French like a Frenchwoman and so they give you broken English parts. That's
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- With the experienced actress's instinct to fit the gesture to the word, by a
- Him on one of his birthdays and behind it a rack in red morocco, heavily gilt,
- But Michael rose from his chair.
- The young man went scarlet. He smiled stiffly in answer to Julia's warm,
- Julia, however, had insisted that she must have her bedroom as she liked, and
- On shorts and a sweater and have a run round Regent's Park.
- Great stickler for saying the author's exact words, though, God knows, the
- Make something out of it. Of course we had to cut the other woman a lot in
- Was not particularly good-looking, but he had a frank, open face and his
- Which were signed photographs of George V and Queen Mary. Over the
- WHEN the two men had gone she looked through the photographs again
- There were photographs of Julia when she was a child, and photographs of
- A comedy line, seemed to sound all wrong when she spoke it.
- Nowhere and that if he wanted to become a leading actor he must gain
- Right intonation himself he would never let a false one pass in anyone else.
- The company laughed at him and abused him and did everything they could
- The result of the interview was that Michael got an engagement. He stayed at
- Was a boisterous, fat old woman of more than sixty, but of great vitality, who
- It was two years later that Jimmie Langton discovered her. She was on tour in
- French like a Frenchwoman and so they give you broken English parts. That's
- Out of the play you're in now before you could say knife.
- Me for? I'll give you a three years' contract, I'll give you eight pounds a week
- Company? I've got much more important things to do than that, my girl. And
- Nothing to do but act eight times a week attended the rehearsals.
- Management. One's got to be one's own master. That's the only way to make a
- Julia soon discovered that he did not much like spending money, and when
- At one time there was some talk of putting him in the university boat.
- Thought never entered his lovely head.
- Dreamt what ecstatic pleasure it gave her to spend her money on him.
- Lamb, he had not been able to bring himself to spring to that, but she was so
- When some member of the company, momentarily hard up, tried to borrow
- Ended with a powerful and moving scene in which Julia had the opportunity
- To her with absorbed interest.
- She was dressed fussily, with a sort of old-fashioned richness which did not
- Bazaar stuff, and you wondered how anyone had thought it worth bringing
- To the fire, lit a cigarette.
- For the last week she had asked herself whether or not he was going to
- Michael watched the affecting scene with sympathy.
- Indeed, that she was quite willing to become his mistress, but this he refused.
- She adored to sit cuddled up to him with his arm round her waist, her face
- Face an eager, happy smile, she felt that her muscles were stiff and hard.
- Michael gave her his sweet, good-natured smile.
- He took a swing and with his open hand gave her a great smack on the face.
- Broken my heart and ruined my whole life just to keep me in your rotten
- AFTER a fortnight of rehearsals, Michael was thrown out of the part for
- In the empty carriage and looked at herself in the glass.
- Her to her room she held up her face to his.
- THE first year of their marriage would have been stormy except for Michael's
- She gave him a look of scorn.
- Business. He eventually got a part in a costume play.
not going to lead you anywhere, you know."
"That's all I can get."
 
"Are you satisfied (ты удовлетворена /тем, что будешь/) to go on playing those
sort of parts (продолжать играть этот тип ролей; to go on — идти дальше,
продолжать) for ever (навсегда)? You'll get stuck in them (ты завязнешь:
«застрянешь» в них; to stick) and the public won't take you in anything else (и
публика не захочет увидеть тебя в других ролях: «не примет тебя в чем-
нибудь еще»). Seconds (вторые роли), that's all you'll play (вот и все, что ты
будешь играть).
Twenty pounds a week (двадцать фунтов в неделю) at the outside (это самое
большое) and a great talent wasted (и растраченный великий талант; to waste —
расточать, растрачивать без пользы)."
"I've always thought (я всегда думала) that some day or other (что в один из
дней) I should get a chance of a straight part (мне выпадет шанс: «я получу
шанс» /сыграть/ драматическую роль; straight — прямой /неизогнутый/;
искренний)."
"When (когда)? You may have to wait ten years (тебе может быть придется
ждать десять лет). How old are you now (сколько тебе лет)?"
"Twenty (двадцать)."
"What are you getting (сколько ты получаешь)?"
"Fifteen pounds a week (пятнадцать фунтов в неделю)."
satisfied ['sxtIsfaId] talent ['txlqnt] pound [paVnd]
"Are you satisfied to go on playing those sort of parts for ever? You'll get
Stuck in them and the public won't take you in anything else. Seconds, that's
All you'll play.
Twenty pounds a week at the outside and a great talent wasted."
"I've always thought that some day or other I should get a chance of a
straight part."
"When? You may have to wait ten years. How old are you now?"
"Twenty."
 
"What are you getting?"
"Fifteen pounds a week."
"That's a lie (это ложь). You're getting twelve (ты получаешь двенадцать), and
it's a damned sight more (и это черт возьми гораздо больше) than you're worth
(чем ты действительно стоишь). You've got everything to learn (тебе
необходимо всему научиться; to learn — учить, изучать). Your gestures are
commonplace (твои жесты банальны; commonplace — избитый, плоский,
неинтересный). You don't know (ты не знаешь) that every gesture (что каждый
жест) must mean something (должен что-либо означать; to mean —
подразумевать, иметь в виду, думать). You don't know (ты не знаешь) how to
get an audience to look at you (как заставить публику смотреть на тебя) before
you speak (до того, как ты заговоришь). You make up too much (ты слишком
сильно накладываешь грим). With your sort of face (с твоим лицом) the less
make-up the better (чем меньше грима, тем лучше). Wouldn't you like to be a
star (не ужели ты не хочешь быть звездой)?"
"Who wouldn't (кто же не хочет)?"
damned [dxmd] commonplace ['kOmqnpleIs] better ['betq]
"That's a lie. You're getting twelve, and it's a damned sight more than you're
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