Curtain Up (1952)

Margaret Rutherford: Catherine Beckwith, Jeremy St. Clair

Quotes 

• W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : I wonder if I might borrow your script for a moment.

  [Catherine hands Harry her script] 

  W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : Thank you.

  [he leafs through the script, turning over page after page] 

  Catherine Beckwith : Are you looking for something?

  W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : The plot, madam.

  Catherine Beckwith : Dress, Scenery or Lighting plot? I have them all handy.

  W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : The plot, madam, of Tarnished Gold. Most plays have them. Yours seems to be the exception. Ah, I see the beginning of a plot on page 27 - and we're now on page 1.

• W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : When Mr. Bellamy forced me to stage your travesty...

  Catherine Beckwith : Tragedy!

  W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : It may well prove so, madam.

• Catherine Beckwith : Mr. Blacker, I have reached the limit of myself. I shall telephone my nephew.

  W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : Ask him if he knows anything for the two-thirty, will you dear?

• Catherine Beckwith : Well, that was a very kind thought of you. And did you find a major fault?

  W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : So far, madam, only one.

  Catherine Beckwith : Good. What?

  W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker : The first 27 pages.