Being Julia Page #2

for him at the table.

Just in case he turns up.

He's been dead for 15 years.

Yes, but you never know.

He was a monster.

Uh, how do you spell your first name?

T- O-M.

[Laughing]

[Nib squeaking]

[Gramophone playing]

[People clapping]

[Car honking]

(Dancer) Hoy!

Hoy!

Hoy!

Hoy!

Hoy!

(Archie) For God's sake,

don't torture yourself like this, Laura.

[Julia sobbing]

No one will ever know

how much I loved him.

He was my earth, my moon,

all the stars in the firmament.

Farewell, my love.

[Audience applauding]

Bravo! Bravo!

[People laughing]

No, there's nothing left for me now

but to tour Canada and Australia,

God help me.

Nonsense, miss Lambert.

It's not nonsense.

[Sighing]

I've decided to retire

and let myself go.

I'll have potatoes for lunch

and potatoes for dinner.

Beer. God, I love beer!

And treacle pudding and

cherry tart and cream.

Cream, cream, cream, cream, cream...

[Breathing deeply]

as God is my judge,

I'll never eat a lettuce leaf again.

[Doorbell ringing]

Oh, God, I bet I know who that is.

Good afternoon, Evie.

Oh, Mrs. De Vries, what a surprise.

Uh, I hope this isn't inconvenient

but I have to see miss Lambert

on a business matter.

She isn't having one

of her afternoon naps,

is she?

Wait a minute.

[Door squeaking]

Guess who's here.

Show her in.

Business, she says, but isn't it funny

how she always manages

to time her visits

when you're lying stark bollock naked.

Enough of that, you dirty-minded slut.

Show her in.

Mrs. De Vries.

(Dolly) Julia, darling.

Dolly, dear. hmm.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I always seem to call when

you're-- you're otherwise engaged.

[Laughing]

- Tea?

- Lovely.

Ignore me. I'll-- I'll just

sit here quiet as a lamb

until you're done.

So Evie said

something about business. Hmm?

What? Oh, yes.

Um, Michael tells me you

want to close the play.

My husband's a devious little runt.

Oh, that's unfair.

He was perfectly right to consult me.

We're partners. the 3 of us.

A perfect combination.

My money, his know-how, your genius.

I'm exhausted, Dolly.

[Grunts]

I feel twice my age which makes me 90.

I'm bored. Life has

nothing in store for me.

You mean that, or are you acting?

I never know when you're acting.

I'm not acting.

I'm near to having a breakdown.

I feel as though my

life's come to an end.

All right. All right.

All done.

Oh, thank you, you're a dear.

Uh.

Are you really near a breakdown, Julia?

Oh, I don't know. I don't know.

I'm in such an odd state at the moment.

[Inhaling]

It's as if...

It's as if the curtain's

come down on act 1,

but I have no idea

what happens in act 2.

[Inaudible mimicking]

I- I'm in a sort of limbo.

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