25:00,927 --> 00:25:02,423 Well, Bolingbrokes to the lot of them! 525 00:25:02,447 --> 00:25:06,143 I am returned, as promised, for Hamnet's confirmation, so let us... 526 00:25:06,167 --> 00:25:08,636 Dad... Daughter? 527 00:25:10,367 --> 00:25:12,040 Hamnet's dead. 528 00:25:13,647 --> 00:25:15,524 Dead? 529 00:25:16,767 --> 00:25:19,023 Plague, husband. 530 00:25:19,047 --> 00:25:20,321 Our one in three. 531 00:25:21,847 --> 00:25:27,423 Ithank a merciful God that he left us Susanna and Judith to be our comfort. 532 00:25:27,447 --> 00:25:28,562 Merciful God? 533 00:25:29,607 --> 00:25:30,983 Merciful God? 534 00:25:31,007 --> 00:25:32,583 Don't, husband. 535 00:25:32,607 --> 00:25:34,503 Don't hate God nor, worse, deny him. 536 00:25:34,527 --> 00:25:36,120 I owe God nothing. 537 00:25:37,207 --> 00:25:38,743 Our son is lost to us! 538 00:25:38,767 --> 00:25:41,063 Not lost, never lost. 539 00:25:41,087 --> 00:25:42,703 Just gone before. 540 00:25:42,727 --> 00:25:46,197 I have to believe that, will, and that God is merciful. 541 00:25:47,647 --> 00:25:49,001 Otherwise I can't... 542 00:25:50,527 --> 00:25:51,743 Ican't.. 543 00:25:51,767 --> 00:25:53,983 He didn't suffer long, william. 544 00:25:54,007 --> 00:25:55,156 A single night. 545 00:25:56,207 --> 00:25:59,343 It began... just before sunset. 546 00:25:59,367 --> 00:26:01,358 And he left us as the sun rose. 547 00:26:02,767 --> 00:26:05,823 He said he'd see you in heaven, Dad. 548 00:26:05,847 --> 00:26:09,317 But that you weren't to rush, cos he knew how busy you are. 549 00:26:10,287 --> 00:26:12,783 He said we could have his confirmation then. 550 00:26:12,807 --> 00:26:15,543 So just you tell me you believe, husband. 551 00:26:15,567 --> 00:26:17,743 Tell me you believe we'll see him again, 552 00:26:17,767 --> 00:26:21,840 that God took him for a purpose and that one day we'll be reunited! 553 00:26:23,007 --> 00:26:24,583 You're the clever one. 554 00:26:24,607 --> 00:26:27,884 You always know the answers, so tell me you believe! 555 00:26:30,367 --> 00:26:31,516 Yes, Anne. 556 00:26:32,887 --> 00:26:34,400 Yes, of course I believe. 557 00:26:35,967 --> 00:26:40,663 Such a light as shone in our son couldn't be extinguished in an instant. 558 00:26:40,687 --> 00:26:43,863 It shines bright and clear in heaven. 559 00:26:43,887 --> 00:26:46,023 We'll see it in the stars tonight. 560 00:26:46,047 --> 00:26:48,143 And they will guide us to him 561 00:26:48,167 --> 00:26:50,124 when our own time comes. 562 00:26:51,527 --> 00:26:52,743 Yes. 563 00:26:52,767 --> 00:26:53,882 Yes, they will. 564 00:26:56,407 --> 00:26:59,543 In the meantime, in the morning there'll be the cow to milk 565 00:26:59,567 --> 00:27:02,207 and maize to grind and fires to set. 566 00:27:03,567 --> 00:27:07,543 There isn't a family in England that hasn't got empty places at the table. 567 00:27:07,567 --> 00:27:10,127 And we have only one. 568 00:27:11,167 --> 00:27:13,477 Like I said, God is merciful. 569 00:27:20,007 --> 00:27:21,463 Do you, Dad? 570 00:27:21,487 --> 00:27:22,943 Daughter? 571 00:27:22,967 --> 00:27:27,103 Do you really believe that Hamnet's light still shines? 572 00:27:27,127 --> 00:27:28,583 Yes, Sue. 573 00:27:28,607 --> 00:27:33,383 In you, in Judith, in his mother's heart, and in mine. 574 00:27:33,407 --> 00:27:36,743 In... In every thought we have and breath we take, 575 00:27:36,767 --> 00:27:38,783 as long as we live. 576 00:27:38,807 --> 00:27:40,684 But in heaven, Dad? 577 00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:44,263 Do you believe we'll see him again? 578 00:27:44,287 --> 00:27:48,724 To hold him and kiss him, to shout at him and scold him? 579 00:27:50,647 --> 00:27:52,365 No, daughter, I don't. 580 00:27:54,047 --> 00:27:56,038 But your mother does. 581 00:27:57,007 --> 00:27:59,583 And for all that she says I'm the clever one, 582 00:27:59,607 --> 00:28:02,804 in my experience, she's right about most things. 583 00:28:10,167 --> 00:28:14,743 Grief fills the room up of my absent child 584 00:28:14,767 --> 00:28:19,383 Lies in his bed Walks up and down with me 585 00:28:19,407 --> 00:28:23,223 Puts on his pretty looks Repeats his words 586 00:28:23,247 --> 00:28:26,863 Remembers me of all his gracious parts 587 00:28:26,887 --> 00:28:30,482 Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form 588 00:28:31,887 --> 00:28:35,517 Then, have I reason to be fond of grief?