Judi Dench Commentary (AO5) Flashcards
What did Judi say about the Duchess of York by the time we meet her?
‘She has nobody left, poor thing, except Richard, and we all know what she thinks of him.’
What did Dench say the audience know about Richard insisting the Princes the remain in the Tower for their “own protection”?
Why is it that he did this, according to her?
‘The audience know better, because they’ve seen how he operates: ordering imprisonments and executions, spreading rumours about the young Prince’s mother.’
‘All to clear his own path to the throne’
What did Dench say that opposes the belief Cecily suspected Richard murdered Clarence?
(2 things)
‘That would mean pre-empting something she hasn’t been told yet’
If she is ‘too suspicious and knowing from the outset, you take away any gradual realisation, which is a key part of a character’s emotional journey.’
What 2 things did Dench state about her ‘Ill-dispersing wind’ monologue to Richard’?
-It’s four lines of enormous information, and extreme alarm. She’s saying that he’s a murderer’
-‘Those four lines are a terrible realisation that she’s given birth to a monster’
What did Dench say about the duchess, responding the Queen Margaret’s; ‘From forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept, A hell-hound that doth hunt us all to death.’ ?
‘The Duchess it the progenitor of this grief. She gave birth to this murderer.’
What did Dench say is ‘very powerful about having the [the] three women join forces?
(Elizabeth, Margaret, Cecily)
‘They’re like the three Maries in the Mystery Plays: united in terrible grief, drawing solace from each other. And in this case, All mothers.
What are some of the things Dench said she should of improves when stopping Richard’s army from progressing? (2 things)
-She would’ve played it ‘more accusatory, It should’ve been more public, less internal.’
-She should’ve been ‘more confrontational. It was too casual.’
What did Dench say about the curse Cecily proclaims to Richard before he goes to battle?
‘She hopes that the curse she gives him will weigh even heavier than all that clobber.’
