Nowhere and that if he wanted to become a leading actor he must gain
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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.
Experience in modern plays.
A man called James Langton (человек по имени Джеймс Лэнгтон) was running a
repertory theatre at Middlepool (управлял репертуарным театром в Миддлпуле;
repertory theatre — театр с постоянной труппой и с определенным
репертуаром, часто без собственного здания театра) that was attracting a
good deal of attention (который привлекал достаточно много внимания); and
after Michael had been with Benson for three years (и после того, как Майкл
провел с Бенсоном три года), when the company was going to Middlepool
(когда /его/ труппа отправилась: «собиралась» в Миддлпул; company —
общество, компания, собеседник, театр. постоянная группа актеров,
ансамбль, труппа) on its annual visit (с ежегодным визитом; annual —
годовой, годичный), he wrote to Langton (он написал Лэнгтону) and asked
whether he would see him (и спросил, сможет ли тот принять его; whether —
зд. косвенный вопрос: не может ли?; to see — видеть, смотреть,
встречаться). Jimmie Langton (Джимми Лэнгтон), a fat (толстый), bald-
headed (лысый; bald (лысый, плешивый)-headed (a head — голова)), rubicund
man of forty-five (румяный мужчина сорока пяти лет), who looked like one of
Rubens' prosperous burghers (который выглядел как один из процветающих
бюргеров /с картин/ Рубенса; prosperous — преуспевающий, богатый), had a
passion for the theatre (обожал театр; to have passion — обожать, обладать
страстью к чему-либо). He was an eccentric (он был эксцентричный), arrogant
(высокомерный), exuberant (жизнерадостный), vain (тщеславный) and
 
charming fellow (и очаровательный малый; fellow — человек, парень, собрат).
He loved acting (он обожал актерство; acting — театр. игра, притворство),
but his physique (но его телосложение) prevented him from playing (не
позволяло ему играть; to prevent from — предотвращать, мешать, не
допускать) any but a few parts (большинство ролей: «никакие, кроме
нескольких ролей»), which was fortunate (что было /большой/ удачей;
fortunate — счастливый, удачливый), for he was a bad actor (так как он был
плохой актер).
repertory ['repqt(q)rI] annual ['xnjVql] rubicund ['ru:bIkqnd]
exuberant [Ig'zju:b(q)rqnt] physique [fI'zi:k]
A man called James Langton was running a repertory theatre at Middlepool
That was attracting a good deal of attention; and after Michael had been with
Benson for three years, when the company was going to Middlepool on its
Annual visit, he wrote to Langton and asked whether he would see him.
Jimmie Langton, a fat, bald-headed, rubicund man of forty-five, who looked
Like one of Rubens' prosperous burghers, had a passion for the theatre. He
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