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Another Shakespeare scene rewritten

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Following our previous dialogues, here we have some alternative dialogue from Henry VIII, as used in the ITV version with Ray Winstone:

HENRY VIII: Cor blimey, Cromwell me old china, that Enn Blin aint half a right pain in the Gregory, and no mistake.

{By the end of the show, both “Enn Blin” and Cromwell had a “short back and sides, please, not too much off the top“}

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  1. hoodedman1 Avatar
    hoodedman1

    I went out for drinks with Ray Winstone many years back–true story.

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