When some member of the company, momentarily hard up, tried to borrow
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- 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.
- Meanwhile Julia had been playing a succession of important parts and was
- She was pregnant at the time. Michael had judged it imprudent to have a
- Been so badly wounded that they had got their discharge.
- Little sick. She could not respond to his ardour, she was eager that he should
- Table by her side. She looked at him while he read the paper. Was it possible
From him it was in vain. But he refused so frankly, with so much heartiness,
That he did not affront.
"My dear old boy, I'd love to lend you a quid, but I'm absolutely stony. I don't
know how I'm going to pay my rent at the end of the week."
For some months Michael was so much occupied with his own parts that he
Failed to notice how good an actress Julia was. Of course he read the reviews,
And their praise of Julia, but he read summarily, without paying much
Attention till he came to the remarks the critics made about him. He was
Pleased by their approval, but not cast down by their censure. He was too
Modest to resent an unfavourable criticism.
"I suppose I was rotten (я полагаю, что был отвратительным)," he would say
ingenuously (говорил он /по таким случаям/ искренне).
His most engaging trait (его наиболее привлекательной чертой) was his good
humour (было его добродушие). He bore Jimmie Langton's abuse (он переносил
оскорбления Джимми Лэнгтона; to abuse — поносить, ругать, портить) with
equanimity (с невозмутимостью: «с душевной уравновешенностью»). When
tempers grew frayed (когда все раздражались: «характеры раздражались»; to
fray — истрепать, издергать /нервы/; раздражать) during a long rehearsal
(во время долгих репетиций) he remained serene (он оставался спокойным). It
was impossible to quarrel with him (было невозможно спорить с ним). One day
(однажды) he was sitting in front (он сидел на авансцене) watching the rehearsal
of an act (наблюдая за репетицией акта) in which he did not appear (в котором
он не появлялся). It ended (/акт/ заканчивался) with a powerful and moving
scene (мощной и трогательной сценой) in which Julia had the opportunity (в
которой у Джулии была возможность) to give a fine display of acting (показать
всю силу актерского мастерства; to give a display of — проявить, показать,
обнаружить какое-либо чувство; display — показ, проявление,
демонстрация). When the stage was being set (когда сцену готовили) for the
next act (для следующего акта) Julia came through the pass door (Джулия
вышла через дверь, ведущую со сцены в зал) and sat down beside Michael (и
присела рядом с Майклом).
equanimity ["i:kwq'nImItI, "ekwq-] serene [sI'ri:n] frayed [freId]
"I suppose I was rotten," he would say ingenuously.
His most engaging trait was his good humour. He bore Jimmie Langton's
Abuse with equanimity. When tempers grew frayed during a long rehearsal he
Remained serene. It was impossible to quarrel with him. One day he was
Sitting in front watching the rehearsal of an act in which he did not appear. It
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