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I thought they all had strengths, and I don`t think it`s going to be an easy choice.. Yes, I think he caught the character very well, certainly, but … D What?. P … It`s his past that wor

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They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages At first the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse`s arms

And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel,

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school And then the lover,

Sighing like furnace, with a woful ballad

Made to his mistress` eyebrow Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon`s mouth And then the justice,

In fair round belly with good capon lin`d,

With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,

Full of wise saws and modern instances;

And so he plays his part The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slipper`d pantaloon

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,

His youthful hose well sav`d a world too wide

For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

And whistles in his sound Last scene of all,

That ends his strange eventful history,

Is second childishness and mere oblivion

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything,

The audition

P = Producer

D = Director

P Well, that was very interesting, wasn`t it, Derek?

D Mmm, very interesting indeed, yes But I think it`s given

us more problems than um… than it`s taken away I

mean, I don`t think there`s one obvious candidate � did

you feel that?

P Oh, yes, I think so I thought they all had strengths, and I

don`t think it`s going to be an easy choice

D No … Well, let`s go through them, shall we? Let`s take

Bill first I thought he did rather well in the audition The

voice was right, and, well, he was very funny in places, he

caught that comic side of Micawber when everything`s

gone wrong all around him No?

P Um, yes, I agree Yes, I think he caught the character

very well, certainly, but …

D What?

P … It`s his past that worries me a little, I know he`s had a

lot of experience in character parts, but it`s all been in the

theatre, hasn`t it, not on television, and as you`ve found

yourself, it`s not the same at all The camera`s so close on

television, isn`t it?

D Yeah What`s he been doing recently? Has he been in

much?

P Well, no, in fact He`s been out of work for about nine

months, and not helped by a bit of a drink problem I don`t

know if you noticed…

D Mmm, yes, he forgot one or two lines, didn`t he?

P Mmm

D Well, I don`t know I still think he did well What about

the next? Who was it? Harry, wasn`t it?

P Yes Now I thought Harry was great He said his lines so

confidently, and his timing was superb I think he was

really made for the part

D You seem to have made up your mind, don`t you?

P Yes Well, no, it was just that when I closed my eyes, I

could really picture him in the part

D Yes, well, for me Polly that`s just the point I agree, he

sounded very convincing Hasn`t he just written a book on

Dickens, or something?

P Yes, it`s called The Spirit of Dickens

D Well, that`s just what he did, he caught the spirit of this

rather self-important old man, but to me he just doesn`t

look the part I mean, how old is he?

P He`s … let me look… erm, he`s thirty-eight

D Yes, you see, too young, and I think too tall Now Bill`s

the right age, at least

P I know what you mean, but he`s got so much experience

of the stage and the television

He`s been with the Royal Shakespeare Company for

years, and I think we could probably work on the

appearance side, you know Make-up would age him

D Harry didn`t look right, whereas Bill did And I do wonder

about make-up to make someone look older on television

It never looks quite right

P Well, maybe another part for him? Not Micawber?

D Possibly You might be right Let`s move on to Victor

Now there`s a problem

P How do you mean?

D He`s the one with the greatest strengths and also the

greatest weaknesses I mean, he`s a household name,

everybody knows him, and well I think having him in the

part would attract a lot of viewers, but…

P … but his experience is light comedy, situation comedy,

not character parts like this

D You took the words right out of my mouth -that`s just

what I was going to say The problem is, he plays himself,

and it`s true, he`s a very funny man

P But could he adapt? I thought he auditioned quite well,

actually He`s the right age, and the face fits

D But the audience would identify with his other

characters, and say �Oh look! There`s Victor O�Brian

playing a Dickens character!� They wouldn`t say �Isn`t

Mr Micawber good! I wonder who he is?�

P The question is, how adaptable is he? I think with

guidance he could be OK And he`s very keen He`s been

trying to break away from those situation comedy roles for

years, but producers won`t let him

D Well, you`re the producer!

P (laughs) Oh well, what are we going to do?

D Let`s just make a note of their good points and bad

points again Let`s take Bill…

A dictation of names and places

1 My name`s Jameson That`s J-A-M-E-S-O-N I`ll spell it

again for you

J-A-M-E-S-O-N

2 Do you need my full name? My first name`s Juliet

J-U-L-I-E-T Yes, J-U-J-U-L-I-E-T

And my surname`s Henderson Hen-der-son -

H-E-N-D-E-R-S-O-N

3 A My Christian name is Stephen

B Now, there are different ways of spelling that, aren`t

there?

A Yes Mine`s P-H

B Pardon?

A You spell it S-T-E-P-H-E-N

B Thank you

4 A Place of birth, please madam

B Loughborough L-O-U-G-H-B-O-R-O-U-G-H Would you

like me to spell it again? L-O-U-G-H-B-O-R-O-U-G-H

5 Hello, I`d like to order a book by Gerald Leary Hello?

It`s not a very good line, is it? Gerald Leary Gerald

G-E-R-A-L-D

Leary � L-E-A-R-Y That`s it The title of the book is The

Secret Life of Plants

6 Hello, er - I have a reservation The name`s Mahoney -

M-A-H-O-N-E-Y

7 My surname`s Bailey - B-A-I-L-E-Y

8 A Where do you live?

B A suburb of London called Greenwich

A G-R-E-N

B No, no G-R-double E-N-W-I-C-H Greenwich

9 A Hello I have an appointment with Miss Jenkins

B Your name please?

A Seabourne S-E-A-B-O-U-R-N-E

10 A I`m living in a place called Gloucester

B How do you spell that?

A G-L-O-U-C-E-S-T-E-R Gloucester