0:00:16 > 0:00:18- Lights up! - Beginners, please!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- Your five-minute call, sir. - Places!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Places! Everyone to their places!
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Shh! Quiet, everybody.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Opening nights?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27I love opening nights!
0:00:27 > 0:00:28How are you? Good to see you.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- Good evening, Charles. - Sir Herbert. How are you?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32- This is my wife. - Oh, Lady Herbert!
0:00:32 > 0:00:34- How do you do? - May I give you a peck?
0:00:34 > 0:00:35One of Mr Barrie's finest?
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Oh, that genius Scotsman has done it again.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39It's the best thing I've produced in 25 years.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Really?
0:00:40 > 0:00:42I already have investors interested back in New York.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- See you on Broadway! - LAUGHTER
0:00:59 > 0:01:01First positions, people!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Standing by, please, ladies and gentlemen.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08If you could take your opening positions, please.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Beginners, please take your opening positions.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Audience are coming in.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Standing by.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23- Good audience. - Sorry?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Good audience tonight.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27That's great. Thank you. How much longer?
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Um...ten minutes, sir.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I love opening night!
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I want to dance with your wife at the after-party.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Oh, my goodness! - Good evening, Mr Frohman.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40- How are you, John? - Very well.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43It's the best thing that I've produced in 25 years.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Hello, George. How are you? - Healthy and wealthy, I see.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47You've rearranged a holiday for me. I won't forget it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48- For you, Charles... - You won't regret it.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49I'm sure.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- Have you got the tickets? - Yes. They're in my pocket.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Oh, there's Mrs Barrie.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Oh, Mr and Mrs Snow.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00We were so hoping to speak with your husband before the show.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Have you seen him?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- I'm not sure where he is, actually. - Oh!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24We do miss seeing YOU onstage.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- You were so wonderful! - Yes?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Well, it's been some time now.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Are you right to find your seat?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Oh, yes. Yes.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34See you at the party, then.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Excuse me, could you find Mr Barrie
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and remind him that they're doing his play this evening?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Yes, ma'am. - Thank you.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Let's close the doors.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21KNOCKING
0:03:23 > 0:03:24KNOCKING GETS LOUDER
0:03:35 > 0:03:38APPLAUSE
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Really, I mustn't inconvenience you in this way.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- I can wait quite well in the shop. - 'Tis no inconvenience.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52The shop is chilly, and there is a fire here.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Well, you're uncommonly good.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Sorry, sir.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Um, Mrs Barrie wanted me to remind you that the play's begun,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01though I imagine you know that.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- They hate it. - Sir?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06It's like a dentist's office out there. Why?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- I wouldn't say they hate it, sir. - What do you think? Do you like it?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- I've just been hired here, sir. - Yes or no? I'm not bothered.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I'm not really qualified to, er...
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Do you like it? Is it crap?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- Crap, sir? - Go on, say it. Just say it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22It's shite, isn't it? Go on. Say it.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Don't know if I'm... - "It's bull's pizzle, Mr Barrie."
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Go on, say it. - It's bull's pizzle, Mr Barrie.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- I knew it. - No, I haven't even seen it.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I knew it. Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Might I look at you, milord, for a moment?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40(Dreadful.)
0:04:43 > 0:04:44- I'm an old man. - MAN SNORES
0:04:44 > 0:04:46And I've seen few other sights.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49THUNDER RUMBLES
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Thank you, milord.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Absolute rubbish from start to finish.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- Yes, I found it fearfully dull. - Say goodbye to your investment.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Good to see you. My apologies.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13We'll get them with the next one, Charles. I promise.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Of course we will, James. - I know you put a lot into this one.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18A fortune, James, but I am fortunate
0:05:18 > 0:05:20because I can afford to lose a fortune.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- Can you? - No, I can't. How are you?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- Arthur. - James.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26You were sorely missed at the last club meeting.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Was I?
0:05:27 > 0:05:31We were beginning to wonder which is your hobby, writing or cricket.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33You wanted to speak with Mr Barrie, didn't you?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Oh, yes, but we shouldn't interrupt them, should we?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38I don't see why not.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40If you ask me, the problem lies in our batting order.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42You're absolutely right.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43- James? - Hello, darling.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46You remember Mr and Mrs Snow, don't you?
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- Mrs Snow. - Mr Barrie.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Mr Snow.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51So the Snows have been waiting to meet with you all evening.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Oh, yes. - Is that right?
0:05:53 > 0:05:58Your play this evening - it was remarkable, wasn't it?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Was it?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Well, thank you.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06That's very kind of you. I'm...I'm glad you liked it.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11How did you feel it went?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- I think I can do better. - Really?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20BELL RINGS
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Mary? Hello?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Yes, James?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I'm headed off for the park, if you'd like to join me.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37It's a beautiful morning.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39You'll be working, won't you?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Perhaps. Yes.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I'll let you to your work, then.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Morning, Mr Barrie. - Morning, Emma.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Have a good day, sir. - And you.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02DOG BARKS
0:07:02 > 0:07:04That's it! Go on, boy!
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Go get it, boy.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08That's right. Good boy!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Grab it! Good.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Who do you belong to?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Come on, boy. Come on! Come on, fetch!
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Excuse me, sir. You're standing on my sleeve.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Am I? So sorry.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I might point out you're lying under my bench.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57I have to, I'm afraid.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01I've been put in the dungeon by the evil Prince George.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I'm sorry if it bothers you.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Well, if you're trapped in the dungeon,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07there isn't much to be done, now, is there?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Perhaps I could slide a key to you through the bars.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I wouldn't risk it, sir.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16The evil Prince George has tortured many men.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17I'm sorry. Is he bothering you, sir?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20My brother can be an extremely irritating sort of person.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Aha, Prince George, I gather.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I understand you are the horrible tyrant
0:08:26 > 0:08:28who imprisoned this unfortunate wretch.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Not horrible really, but a firm ruler, yes.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Kind and tolerant.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35And what, precisely, has, er... What did you say your name was?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Michael. - What, precisely, is Michael's crime?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39He's my younger brother.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Ah! Fair enough.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Sorry, lad. Cannot free you. - That's all right.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Um, do you mind us playing with your dog?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48- No, go on. - This is Jack.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Second in line to the throne. And that one's Michael.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- He's only five. - And I'm in prison for it.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I'm so sorry. Are my boys bothering you?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- No. - We're not bothering him, Mum.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Michael, darling, come out from under there.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I can't. I'm in prison.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Oh, I see.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08JM Barrie. Pleased to meet you.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10JM Barrie the author? What a pleasure.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Sylvia Llewelyn Davies.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Are you a writer? - I am.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16He's a playwright, Jack. Quite a famous one at that.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17I apologise. I imagine you're writing.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- No, not at all. - Where's Peter?
0:09:20 > 0:09:21What have you written, Mr Barrie?
0:09:21 > 0:09:27Well, currently, I make my living entertaining princes and their courts
0:09:27 > 0:09:30with my trained bear, Porthos.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32If you command your brother Peter to join us,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36I am willing, Prince George, to give you just such a performance,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38in exchange for the freedom of this prisoner, of course.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Very well. - Very well.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46Now, I want you to pay particular attention...
0:09:46 > 0:09:47to the teeth.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48DOG WHINES
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Some unscrupulous trainers
0:09:51 > 0:09:54will show you a bear whose teeth have all been pulled,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57while other cowards will force the brute into a muzzle.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Only the true master
0:10:01 > 0:10:04would attempt these tricks without either measure of safety.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09What did you bring me over here for?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Peter... - This is absurd. It's just a dog.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Come on, darling.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19"Just a dog"? DOG WHINES
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Just?!
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Porthos, don't listen to him.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Porthos dreams of being a bear,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28and you want to dash those dreams by saying he's "just a dog"?
0:10:28 > 0:10:29HE TUTS
0:10:29 > 0:10:32What a horrible, candle-snuffing word.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36That's like saying, "He can't climb that mountain. He's just a man."
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Or, "That's not a diamond. It's just a rock."
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Just.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Fine, then. Turn him into a bear.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50If you can.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Peter, Where are your manners?
0:10:52 > 0:10:56With those eyes, my bonny lad, I'm afraid you'd never see it.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02However, with just a wee bit of imagination,
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I can turn around right now
0:11:04 > 0:11:06and see...
0:11:06 > 0:11:08the great bear.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Porthos, dance with me.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15SYLVIA AND BOYS LAUGH
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- BEAR GROWLS - The great bear, Porthos!
0:11:21 > 0:11:24APPLAUSE
0:11:33 > 0:11:35BEAR GROWLS
0:11:41 > 0:11:43AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:11:44 > 0:11:46LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:11:54 > 0:11:55AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:12:00 > 0:12:02BEAR GROWLS
0:12:05 > 0:12:07SYLVIA LAUGHS
0:12:07 > 0:12:10THEY APPLAUD
0:12:10 > 0:12:15Thank you. I don't think I've ever seen a performance quite like it.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17We're here every day,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19and the bear is always more than happy to perform.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Perhaps we'll see you here tomorrow, then.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Perhaps.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Peter, jump up, please, darling, quick.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- ALL:- Bye! - Bye.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Peter, didn't you enjoy that?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I've seen better.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Well, Michael wanted the bear kept prisoner with him,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37and Peter insisted that Michael was hardly a prisoner
0:12:37 > 0:12:40and Porthos simply wasn't a bear at all.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I do very much hope to see them tomorrow.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45What's her name?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Sylvia.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Um... Mrs...something Davies.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Llewelyn Davies?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56You know her?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Well, I know who she is, of course.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Why, she's a du Maurier, for heaven's sake.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Her father was the artist.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Her brother's the actor.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13And there was something...tragic that happened with her husband.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Oh, yes. He died.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Cancer of the jaw, I believe.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21That's horrible.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Yes. Apparently, he left her with four boys and no income to speak of.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Why, if it wasn't for her mother's help...
0:13:34 > 0:13:36James.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39We should have them to dinner.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42HE CLATTERS CUTLERY Should we?
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Absolutely.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I've always wanted to meet Madam du Maurier.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Why, she knows practically everyone there is worth knowing.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06What are you writing about?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Oh, nothing of any great consequence.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12I can't write.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Have you ever kept a journal?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Ever tried your hand at writing a play?
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Well, then, how do you know?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26I know. That's all.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29I see.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Where's your mother today, and the rest of the boys?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Home.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Mother's got a bit of a chest cold.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I'm sure everyone would be happy to see you, though.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42One afternoon.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46I should leave you to your writing.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Peter...
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I'll see you later, then.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Why didn't you tell me, Charles? You knew it wasn't any good.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Why didn't you tell me, James? You knew it wasn't any good.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Hmm?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I took an extended lease on the theatre,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15keeping the actors on.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16I don't have another play.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I'm sure you will.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Won't you? - We'll see.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27I need you to sign for the storage, Mr Frohman.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Lower.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- Easy does it. Take your time. - Yeah, all right.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It was never meant to be taken seriously.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43You know what happened, James. They changed it.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46They changed what?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48The critics.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52They made it important.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Hmm?
0:15:59 > 0:16:00What's it called?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05What's it called?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Play. - Play.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11WILD WEST MUSIC
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Bang! Bang, bang! Bang, bang!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Return the boy to us, you nasty Injun.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Our people teach boy Indian ways.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Make him great warrior. Our chief, Running Nose, never let him go.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Bang! Bang, bang!
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Me wounded, Peter. Time short.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47You go. Spread wings and soar like eagle above enemy.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Fly back to our chief.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Tell her of my brave defeat!
0:16:51 > 0:16:52That's crazy.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Indians can't fly.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Of course they can. Go on. Go on. Go on.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Listen to us, boy. This Indian kidnapped you.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Not true. We kidnap no-one.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02You lost boy.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I teach you ways of the brave.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I take you as my own son.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10You are not my father.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Bang! Bang! Bang, bang!
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- I've got him! - Let me go!
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Stop it, you two! - Ooh, we are awful, aren't we?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- I'm warning you... - Oh! I'm scared!
0:17:20 > 0:17:22First we have a bit of fun for a change!
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Stop it, you two! Get off! - Don't!
0:17:25 > 0:17:26- Jack! - Stop it!
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Get off, George!
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Peter!
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- I'm terribly sorry. - Oh, it wasn't your fault.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I'm afraid it might have been.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41To be honest, I'm just happy you got him to join in the game.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Oh, yes, I was a tremendous success.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Mr Barrie, it's more than I've been able to achieve.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Peter's a different boy since his father died.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54You know, I don't think he's even had a good cry about it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Well...
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Grief affects us all in different ways, doesn't it?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Yes, it does.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Oh, by the way,
0:18:02 > 0:18:06my wife would like to invite you and the boys over to dinner.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Your mother as well.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Oh. How kind.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15That would be lovely.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Well, don't you all look lovely in your little suits?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24And, Mrs du Maurier, what a shame it is
0:18:24 > 0:18:27that we've not met until this evening.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30How kind of you to say so.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Not at all - I can't tell you
0:18:31 > 0:18:34how many times I've been to a charity or a...social event
0:18:34 > 0:18:38and seen your name listed among the organisers.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39HE GIGGLES
0:18:39 > 0:18:44It's the very thing I would love to do myself
0:18:44 > 0:18:48if I could just find the time.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51My problem is, is in finding the time to do everything else.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54At the moment, I am running two households.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Sylvia believes she can get by without a housekeeper.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Mother.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00My house is quite large enough for us all,
0:19:00 > 0:19:01but the idea of living with me seems not...
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Not now, please, Mother.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06We help her keep the house in order.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Don't interrupt, George. Where did you get your manners?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Sorry, Grandmother.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Well...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Mr Barrie,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I understand you've become playmates of my grandchildren.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Oh, they indulge me, really.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20On the contrary.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22The other day,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24we took to an exploration of darkest Africa in our garden.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Oh.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31But Mr Barrie was taken ill by the bite of a...what was it?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Tsetse fly. Quite horrible.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Yes, and he swelled to the size of a hippopotamus.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Fingers like sausages.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41We had to float in him down the river like he was a bloated raft.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43But the fishing was good, wasn't it?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49James.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52HE GIGGLES
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Please.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Bye. - Thank you so much. Very pleasant.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58It was a lovely evening.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Bye. Goodnight. - Goodnight.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05SHE SIGHS
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Well, that was a disaster.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Painful. Utterly painful to see.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I don't know what you mean. I had a lovely time.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Oh, James, please.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22"My problem is in finding the time to do everything else."
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I've never felt so judged in my life.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Judged? How do you mean?
0:20:28 > 0:20:33A grown man, for heaven's sake, playing all day long with children?
0:20:33 > 0:20:34In any case,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37I hardly think they'll be the social contact we'd hoped for.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Hadn't really thought of them that way. Just enjoy their company.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43He's been a good friend to us, Mother.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Yes, but what does that mean, hmm?
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Surely you don't intend...
0:20:50 > 0:20:52..to keep spending your afternoons with those children, do you?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00And so today, ladies and gentlemen,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03using only the wind and his own physical strength,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07George Llewelyn Davies shall test the very limits of the atmosphere
0:21:07 > 0:21:08using his tethered craft.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Go on, boy.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Go on, George. - You're going to break it, George.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- George, stop. - Just needs a bit more speed.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- I want to do it. - Hold off a bit, George.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- I think it's in need of a tail. - Oh, wait!
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Here. James, this will do. - That's a good idea.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- No, it's not heavy enough. - I- want to do it.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28You coming, Peter?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30WHISTLES Porthos.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32It'll work this time.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Porthos. Give us your bell. That's good. Here.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37- Michael? - Yeah?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- Now, would you like to give it a go? - Yes, please.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Oh, he can't run fast enough. - Of course he can.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Let him try, Jack.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Now, George, you hold the kite. - George.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Come on, boys. Let's go back up to the top.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Come on. Come on, Peter.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53All right, George, hold it up.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Darling, you've got to run now. Ready?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Ready? Run!
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- Run, Michael. - RUN!
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Oh, I told you this wasn't going to work.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03I don't think he's fast enough.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05It won't work if no-one believes in him.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- Now, give him a chance. - Go back to your starting position.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- Darling, we'll try again. - George, take the kite.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- If it'll help. - Now, this time,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14I don't want a flea's breath of doubt.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- We must get that kite in the air. - Right.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17I think I feel a bit more breeze.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- Ready, Michael? - Go on. Go on.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- You can do it, Michael. - You've got to run.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Run, Michael. Run! Run!
0:22:23 > 0:22:24- Run! - That's it!
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Yes! He did it!
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- Keep running! - Keep running!
0:22:58 > 0:23:01What are you writing about now?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Oh, just making notes.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I'm never really certain what they're about
0:23:05 > 0:23:07until I've read them over later.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Something about the kite?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Now, why do you ask that?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I don't know.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20If I were a writer,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I think I could tell a whole story about flying the kite today.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Perhaps you should, then. That's a fantastic idea.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Why not give it a try?
0:23:29 > 0:23:30I hope you haven't been talking about
0:23:30 > 0:23:33anything TOO serious with this one.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36No. Talking a bit of silliness, really.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Can we have him for supper?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Have him to STAY for supper, Michael. We're not cannibals.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51You are welcome, you know.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54BOYS LAUGH
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Sylvia.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Mr Barrie. Where have you been?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Um, flying a kite, Mother, and having a wonderful time.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I'm sorry, I didn't know you were coming this evening.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05No? Well, apparently you forgot, then.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I brought some supper along for us all.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08You didn't need to do that.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Well, there's no food in the house, is there?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Really, you don't need to wait till the cupboard is bare.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Please, Mother. Come on, darling.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Wipe feet. There's been enough tracking round here.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20George, I thought you said you were going to help your mother
0:24:20 > 0:24:21take care of the house.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26Coat, Michael, please. Yes. And...coathanger.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Very good. - Will we see you tomorrow?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31No, you are going to be helping round the house tomorrow.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Mother, there is absolutely no need for this.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37You can't do everything yourself. Look at you.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42You're horribly flush. You're wearing yourself out.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Thank you for a lovely day, James. Excuse me, Mother.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49So, from tomorrow, we're going to have some discipline around here.
0:24:49 > 0:24:55And not one of you will escape!
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Good evening, Mr Barrie. - Good evening, Sarah.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Good evening, Mr Barrie. - Evening, Emma.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15You missed supper.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Perhaps I'll have something later. I've a bit of writing I wanted to do.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Are you sure? It was a lovely meal.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Duck.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Sarah let Emma cook this evening.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Is that right?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Listen, what would you think of loaning Emma out to the Davies
0:25:32 > 0:25:34for the occasional evening?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36They don't actually have a cook.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I take it Mrs Davies enjoyed the meal she had here.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45I imagine she could use an extra hand now and again, that's all.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Oh.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48That's very charitable of you.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Perhaps we can send over some of the silver as well.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55And what about linen?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I wouldn't be surprised if some of hers was looking a bit shabby.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Please, Mary, stop.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05Maybe she can send over some of the things we've run short on.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07My husband, for example.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12We rarely see him in this house.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15That hasn't seemed to bother you for some time now.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17DISHES CRASH AND MAID GASPS
0:26:18 > 0:26:20THUNDER RUMBLES
0:26:53 > 0:26:55HORSES GALLOP
0:26:55 > 0:26:58HORSE WHINNIES
0:26:58 > 0:27:03Lords and ladies, His Royal Highness King Michael the Benevolent,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06protector of the realm.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08That sceptre's made of wood.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Yes, well, we dream on a budget here, don't we?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15No, I mean, everyone thinks it's made of gold.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17But it's just an old hunk of wood.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18The means to an end, Peter.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23What we've done is taken an old hunk of wood
0:27:23 > 0:27:25and transformed it for all the world to see
0:27:25 > 0:27:27into the most magnificent gold.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29There you go.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31What's this?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35All great writers begin with a good leather binding
0:27:35 > 0:27:37and a respectable title.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Open it.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45"The Boy Castaways.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49"Being a record of the terrible adventures of the brothers Davies,
0:27:49 > 0:27:54"faithfully set forth by Peter Llewelyn Davies."
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Kipling would swallow his own ear for a title like that.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Stab him, George. You can do it.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I still have no idea what to write.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Write about anything.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Write about your family. Write about the talking whale.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08What whale?
0:28:08 > 0:28:12The one that's trapped in your imagination and desperate to get out.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Come, sit down.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I have actually begun writing about
0:28:19 > 0:28:21the adventures of the Davies brothers myself.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- A play? - A play indeed, yes.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26And I would be extremely honoured
0:28:26 > 0:28:29if you would allow me the use of your name for one of the characters.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32I don't know what to say.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Say yes.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Good man.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Porthos, that's mine. Let go.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I won't go to bed. I won't, I won't.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46You should have been in bed half an hour ago, young man.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51I'm afraid I've grown hopelessly lax in my discipline.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Nonsense. Young boys should never be sent to bed.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57They always wake up a day older.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01And then, before you know it, they're grown.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Their father would have been horrified.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Of course, he'd never have allowed a dog in the house either.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08He'd have tied him up in the yard.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Right. Last one in bed's a hairy toad.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15BOYS SHOUT AND CHATTER EXCITEDLY
0:29:57 > 0:29:58SHE SIGHS QUIETLY
0:30:00 > 0:30:02You mean a lot to my boys, you know.
0:30:04 > 0:30:05Especially Peter.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11It seems to me that Peter is trying to grow up too fast.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14I imagine he thinks
0:30:14 > 0:30:17that grown-ups don't hurt as deeply as children do when they...
0:30:18 > 0:30:20..when they lose someone.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I lost my elder brother, David, when I was just Peter's age.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31And it nearly destroyed my mother.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33James, I'm so sorry.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Your poor mother.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Can't imagine losing a child.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Aye.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45She didn't get out of bed for months.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47She wouldn't eat.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49I tried everything to make her happy, but...
0:30:52 > 0:30:53..she only wanted David.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57So, one day...
0:30:59 > 0:31:01..I dressed myself in David's clothing...
0:31:04 > 0:31:06..and I went to her.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08You must have frightened her to death.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14I think it was the first time she ever actually looked at me.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22And that was the end of the boy James.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27I used to say to myself he'd gone to Neverland.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Where?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Neverland.
0:31:31 > 0:31:32It's a wonderful place.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41HE CHUCKLES
0:31:42 > 0:31:45I've not spoken about this before to anyone.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Ever.
0:31:50 > 0:31:51SHE CHUCKLES
0:31:58 > 0:32:01What's it like, Neverland?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06One day, I'll take you there.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Wait a minute, James. He's a fairy?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13No, he's the irrepressible spirit of youth. Tinker Bell is the fairy.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Tinker Bell is a woman?
0:32:15 > 0:32:17She's not a woman, she's a fairy.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20He is a boy who stays young forever.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22James, how does anyone stay young forever? It doesn't work.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24He just believes, Charles.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26He imagines life the way he wants it to be
0:32:26 > 0:32:28and he believes in it long enough and hard enough
0:32:28 > 0:32:30that it all appears before him, you see?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32James, I'm your friend. You're coming off a flop.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36You have a man who is a fairy.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- No, a boy. - And this girl calls herself Tinker.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41And you have a pirate ship on stage,
0:32:41 > 0:32:42surrounded by tons and tons of water.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- That's a lot of water. - It's a lot of water.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46Yes, and that's a lot of money.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It is, but we can fake the water.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Well, if we can fake the water, I'm sure your play will be a hit.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52You know what I think I'll do?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I'll imagine life the way I want it to be.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Long enough and hard enough. - Yes.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00And then the money for the play will appear magically before me.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02- How's that? - That's right. That's it. Yes.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04How does the clock wind up inside the crocodile?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- He swallows it. - Ah, of course he does.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS
0:33:12 > 0:33:14How was he?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Well done.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20I finally get the courage to invite the boys to a game
0:33:20 > 0:33:23and we have to suffer this grave humiliation.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25It's perfect, actually.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Spend a good deal of time with them, don't you?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Every moment I can spare, in fact.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31I'm glad for you.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35And Mrs Davies seems to be having a good time of it as well.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39You should be aware, though, James, what some people have been saying.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Mind you, I wouldn't bring it up if I thought the rumours would pass.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46I'm not surprised. What are they saying?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Very well.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52That you spend much more time with Mrs Davies
0:33:52 > 0:33:53than you do with your own wife.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56She is a widow, and, um...
0:33:56 > 0:33:58I'm a friend. That's it, nothing more.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02There have also been questions about
0:34:02 > 0:34:07how you spend your time with those boys and why.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09That's outrageous.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12How could anyone think something so evil?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15They're children. They're innocent children.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19You find a glimmer of happiness in this world,
0:34:19 > 0:34:23there's always someone who wants to destroy it. No.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Thank you, Arthur,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28but I don't think many will give credence to such nonsense.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Then why is no-one sitting with them?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Once you get a bit of notoriety, James,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37people watch you.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39And they will look for ways to drag you down.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42PLAYERS SHOUT, CROWD APPLAUDS
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Are you sure your wife doesn't object
0:34:46 > 0:34:48to us taking over your cottage for the summer, James?
0:34:48 > 0:34:49She doesn't go there anymore.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Really? It's such a relief to get away.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- You'll come and visit, I hope. - Of course.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55- Are we in? - Everyone in?
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- Can I drive, Uncle Jim? - Uh, no.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00BOYS LAUGH
0:35:02 > 0:35:04HORN TOOTS, ENGINE BACKFIRES
0:35:08 > 0:35:10BOYS LAUGH
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Out of the way, or I'll make haggis out of you.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Get the sheep out the way.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20HORN TOOTS
0:35:27 > 0:35:29BOYS YELL AND LAUGH
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- Are we there yet? - Almost.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Almost there.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40I can see the cottage!
0:35:47 > 0:35:49ENGINE STOPS
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Shall we explore, Michael?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01If you're going outside, don't tear your clothes, please.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Come on, follow me! - Be careful of the stinging nettles.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05Hurry up, everyone.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- Would you like to see the rest of it? - Mmm.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14- Yes. - Great.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Hello!
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Thought you could escape from Captain Swarthy, eh?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Off to the ship with you, then. Off to the ship, son!
0:36:46 > 0:36:49So, now you can either choose to become a pirate with the rest of us
0:36:49 > 0:36:52or we'll toss you to the sharks.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54How marvellous!
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Or maybe the crocodiles, eh?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00No-one's escaped, Captain.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01Excellent work, matey.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Now, then. Now is your only chance to speak.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Who amongst you is ready to tie your hopes and dreams to the sea?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- I am. - Not finished yet.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14To enter upon the most dangerous chapter
0:37:14 > 0:37:18in your young and soon-to-be-wasted lives.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20BOY LAUGHS What did you say?
0:37:20 > 0:37:22What are you doing, son? Are you giggling?
0:37:22 > 0:37:24On my ship? Giggling? What did you say?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- I said, I'm ready, Captain. - What's your name, boy?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I'm Curly, the oldest and wisest of the crew.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Cut him loose, matey.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Welcome aboard, Curly. Your job will be to mop the deck.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39And who be you, young squire?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- ADOPTS IRISH ACCENT:- My name be Nibs the Cutthroat -
0:37:41 > 0:37:44feared by men and greatly desired by the ladies.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45Jack!
0:37:45 > 0:37:49Welcome aboard, Nibs. You shall polish all wood surfaces.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Grab a hold of that rigging.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53And you, lad.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55I'm Peter.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57That's not a pirate name.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59What about Dastardly Jim, eh?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02No. Just Peter.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04I like my name.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Very well.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11In punishment for lack of an interesting pirate name,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Peter shall walk the plank.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Cut him loose.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28There's the script.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Young man.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- What are you playing, again? - The boy.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41What have you got...?
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Mr Barrie, sir?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45There's been a mistake here, sir.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47It says here I'm to play the nanny.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Don't imagine I quite fit that part, eh?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- You're not actually the nanny. - Oh.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54You're a dog.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55What?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57A Newfoundland.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59We'll put you in a great big fluffy dog suit.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01HE GROWLS
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Oh. Oh, right.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07All right, all right.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10We don't have a Tinker Bell cast, do we? He could play Tinker Bell.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Oh, heavens, no. Tinker Bell's a light.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14It moves around the stage.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Just a wee light that moves around the stage.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Bit worried about this.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Let's see.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26We've got John Darling, Michael Darling, Tiger Lily,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Smee, Skylights...
0:39:28 > 0:39:30It's a play for puppets.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Toodles, Nibs, Curly.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Oh, these names are absurd when you see them all together.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Captain Hook...
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Ah. Hello, James.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44You're out of your mind.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS
0:39:55 > 0:39:58How were rehearsals?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Fine. Great.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02They're going, er...quite well.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Good.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06Yes. Thank you.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25CLOCK CHIMES
0:40:31 > 0:40:33SHE COUGHS
0:40:33 > 0:40:36VEHICLE APPROACHES
0:40:41 > 0:40:42ENGINE STOPS
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Hello.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Hello.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48How was your journey?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51It was quite long. I'm exhausted.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- Let's get you some tea. - That'd be nice. Thanks.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Can you come to the playhouse?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00In a moment, Michael. He's just arrived.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02But I said, "I'll get him."
0:41:02 > 0:41:04They always send Peter to do things.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08I said, "I'll do it. It will spoil the surprise."
0:41:08 > 0:41:10What surprise, darling?
0:41:10 > 0:41:14It's a great surprise. We've taken most of the day preparing for it.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Everybody's waiting for you.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Then we mustn't keep them waiting.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- HE GASPS - Please don't tell them that I told you the surprise.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23I said I wouldn't.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Well, you didn't really tell us anything about it, did you?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Yes, I did. It's a play.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29It's a play!
0:41:29 > 0:41:32ELIZABETHAN MUSIC
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Fantastic.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43"'The Lamentable Tale Of Lady Ursula'.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46"A play in one act by Peter Llewelyn Davies."
0:41:48 > 0:41:50This is just a bit of silliness, really.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52I should hope so. Go on.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I just wanted to take a stab at writing, you know.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Well, the others do a good job of it anyway.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Well, let's see it, then.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05'The Lamentable Tale of Lady Ursula'.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08One morning, just after sunrise, Lady Ursula,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11the most beautiful daughter of Lord and Lady du Bonn,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14made her way up the steps of the great cathedral
0:42:14 > 0:42:16to pray to her blessed saint.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Suddenly, as she reached the cathedral doors,
0:42:19 > 0:42:22the gargoyle that guarded the sacred structure
0:42:22 > 0:42:25came to life and swooped down upon her.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27SHE COUGHS
0:42:27 > 0:42:29The people of the village all ran for safety,
0:42:29 > 0:42:32but Lady Ursula slipped on the cathedral steps
0:42:32 > 0:42:36and the gargoyle descended upon her, wrapping her in its huge wings
0:42:36 > 0:42:39and taking her high up into the spires of the cathedral.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- Go on, Peter. - SHE COUGHS
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Not long after this sorrowful event,
0:42:44 > 0:42:47a young knight named JM Barnaby came into the city.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48- SHE COUGHS - He vowed to...
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Sylvia.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- Do you want some water? - Mother?
0:42:54 > 0:42:55No, James.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Let's get her back to the house. Go on.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04She won't discuss it with me at all. She claims it was nothing.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07I tell you, doctor, she couldn't breathe.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09I can't very well treat a patient
0:43:09 > 0:43:11who won't admit there's anything wrong.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14You'll have to make her understand that something is.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- I'll try and do my best. - OK.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Just there.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50Put your hand flat like that.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52OK, and then... Ow!
0:43:54 > 0:43:56And then...like that.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08COINS RING
0:44:10 > 0:44:14JAMES AND DOCTOR WHISPER
0:44:19 > 0:44:21KNOCK AT DOOR
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Come in.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35Good doctor didn't feel up to the challenge on this one.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38He thinks you need to go to hospital for further tests.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Nonsense.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43When would I have time for that?
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Besides, this family's had enough of hospitals.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51- Perhaps they can help you. - I know what they can do for me.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Saw what they did for my husband.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58No, James. No interest in hospitals.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01Though I'm keenly interested in having some supper.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03LOUD THUD
0:45:30 > 0:45:33What did you and Mother decide to tell us this time?
0:45:33 > 0:45:34It's only a chest cold?!
0:45:34 > 0:45:37- We hadn't decided anything. - Stop lying to me!
0:45:37 > 0:45:40I'm sick of grown-ups lying to me.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43I'm not lying to you. I don't know what's wrong.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46"Father might take us fishing," that's what she said,
0:45:46 > 0:45:50"in just a few weeks," and he died the next morning.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54That wasn't a lie, Peter. That was your mother's hope.
0:45:54 > 0:45:55He barely moved for a week,
0:45:55 > 0:45:58but I started planning our fishing trip.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00I will never lie to you.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02I promise you that.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05No, all you'll do is teach me to make up stupid stories
0:46:05 > 0:46:08and pretend that things aren't happening until...
0:46:14 > 0:46:17I won't! I'm not blind! I won't be made a fool!
0:46:19 > 0:46:22What's this? Peter.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24The play.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Darling, I wanted to see the rest of it.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33Magic's gone out of it a bit now, hasn't it?
0:46:33 > 0:46:35All because of a silly chest cold.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01DOG WHINES
0:47:01 > 0:47:04MAN TALKS INDISTINCTLY
0:47:04 > 0:47:08Well, I tried to incorporate into this the idea of...
0:47:08 > 0:47:10civil liberties being breached.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13And governments don't really have the right.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20James.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Well, you remember Gilbert Cannan, don't you?
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Good evening.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Mr Cannan has been working on the committee
0:47:29 > 0:47:31to fight government censorship.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35I know how involved you've been as well.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38He wanted to speak to you. Did think you'd be home so much sooner.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43- It's been a long evening, Mary. - Yes.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47Well, if I'd realised how late it was, of course...
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I should perhaps talk to you at another time?
0:47:49 > 0:47:51- Not so late? - That will be fine.
0:47:56 > 0:48:01We'll talk then. Thank you for your patience, Mrs Barrie. Mr Barrie.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03- Goodnight. - Goodnight.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Well, aren't you going to speak?
0:48:23 > 0:48:24What would you like me to say?
0:48:26 > 0:48:30"Curious how late Mr Cannan stayed," I suppose.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32And then, let's see - what comes next?
0:48:35 > 0:48:38"No later than you were out, James.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41"And how is Mrs Davies this evening?"
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Oh, yes, I'd have a great answer for that one, wouldn't I?
0:48:43 > 0:48:46How dare you?
0:48:48 > 0:48:50This isn't one of your plays.
0:48:50 > 0:48:51I know that, Mary.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54It's quite serious.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00But I'm not ready for this conversation, wherever it may lead.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Perhaps we can talk in the morning, yes? Goodnight, then.
0:49:11 > 0:49:12DOOR CLOSES
0:50:24 > 0:50:25Uh, Mr Barrie.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Don't you agree this is a little bit tight?
0:50:29 > 0:50:32No. No, in fact, I think it's quite...baggy.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34- Baggy? - Quite frumpy.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36- I'd bring it right in just there. - That's very tight.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Right there, and maybe a plank of wood there to straighten him up.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41- Oh, yes, Mr Barrie. - Plank of wood?
0:50:41 > 0:50:44- Some wood there in the shoulders. - Mm-hm.
0:50:44 > 0:50:45Otherwise, it's marvellous.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Right, sir.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51DOG BARKS
0:50:53 > 0:50:56BARKING CONTINUES
0:50:58 > 0:50:59HE GASPS
0:50:59 > 0:51:02- You'll be sick tomorrow. - I'll be sick tonight.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06HE SNORTS AND LAUGHS
0:51:06 > 0:51:08James!
0:51:09 > 0:51:10We're just having some tea.
0:51:10 > 0:51:14- You remember my mother, of course. - Yes, of course. How do you do?
0:51:14 > 0:51:17BOYS LAUGH
0:51:18 > 0:51:20May I take your hat? BOYS LAUGH LOUDER
0:51:20 > 0:51:22That's enough, boys!
0:51:22 > 0:51:24HE MAKES A WAR CRY
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Boys, please don't run in the house. You'll break something.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Come away from that door. Come on. Come on, come on.
0:51:29 > 0:51:33I'd like a word with you, Mr Barrie, before you go.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35We'll only be a few minutes.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Boys, why don't you go and play in the garden. Go on!
0:51:37 > 0:51:39- Is he in trouble? - Shh.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41Because I've been alone with Grandmother,
0:51:41 > 0:51:43and I know what it's like.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45Shall we retire into the study?
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Why don't you join them, dear?
0:51:47 > 0:51:49Very well.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53- I do apologise for interrupting. - Would you close the door, please?
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Certainly.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Sylvia has told me
0:51:57 > 0:52:00you've offered her the services of your household staff.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Um, well, not exactly.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04That won't be necessary.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07I'll leave that to Sylvia, of course.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10You'll leave that to me, Mr Barrie.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12You see, I'm moving in here from now on.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- You're moving in? - I'm going where I'm most needed.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20And I can certainly see to it that this house is managed
0:52:20 > 0:52:22without resorting to your charity.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24It isn't charity, Mrs du Maurier.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26I was only trying to help as a friend.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29Have you no idea how much your friendship
0:52:29 > 0:52:31has already cost my daughter?
0:52:31 > 0:52:34Or are you really that selfish?
0:52:34 > 0:52:36I beg your pardon?
0:52:36 > 0:52:41Don't you see what a visit to the summer cottage of a married man
0:52:41 > 0:52:44does for a widow's future prospects?
0:52:45 > 0:52:49Sylvia needs to find someone. The boys need a father.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54And you are destroying any hope this family has
0:52:54 > 0:52:56of pulling itself together again.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00I have only wanted good things for this family, Mrs du Maurier.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02I'll look after them.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06You have your own family to concern yourself with.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08What are you suggesting?
0:53:08 > 0:53:11I'm suggesting that you protect what you have, Mr Barrie.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15That is precisely what I am doing.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41I was so certain what I would find in this.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44Some little confession would leak out onto the page.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48I don't write love notes in my journal.
0:53:48 > 0:53:49No.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53Still, you knew who I meant, didn't you?
0:53:54 > 0:53:56That's some comfort, actually.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00Means I know you just a little after all.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03You needn't steal my journal to get to know me, Mary.
0:54:03 > 0:54:04No.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07I suppose I could just go see the plays.
0:54:10 > 0:54:14I was hopelessly naive when I married you.
0:54:16 > 0:54:21I imagined that brilliant people disappeared to some secret place
0:54:21 > 0:54:25where good ideas floated around like leaves in autumn.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29And I...hoped, at least...
0:54:29 > 0:54:31once...
0:54:31 > 0:54:33you would take me there with you.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36There is no such place.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Yes, there is.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44Neverland.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49It's the best you've written, James.
0:54:49 > 0:54:53And I'm sure the Davies will adore the world you've created for them.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56I only wish I were part of it.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59I've wanted you to be.
0:54:59 > 0:55:00I've tried.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07Mary, I always imagined us going off on great adventures
0:55:07 > 0:55:09once we were together.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13But we moved into this house, and you started... I don't know.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16You started rearranging the furniture.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18What was I supposed to do, James?
0:55:18 > 0:55:19You were always gone.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21I was right here.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Sitting in your parlour, staring off into other worlds,
0:55:23 > 0:55:25as though I didn't exist.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31Look, just give me a bit more time to finish up the play.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33To spend with your muse?
0:55:33 > 0:55:35No, I'm tired of waiting, James.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37I'm tired of looking like a fool.
0:55:40 > 0:55:41Well, I can't very well give up the play.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Of course not.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50Just come home to me at the end of the day.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52Rehearse and be home for dinner.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55No more trips to the country, no more long afternoons in the park.
0:55:56 > 0:56:01If you can't give us that much of a chance...
0:56:01 > 0:56:03then we must end this.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07And I will.
0:56:12 > 0:56:16- Pitiful display. - HE LAUGHS
0:56:19 > 0:56:20WHISTLE BLOWS
0:56:20 > 0:56:22Nanny. Nanny.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24What?
0:56:24 > 0:56:29Um, first you get the pyjamas, then you make the bed.
0:56:30 > 0:56:31With my paws?
0:56:31 > 0:56:35You make the bed with your paws. The pyjamas you get with your teeth.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38Because, in fact, being a dog,
0:56:38 > 0:56:40you haven't any proper digits, have you?
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Well, I don't have any teeth either.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45I mean, I can't see, I can't breathe.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49All I've got is this rubbery snout.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54Can we get him some teeth?
0:56:54 > 0:56:56He can have mine.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58We'll get you teeth.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00Let's have a wee break, shall we?
0:57:00 > 0:57:01Aye.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06- I thought you were wonderful. - You were marvellous.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08You're better on four legs than you are on two.
0:57:08 > 0:57:09- Oh, give it a rest. - I do!
0:57:11 > 0:57:15- Just say it, Charles. Go on. - Well, you picture it, James.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19Opening night - doctors, lawyers, businessmen and their wives,
0:57:19 > 0:57:20all dressed to the nines.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22They've paid good money, they're expecting theatre -
0:57:22 > 0:57:25what we call theatre.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27The curtain opens, and it's crocodiles and fairies
0:57:27 > 0:57:29and pirates and Indians.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31I don't even know what it is.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34But you did know, Charles.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36You're an absolute genius, Charles.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38- That's it. - Oh, don't patronise me, James.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41You know how much money I put into this show I haven't even found yet?
0:57:41 > 0:57:44Listen, listen. Opening night, I want 25 seats set aside.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47- Set aside? 25? - 25 seats. Right.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49Scattered throughout the theatre. Two here, two there, three up there.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51- Are they paid for? - They're filled.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53- No, no, no. I'm asking. - The seats are filled. Don't worry.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55- Asking if they're paid for. - Uncle Jim?
0:57:55 > 0:57:58- Hello, boys. - Could I speak to you, please?
0:57:58 > 0:57:59Certainly, certainly.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01- 25 seats, Charles. - Yeah, James?
0:58:01 > 0:58:03- It'll be great. It'll be fantastic. - 25 scattered seats.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05- Who's paying for them? - Throughout the theatre.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Yeah, who's paying for these 25 scattered...
0:58:07 > 0:58:08They're filled-up seats, Charles.
0:58:08 > 0:58:12Whoa!
0:58:12 > 0:58:13- This is great! I'm flying! - Yeah, you're flying.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15We don't need to use much pull at all, see?
0:58:15 > 0:58:18As long as we've got the balance down.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Mother asked me to take the boys out for the afternoon.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23She said she only wanted a bit of quiet.
0:58:23 > 0:58:26But she was trembling so badly, she couldn't even finish her tea.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29I'm not a fool, Uncle James.
0:58:29 > 0:58:30I deserve to know the truth.
0:58:30 > 0:58:33I don't know the truth. She won't talk about it.
0:58:33 > 0:58:35But you think it's serious?
0:58:36 > 0:58:38It could be.
0:58:38 > 0:58:40The doctor felt she should go and have some tests.
0:58:40 > 0:58:42Then you'll have to convince her to go, then.
0:58:42 > 0:58:45I've tried. She won't listen to me.
0:58:46 > 0:58:47And lately, to be quite honest,
0:58:47 > 0:58:49it seems that all my best intentions for your family
0:58:49 > 0:58:51have come to nothing but harm.
0:58:51 > 0:58:53Apparently, I've made quite a mess of things.
0:58:53 > 0:58:55It's Grandmother, isn't it?
0:58:55 > 0:58:57She's run you off, hasn't she?
0:58:57 > 0:59:00Oh, she's absolutely tried with great effort and...
0:59:00 > 0:59:02and perhaps with good reason.
0:59:02 > 0:59:05It isn't you, Uncle Jim, she just...
0:59:05 > 0:59:08She just doesn't want to see Mother hurt anymore.
0:59:13 > 0:59:15Look at that.
0:59:15 > 0:59:18How magnificent.
0:59:19 > 0:59:21The boy's gone.
0:59:23 > 0:59:27Somewhere during the last 30 seconds, you've become a grown-up.
0:59:29 > 0:59:32Right, then. I think you should be the one to talk to her, George.
0:59:32 > 0:59:34But I wouldn't know what to say.
0:59:34 > 0:59:36You'll do fine.
0:59:36 > 0:59:37You'll do just fine.
0:59:37 > 0:59:39Mr Barrie, sir.
0:59:39 > 0:59:43Sorry to interrupt. Um, it's Nana.
0:59:43 > 0:59:44He's expired backstage.
0:59:44 > 0:59:46What's happened?
0:59:46 > 0:59:47I think his costume is too tight.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50That's not possible, too ti...
0:59:50 > 0:59:52George, give me a minute. I'll be back.
0:59:57 > 0:59:58Pull that one tight.
0:59:58 > 1:00:01Here. Last one. Good.
1:00:02 > 1:00:05OK. Flap those wings.
1:00:05 > 1:00:06- Hey! - Whoa!
1:00:06 > 1:00:09- There. - Can I have a go?
1:00:09 > 1:00:12Yeah, you can have a go if you want. Give that a tug. Go on.
1:00:12 > 1:00:15- Can I have a go? Can I have a go? - In a minute. In a minute.
1:00:15 > 1:00:18- Jack, pull me higher. - I have to concentrate.
1:00:18 > 1:00:19- Stop it now, boys! - No, Michael!
1:00:19 > 1:00:22- Stop mucking about, boys. Come on. - I want to do it!
1:00:22 > 1:00:23- No! Don't go down there! - What?! What are you...?
1:00:25 > 1:00:27Ah! Ow!
1:00:27 > 1:00:30MEN SHOUT
1:00:32 > 1:00:34Oh, no! Oh, no. I'm sorry.
1:00:34 > 1:00:36I'm so sorry.
1:00:36 > 1:00:38George?
1:00:43 > 1:00:45Mr Barrie.
1:00:45 > 1:00:47Mrs Davies would like a word.
1:00:48 > 1:00:50No, just Mr Barrie.
1:01:06 > 1:01:09Did you...encourage this?
1:01:09 > 1:01:11Encourage what?
1:01:11 > 1:01:13James, please.
1:01:13 > 1:01:15You know perfectly well what.
1:01:16 > 1:01:19George won't allow them to set his arm
1:01:19 > 1:01:22unless I submit to an examination.
1:01:24 > 1:01:25I see.
1:01:25 > 1:01:27Well, I suppose you'll have to, then.
1:01:27 > 1:01:30Cos he's quite a stubborn young man when he sets his mind to it.
1:01:30 > 1:01:34But this is absurd.
1:01:34 > 1:01:36They won't tell me anything different.
1:01:36 > 1:01:38Different?
1:01:39 > 1:01:41So you've already spoken to a doctor, then?
1:01:41 > 1:01:43That is not your concern.
1:01:50 > 1:01:53My understanding is that my condition may be quite serious.
1:01:54 > 1:01:59However, my wish is that life should go on as normal.
1:02:00 > 1:02:03So, I'll have the examination.
1:02:03 > 1:02:07And I'll take whatever medications they advise.
1:02:07 > 1:02:09But I don't want to know what they're for.
1:02:09 > 1:02:13And I don't want you inquiring into it any further.
1:02:15 > 1:02:16Wouldn't dream of it.
1:02:17 > 1:02:21BELLS CHIME
1:02:34 > 1:02:36Mary?
1:02:38 > 1:02:40Mary! HE KNOCKS ON DOOR
1:03:00 > 1:03:04Peter, could you help George to fold a pocket handkerchief, please?
1:03:04 > 1:03:05They're in the linen cupboard.
1:03:05 > 1:03:07- Darling? - Yes, Mother.
1:03:07 > 1:03:08Jack.
1:03:08 > 1:03:11How do you manage to always come untucked?
1:03:11 > 1:03:14Would you check your shirt tails in the intermission, please?
1:03:14 > 1:03:15Yes, Mother.
1:03:15 > 1:03:18You're not planning on attending any after-theatre events, are you?
1:03:18 > 1:03:19Only for a short time, if we do.
1:03:19 > 1:03:22- The tickets! - With the children?
1:03:22 > 1:03:24George! Um, possibly.
1:03:24 > 1:03:26Would you see if George has the tickets, please?
1:03:26 > 1:03:27- All right. - I'll just...
1:03:27 > 1:03:29- check my dressing table. - Sylvia, there's a...
1:03:29 > 1:03:31Mother, please see if George has the tickets.
1:03:31 > 1:03:33Michael, where are your socks?
1:03:33 > 1:03:35Um, wait here. Don't move.
1:03:37 > 1:03:39SHE COUGHS
1:03:50 > 1:03:53GENERAL CHATTER
1:04:08 > 1:04:11- There. - Take her feet, George.
1:04:14 > 1:04:16We'll need some more blankets.
1:04:18 > 1:04:20Take Michael with you, would you?
1:04:23 > 1:04:27She looks much worse than when we were at the cottage.
1:04:27 > 1:04:29Shh, Michael.
1:04:30 > 1:04:33- Those 25 seats. Has anyone shown up? - No, sir. Not yet.
1:04:33 > 1:04:35Precisely. Have there been many people asking for seats?
1:04:35 > 1:04:37- Yes, sir. - Charles...
1:04:37 > 1:04:38I suggest you start selling them.
1:04:38 > 1:04:39- Charles. - Yes, James?
1:04:39 > 1:04:41Have you seen any of the Davies family this evening?
1:04:41 > 1:04:43- The 25 seats, are they filled? - It's taken care of.
1:04:43 > 1:04:45Yes, yes. Who did you invite?
1:04:45 > 1:04:46Because obviously whoever you invited decided not to come.
1:04:46 > 1:04:49- The seats will be filled, I promise. - Yes, you've been promising...
1:04:49 > 1:04:51- Charles? - Hello, Mr Stanley.
1:04:51 > 1:04:52Have you seen the Davies family this evening?
1:04:52 > 1:04:53No, sir.
1:04:53 > 1:04:55Jack has gone to get Dr Brighton.
1:04:55 > 1:04:57Oh, no, Mother, I don't need a doctor.
1:04:57 > 1:04:59Yes, you do, dear.
1:05:01 > 1:05:04I think I'll get some chamomile to help you relax.
1:05:04 > 1:05:06Peter will be here if you need anything.
1:05:09 > 1:05:11SHE GROANS
1:05:13 > 1:05:15Peter...
1:05:15 > 1:05:17Peter.
1:05:20 > 1:05:23SHE SIGHS
1:05:25 > 1:05:27Can I do anything, Mother?
1:05:27 > 1:05:29No, darling.
1:05:30 > 1:05:32You must go to the play.
1:05:34 > 1:05:36I can't do that.
1:05:36 > 1:05:40Yes, you can. I need you to.
1:05:40 > 1:05:43I need you to come back tonight and tell me every bit of it.
1:05:45 > 1:05:47Please?
1:05:47 > 1:05:49It's only a play, Mother.
1:05:49 > 1:05:51It doesn't matter.
1:05:57 > 1:05:59What do you want?
1:05:59 > 1:06:00Take it out.
1:06:03 > 1:06:05Open it.
1:06:15 > 1:06:18I've never been so proud of you.
1:06:30 > 1:06:34Last call, please, ladies and gentlemen. Last call...
1:06:34 > 1:06:37Yes, yes, yes, yes. It's all right. They know.
1:06:37 > 1:06:40We have time to sell those 25 seats. The play's starting.
1:06:52 > 1:06:54- Charles, they're here. - What?
1:06:54 > 1:06:56Who's here?
1:07:00 > 1:07:03Forgive them being a bit late. Short legs. Long walk from the orphanage.
1:07:03 > 1:07:05I'm not clear what they're doing here.
1:07:05 > 1:07:07- They've come to see the play. - Mm-hm.
1:07:07 > 1:07:09- That's the 25 seats. - Mmm.
1:07:09 > 1:07:1325 seats given to orphans. Right. Now my nightmare is complete.
1:07:13 > 1:07:16You can start your play now.
1:07:16 > 1:07:17YOUR play.
1:07:21 > 1:07:24Get them in the scattered seats.
1:07:39 > 1:07:41Just there, boys.
1:08:01 > 1:08:02Whoa!
1:08:09 > 1:08:11There, sir.
1:08:13 > 1:08:14Excuse me, sir. This way.
1:08:14 > 1:08:17- We have a little gentleman. - Thank you.
1:08:17 > 1:08:21Looks like we got one of the better dressed ones.
1:08:21 > 1:08:25I just want you to know, I think you're a wonderful dog.
1:08:25 > 1:08:27Thanks.
1:08:59 > 1:09:00HE BARKS
1:09:00 > 1:09:02CHILDREN LAUGH
1:09:05 > 1:09:06BOY LAUGHS
1:09:09 > 1:09:10SHE CHUCKLES
1:09:18 > 1:09:20CHILDREN LAUGH
1:09:22 > 1:09:23BARKING
1:09:25 > 1:09:28I won't go to bed! I won't! I won't!
1:09:28 > 1:09:30- BARKING - Nana, it isn't 6 o'clock yet.
1:09:30 > 1:09:32Two minutes more.
1:09:32 > 1:09:34- NANA GROWLS - Please?
1:09:34 > 1:09:37One minute more. Nana, I will not be bathed!
1:09:37 > 1:09:40I tell you, I will not...be...bathed.
1:09:40 > 1:09:41- NANA BARKS LOUDLY - Eeh!
1:09:41 > 1:09:44LAUGHTER
1:09:45 > 1:09:47Who are you?
1:09:53 > 1:09:55No-one there.
1:09:55 > 1:09:58Yet I feel sure I saw a face.
1:09:58 > 1:10:00My children!
1:10:01 > 1:10:03How is she?
1:10:04 > 1:10:06She's resting.
1:10:06 > 1:10:08- May I see her? - No, Mr Barrie.
1:10:08 > 1:10:09I don't think we need to include you
1:10:09 > 1:10:11in everything that goes on in this household.
1:10:11 > 1:10:12- But she'd want to see him! - Be quiet, George.
1:10:12 > 1:10:14And since, as I've discovered,
1:10:14 > 1:10:16you've seen fit to conceal certain facts
1:10:16 > 1:10:18about my daughter's condition from me,
1:10:18 > 1:10:21I feel no remorse at excluding you from my home.
1:10:21 > 1:10:24- But you can't... - Go upstairs, George, now!
1:10:24 > 1:10:25Stop ordering me about!
1:10:25 > 1:10:28This isn't your home. It's OUR home.
1:10:28 > 1:10:29Just cos Mother's needed your help recently
1:10:29 > 1:10:32doesn't give you the right to rule over her existence.
1:10:32 > 1:10:35She's not a child any more. Neither am I.
1:10:35 > 1:10:37If she wants to see Uncle Jim, she can see Uncle Jim.
1:10:37 > 1:10:39There's nothing you can do about it.
1:10:41 > 1:10:42SHE COUGHS
1:10:42 > 1:10:44Mother?
1:10:44 > 1:10:46Yes, darling?
1:10:49 > 1:10:50James.
1:10:50 > 1:10:52No.
1:10:52 > 1:10:54Your play!
1:10:56 > 1:10:58Look at all this.
1:11:00 > 1:11:01I'd have come tonight. It's just...
1:11:01 > 1:11:04- Mother, you need to rest! - ..I still have things to do here.
1:11:05 > 1:11:08See? This needs mending.
1:11:09 > 1:11:12Four boys. No end of patches.
1:11:12 > 1:11:14Can't seem to keep up.
1:11:16 > 1:11:18I haven't the time for all this.
1:11:18 > 1:11:23Don't look at me like that, James. You make me feel so utterly exposed.
1:11:26 > 1:11:30Boys, would you give me a moment with your mother, please?
1:11:30 > 1:11:32Thank you.
1:11:51 > 1:11:53They can see it, you know.
1:11:55 > 1:11:57You can't go on just pretending.
1:11:57 > 1:12:00Just pretending?
1:12:03 > 1:12:07You brought pretending into this family, James.
1:12:08 > 1:12:10You showed us we can change things
1:12:10 > 1:12:11by simply believing them to be different.
1:12:11 > 1:12:14A lot of things, Sylvia. Not everything.
1:12:14 > 1:12:15But the things that matter.
1:12:17 > 1:12:20We've pretended for some time now that...
1:12:21 > 1:12:23..you're a part of this family, haven't we?
1:12:29 > 1:12:33You've come to mean so much to us all that...now...
1:12:33 > 1:12:36it doesn't matter if it's true.
1:12:39 > 1:12:41And even if it isn't true...
1:12:41 > 1:12:43even if that can never be...
1:12:47 > 1:12:49..I need to go on pretending...
1:12:51 > 1:12:53..until the end.
1:12:56 > 1:12:58With you.
1:12:59 > 1:13:02LAUGHTER Oh, I am sweet.
1:13:02 > 1:13:03How do you do it?
1:13:03 > 1:13:06You just think lovely, wonderful thoughts,
1:13:06 > 1:13:08and they lift you up in the air.
1:13:08 > 1:13:09AUDIENCE GASPS
1:13:11 > 1:13:12You are so nippy at it.
1:13:12 > 1:13:15Couldn't you do it very slowly once?
1:13:20 > 1:13:22Yes, I've got it now, Wendy.
1:13:22 > 1:13:24AUDIENCE LAUGHS
1:13:24 > 1:13:27I must blow fairy dust on you first.
1:13:35 > 1:13:38Now try. Try it from the beds.
1:13:38 > 1:13:42Just wriggle your shoulders like this. And then let go.
1:13:42 > 1:13:44THEY GASP
1:13:44 > 1:13:46- I flew! - How ripping!
1:13:46 > 1:13:47Lovely!
1:13:47 > 1:13:50Now join hands.
1:13:54 > 1:13:56- Look at me! - I do like it!
1:13:56 > 1:13:58- Look at me! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:13:58 > 1:14:00- Bravo! - Let's go out!
1:14:02 > 1:14:05Second on the right and straight on till morning.
1:14:05 > 1:14:07Genius.
1:14:12 > 1:14:13WHISPERS: Sylvia, don't move.
1:14:13 > 1:14:15- WHISPERS:- I feel a little better.
1:14:16 > 1:14:19Oh, it's been a bad day, that's all.
1:14:21 > 1:14:24I want you to go back to the theatre.
1:14:24 > 1:14:26Find Peter.
1:14:26 > 1:14:28Of course.
1:14:29 > 1:14:30Thank you.
1:14:34 > 1:14:36You sure there's nothing else I can do for you?
1:14:38 > 1:14:40No.
1:14:42 > 1:14:44Well...
1:14:44 > 1:14:46I have always wanted to go to Neverland.
1:14:47 > 1:14:51You did promise to tell me about it, you know.
1:14:51 > 1:14:53Aye. That I did.
1:14:53 > 1:14:58It's a bit late for it tonight, though, I'm afraid.
1:14:59 > 1:15:02Perhaps some time soon, though.
1:15:09 > 1:15:11Most definitely.
1:15:12 > 1:15:14Do you mean we shall both be drowned?
1:15:14 > 1:15:17Look how the water is rising.
1:15:20 > 1:15:23It must be the tail of the kite we made for Michael.
1:15:23 > 1:15:28You remember. It tore itself out of his hands and floated away.
1:15:29 > 1:15:30The kite!
1:15:30 > 1:15:34- Why shouldn't it carry you? - Both of us.
1:15:34 > 1:15:38It can't lift two. Michael and Curly tried.
1:15:38 > 1:15:41I won't go without you, Peter.
1:15:41 > 1:15:43Let us draw lots which is to stay behind.
1:15:43 > 1:15:45And you a lady? Never.
1:15:49 > 1:15:51Ready, Wendy?
1:15:51 > 1:15:53Peter!
1:15:53 > 1:15:55Don't let go, Wendy!
1:15:55 > 1:15:58Peter, I'm frightened.
1:15:58 > 1:15:59Hang on, Wendy!
1:16:02 > 1:16:03Peter!
1:16:03 > 1:16:07To die will be an awfully big adventure.
1:16:22 > 1:16:24I'm glad you came.
1:16:24 > 1:16:26Well...
1:16:26 > 1:16:28I've never missed an opening.
1:16:30 > 1:16:32So I...
1:16:33 > 1:16:35..assume you heard about Gilbert and I.
1:16:35 > 1:16:37Yes.
1:16:38 > 1:16:41Quite the scandal, so I'm told.
1:16:48 > 1:16:50How are you?
1:16:55 > 1:16:56I'm all right.
1:16:58 > 1:16:59How are you?
1:17:01 > 1:17:03I'm sorry.
1:17:06 > 1:17:08Don't be.
1:17:09 > 1:17:13Without that family, you could never have written anything like this.
1:17:14 > 1:17:16You need them.
1:17:19 > 1:17:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:17:23 > 1:17:25Goodbye.
1:17:27 > 1:17:30GENERAL CHATTER
1:17:30 > 1:17:33- There they are! - I did indeed. Did indeed.
1:17:33 > 1:17:34You look ten years younger.
1:17:37 > 1:17:39- Mr Barrie. - Mrs Snow.
1:17:39 > 1:17:40Thank you.
1:17:40 > 1:17:43That was quite the nicest evening I've ever spent in the theatre.
1:17:43 > 1:17:45Oh, that's very kind of you to say. Thank you.
1:17:45 > 1:17:47Where's Mr Snow this evening?
1:17:47 > 1:17:50Oh. I'm afraid he's left us.
1:17:51 > 1:17:54And he would so have loved this evening.
1:17:54 > 1:17:56The pirates and the Indians.
1:17:56 > 1:17:59He was really just a boy himself, you know.
1:18:00 > 1:18:02To the very end.
1:18:03 > 1:18:06I'm terribly sorry. How are you doing?
1:18:06 > 1:18:10I'm doing well enough now, thank you.
1:18:10 > 1:18:15I suppose it's all the work of the ticking crocodile, isn't it?
1:18:15 > 1:18:18Time is chasing after all of us.
1:18:18 > 1:18:20Isn't that right?
1:18:20 > 1:18:22That's right, Mrs Snow.
1:18:22 > 1:18:25- Aunt Rose, your drink. - Thank you.
1:18:25 > 1:18:27Mustn't keep you. You've a lot of friends here.
1:18:27 > 1:18:29Well, it's lovely to see you.
1:18:29 > 1:18:31- Thank you. - I'm terribly sorry, once again.
1:18:32 > 1:18:34Was that Mr Barrie?
1:18:34 > 1:18:36That was Mr Barrie.
1:18:36 > 1:18:38- Well done, Mr Barrie. - Well done, Mr Barrie.
1:18:38 > 1:18:39Thanks.
1:18:39 > 1:18:42- Well done. Well done. - Well done, sir. Well done, sir.
1:18:44 > 1:18:46Psst.
1:18:47 > 1:18:49What do you think?
1:18:49 > 1:18:52It's about our summer together, isn't it?
1:18:52 > 1:18:53- It is. - About all of us.
1:18:53 > 1:18:55That's right.
1:18:57 > 1:18:58Do you like it?
1:18:59 > 1:19:02It's magical. Thank you.
1:19:02 > 1:19:04Oh, thank you.
1:19:04 > 1:19:06Thank you, Peter.
1:19:07 > 1:19:10- This is Peter Pan! How wonderful. - THEY ALL CHATTER
1:19:10 > 1:19:12Really? You're Peter Pan?
1:19:12 > 1:19:14Why, you must be quite the little adventurer.
1:19:14 > 1:19:16Look, it's true. He has no shadow.
1:19:16 > 1:19:17THEY ALL LAUGH
1:19:18 > 1:19:20But I'm not Peter Pan.
1:19:21 > 1:19:23He is.
1:19:23 > 1:19:24THEY ALL LAUGH
1:19:33 > 1:19:35And there's been no improvement in that
1:19:35 > 1:19:36since my last visit?
1:19:38 > 1:19:40No.
1:19:45 > 1:19:47Has James been by at all today, Mother?
1:19:49 > 1:19:51- KNOCK AT DOOR - Dr Brighton?
1:19:51 > 1:19:53May I have a word?
1:19:54 > 1:19:56Excuse me a moment.
1:20:01 > 1:20:03You haven't been keeping him from me, have you?
1:20:04 > 1:20:07As a matter of fact, I actually hoped he might come.
1:20:07 > 1:20:09Would have proved me wrong about him.
1:20:09 > 1:20:11Of course, with the success of his play,
1:20:11 > 1:20:14the whole of London must be knocking at his door.
1:20:19 > 1:20:21I'm sorry, dear.
1:20:25 > 1:20:27- What is it? - It's a secret.
1:20:27 > 1:20:29Quiet, Michael!
1:20:29 > 1:20:31I didn't say anything.
1:20:31 > 1:20:33Mother, could you come downstairs for a moment?
1:20:33 > 1:20:36Of course she can't come downstairs. What are you thinking of, George?
1:20:36 > 1:20:40Actually, I think a trip downstairs might do her good, ma'am.
1:20:41 > 1:20:42SHE COUGHS
1:20:49 > 1:20:52- What have you been up to? - Just wait and see.
1:21:01 > 1:21:03It's a play.
1:21:03 > 1:21:05It's not just A play, Michael.
1:21:05 > 1:21:07It's THE play.
1:21:08 > 1:21:11Of course, we'll have to make do with a few compromises.
1:21:11 > 1:21:13Much of it will have to be imagined.
1:21:13 > 1:21:17- As it should be. - As it should be. That's right.
1:21:22 > 1:21:24There we go.
1:21:24 > 1:21:28Michael, come and sit here, next to Mum.
1:21:31 > 1:21:32When you're ready.
1:21:34 > 1:21:36ORCHESTRA PLAYS DRAMATIC MUSIC
1:21:46 > 1:21:48BOYS LAUGH
1:21:51 > 1:21:53DOG BARKS
1:21:53 > 1:21:56NANA BARKS
1:21:58 > 1:22:01- I won't go to bed. I won't. I won't! - NANA BARKS
1:22:01 > 1:22:04Nana, it isn't 6 o'clock yet.
1:22:04 > 1:22:06- Two minutes more. Please? - NANA BARKS
1:22:06 > 1:22:09You know fairies, Peter?
1:22:09 > 1:22:10Yes.
1:22:10 > 1:22:13But they're nearly all dead now.
1:22:13 > 1:22:18You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time,
1:22:18 > 1:22:20the laugh broke into a thousand pieces
1:22:20 > 1:22:22and they all went skipping about,
1:22:22 > 1:22:24and that was the beginning of fairies.
1:22:24 > 1:22:27And now when every new baby is born,
1:22:27 > 1:22:30its first laugh becomes a fairy.
1:22:30 > 1:22:33So there ought to be one fairy for every boy and girl.
1:22:33 > 1:22:36- Ought to be? Isn't there? - Oh, no.
1:22:36 > 1:22:38Children know such a lot now.
1:22:38 > 1:22:40Soon they don't believe in fairies.
1:22:40 > 1:22:44And every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies,"
1:22:44 > 1:22:47there's a fairy somewhere that falls down dead!
1:22:47 > 1:22:49BELL CHIMES
1:22:50 > 1:22:52Who is that?
1:22:55 > 1:22:57The redskins were defeated?
1:22:57 > 1:22:58BELL CHIMES
1:22:58 > 1:23:01Wendy and the boys captured by the pirates?
1:23:01 > 1:23:04I'll rescue her. I'll rescue her!
1:23:06 > 1:23:08Oh, that's just my medicine.
1:23:09 > 1:23:11Poisoned?
1:23:11 > 1:23:14Who could have poisoned it?
1:23:15 > 1:23:17Why, Tink!
1:23:17 > 1:23:19You've drunk my medicine.
1:23:20 > 1:23:23It was poisoned?
1:23:25 > 1:23:27And you drank it to save my life?
1:23:29 > 1:23:31Tink...
1:23:33 > 1:23:35Are you dying?
1:23:39 > 1:23:42Her light is growing faint.
1:23:44 > 1:23:47If it goes out, that means she's dead.
1:23:49 > 1:23:53Her voice is so low, I can scarcely hear what she's saying.
1:23:53 > 1:23:57She says she thinks she could get well again
1:23:57 > 1:23:59if children believed in fairies.
1:24:06 > 1:24:07Do you believe in fairies?
1:24:09 > 1:24:12Say quick that you believe.
1:24:16 > 1:24:18If you believe, clap your hands.
1:24:20 > 1:24:22Clap louder.
1:24:27 > 1:24:31Thank you. Thank you.
1:24:46 > 1:24:47SHE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
1:25:12 > 1:25:15That is Neverland.
1:25:36 > 1:25:38LAUGHTER
1:26:35 > 1:26:37So many perfect days.
1:26:39 > 1:26:42I really began to believe we'd go on like that forever.
1:26:44 > 1:26:46Oh, stop it.
1:26:46 > 1:26:49She wasn't going to stay with you forever.
1:26:49 > 1:26:53She had a husband - my father.
1:26:53 > 1:26:56She never cared for you the way she did for him.
1:26:58 > 1:27:00I'm not trying to replace your father, Peter.
1:27:00 > 1:27:02I could never do that.
1:27:11 > 1:27:13You'd best let him go.
1:27:15 > 1:27:18George, would you take the boys back to the house?
1:27:18 > 1:27:21I'll be with you in a moment. Go on, dear.
1:27:29 > 1:27:31I'm terribly sorry.
1:27:31 > 1:27:35I've ruined everything I've touched in this family.
1:27:35 > 1:27:38Stop giving yourself so much credit.
1:27:38 > 1:27:41Peter's grieving. It has nothing to do with you.
1:27:44 > 1:27:46Perhaps if I just had a bit more time with him.
1:27:46 > 1:27:49No, Mr Barrie. That won't be good enough.
1:27:49 > 1:27:51If "a bit more time" is all you can provide,
1:27:51 > 1:27:54you'd better leave him alone.
1:27:57 > 1:28:01I know you don't much care for me, Mrs du Maurier, and I respect that,
1:28:01 > 1:28:04but I loved your daughter very much.
1:28:04 > 1:28:07And I love those boys.
1:28:07 > 1:28:09And I think they need me right now.
1:28:09 > 1:28:11Is that so?
1:28:11 > 1:28:13And for how long after?
1:28:14 > 1:28:16Meaning what?
1:28:16 > 1:28:19Sylvia has requested a co-guardianship for the boys
1:28:19 > 1:28:20in her will.
1:28:22 > 1:28:23You, Mr Barrie...
1:28:24 > 1:28:26..and myself.
1:28:28 > 1:28:30And what do you have to say about that?
1:28:30 > 1:28:32I shall respect my daughter's wishes.
1:28:33 > 1:28:37Something I should have done more of while she was alive.
1:28:39 > 1:28:41But if you feel you're not ready for such a commitment,
1:28:41 > 1:28:45I assure you I can certainly look after the boys by myself.
1:28:47 > 1:28:49Do you think I could abandon those boys?
1:28:59 > 1:29:01Sit down, Peter.
1:29:20 > 1:29:22Mother pasted it back together.
1:29:23 > 1:29:25After I ruined it.
1:29:27 > 1:29:29And then I saw the play.
1:29:29 > 1:29:31I just started writing,
1:29:31 > 1:29:33and I haven't been able to stop.
1:29:35 > 1:29:37She would be very pleased to know that.
1:29:42 > 1:29:43Listen...
1:29:43 > 1:29:46I've just spoken with your grandmother,
1:29:46 > 1:29:48and I'm staying.
1:29:48 > 1:29:50For good.
1:29:54 > 1:29:56I'm sorry I was so horrible.
1:29:58 > 1:29:59Don't worry.
1:30:02 > 1:30:04It's just...
1:30:06 > 1:30:08..I thought she'd always be here.
1:30:11 > 1:30:12So did I.
1:30:14 > 1:30:16But, in fact...
1:30:19 > 1:30:21..she is.
1:30:22 > 1:30:24Because she's on every page...
1:30:25 > 1:30:27..of your imagination.
1:30:28 > 1:30:31You'll always have her there. Always.
1:30:37 > 1:30:39But why did she have to die?
1:30:47 > 1:30:48I don't know, boy.
1:30:53 > 1:30:55When I think of your mother...
1:30:56 > 1:30:59..I will always remember how happy she looked
1:30:59 > 1:31:02sitting there in the parlour,
1:31:02 > 1:31:04watching a play about her family,
1:31:04 > 1:31:08about her boys that never grew up.
1:31:11 > 1:31:13She went to Neverland.
1:31:16 > 1:31:20And you can visit her any time you like,
1:31:20 > 1:31:24if you just go there yourself.
1:31:26 > 1:31:27How?
1:31:29 > 1:31:31By believing, Peter.
1:31:32 > 1:31:33Just believe.
1:31:47 > 1:31:48I can see her.
1:31:55 > 1:31:57Good boy.