A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)

Richard Briers: Ted Washbrook

Quotes 

• [during rehearsals, Ted has left the stage, thinking that he had finished his part in the scene] 

  Dafydd Ap Llewellyn : Unbelievable, this, isn't it? Unbelievable! Ten days we've been at this, ten days! And where are we? Page 15, isn't it?

  Ted Washbrook : [sheepishly]  Sorry, everyone. I shouldn't have gone off.

  Dafydd Ap Llewellyn : Well, you were only expressing in actions, Ted, what will by this time be the heartfelt wishes of the entire audience.

• Dafydd Ap Llewellyn : [interrupting Ted reading out his lines]  TED, THAT IS CUT! THAT WAS CUT TWO DAYS AGO!

  Ted Washbrook : [looking at his script]  Sorry, I don't have it.

  Dafydd Ap Llewellyn : No, you don't have anything, Ted, that's your trouble, man! You don't have any ability, you don't have any intelligence, you don't have one single scrap of artistic sensibility and most important of all, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A BLOODY PENCIL!

  [points at lines on Ted's script, aggressively hitting it with his finger] 

  Dafydd Ap Llewellyn : THERE! THAT IS CUT, THAT IS CUT AND THAT IS CUT!

  [grabs the script off of Ted and rips it up] 

  Dafydd Ap Llewellyn : AND THE WHOLE SODDING THING IS CUT! CUT! THERE! That all right for you? YOU BULL-HEADED CHOC ICE!

  [he spits on the floor and walks off the stage]