As I watch her facial expressions and the emotions in her eyes, all I can say is that you can mute the monologue (heaven forbid!) and her acting prowess would not suffer at all--she's THAT good. I'm floored!
No one could possibly do it better than she does. The more videos I see of her the more in awe I am of her acting. Hope she realizes how many people simply love her.
I wish everybody spoke English like Dame Patricia Routledge. Her delivery is charming, elegant, eloquent; her pronunciation pristine. This is the kind of actors who make you love the English language, especially when you are a foreigner.
She spent her whole life trying to wrestle the world into submission but she was miserable... then as soon as life tackles her to the ground and robs her of her freedom, she finds out that she isn't in control of anything except herself and discovers contentment in ordinary pursuits. It really is a quite remarkable story. Beautifully written and acted.
Without doubt this is the finest dramatic performance ever shown on British television. Routledge & Bennett at the top of their respective games, producing something utterly astonishing.
Yes so often being nice comes across as being condescending and treating one like a child. As if they patient has lost their ability to see and watch and now what’s going on.
My father had been going to his primary care physician for at least thirty years and one day, his doctor (named 'Richard Brown,') and the doctor said, "Well, Chuck, have you any questions?" My father said, "No, Dick, I haven't." Ever since, the doctor has called my father, 'Mr. Quirk,' and my father has called the doctor, 'Dr. Brown.' I have done my best to have my friends have their children call me Mrs. Lipham, yet they consistently call me 'Miss Jean." My mother and her friends have been gone for years, yet if I ever speak of her friends, I call them 'Mrs. McCool,' 'Mrs. Peeler,' etc.
My very first exposure to Dame Patricia's work was Keeping Up Appearances. Never having seen anything else she's done prior to KUA, I would have made it bigger than it was. Then gradually, as I've watched both her earlier and subsequent works, I'm much more able to put her Hyacinth character into proper perspective, as I now see Hyacinth as a very small part of the huge patchwork quilt that is Routledge's career. Alan Bennett once defined his brilliant writing style as "somewhat banal." His ability to find people to write for who he knows will bring his writing to life with such vibrancy is extraordinary. Nobody writes like Bennett, and nobody does monologues like Routledge. The two pair brilliantly together.
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Two Brilliants, Brilliant writer, brilliant actor. I can't tell you the number of times I have listened to this in various presentations - and it is always fresh.
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I’ve stopped in my tracks when I found this. WOW. I’ll keep watching the entire collection. Patricia and Bennet collaborate on an amazing work of art. Not to mention the lighting, the production, direction. In a world of fast and cheap productions all over the entertainment industry, we find a true gem, perfection of all aspects of production. The writing is keenly perceptive of the human condition, the social creatures we are. My emotions ran the gauntlet. Thank you for bringing this elevated work to our attention. ❤
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I love the ending of this piece given how she complains about literature, how when a character says, ‘I’ll never be happy’, and sure enough happiness is planned out for them, right around the corner. Such a beautiful script, and of course Patricia performs it with absolute mastery.
This is great. This and "A Woman of No Importance." I'm sad to admit that I can sometimes miss subtle clues, so I don't always get everything I should out of these but reading comments and watching again can help. Anyway, even then it's wonderfully written and performed
Oh "A Woman of no Importance" is just wonderful. If you like solo actor performance I'll direct you to Peter O'Toole in Jeffrey Barnard is Unwell - brilliant
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This complete metamorphosis......words fail me. At the end of the last, glorious, triumphant section, where she says "....and I'm so.....happy", and she turns to us.... 30:01 watch the feelings wash over her face. I watch it over and over. It speaks to my heart. Thank you, Patricia Routledge and God bless you.
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''Pork sausage and Basildon Bond''... 😊 I used to buy the latter for my letter--writing.. very nice writing-pad paper... can't buy it now in New Zealand.
The first time i met her was as Hyacinth Bucket, oops, Bouquet! And finally was able to see all 5 years in 2021 on Britbox and again on UA-cam. She made me laugh. I loved her! I loved Hyacinth and she had these marvelous facial quirks with her mouth and her eyes that said exactly how she felt. I’m so happy to be able to watch her and the whole crew whenever I please. So grateful that this funny and amazing lady is still available to us!
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Yes, she is good at acting, making it look like it's really her own feelings that she's expressing. As I was watching this and listening to her, I wondered if the Queen would have probably enjoyed watching this lady, when she was still alive, and in her hay-day. I like this lady's confidence! Everything that she says, she says it as a matter of certainty, leaving the listener with no choice but to believe her! Lol.
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I thought nobody could do it better than Patricia until I saw Imelda Staunton do it. OMG, what a powerful interpretation Imelda did. Imelda is one of Britain's best actors. I do still love Patricia Routledge though.
WOW what a tour de force in acting. Pure brilliance she is. Knew her from keeping up appearances here in the states and was curious about her outside that role. Her monologue performances are astonishing! I've never been so impressed above Meryl for me she's number One. Love from Miami❤❤❤
Someone can get in trouble for writing letters??? Unbelievable!!! I worked for the government and we got letters all the time that were absolutely crazy. We just ignored them. Plus she could always send them anonymously.
I think this is most of us. The slow descent from being ‘alive’ to getting frail, more and more people ignore and rush by us, never dropping to just say hello as our world shrinks more and more. That’s why I watch this having just turned 56 and can not only see myself but see my parents and before that my grandparents. Very poignant.
@@lovemesomeslippers You need to get out more then and listen to people. This is exactly how many of the age descend. Maybe you are too busy thinking the world revolves round yourself to notice.
@@xr6lad that doesn’t even make sense. I am that age as are the people around me. Vibrant and enjoying life. You need to broaden your world, not just accept it.
That's probably the irony of her story, she was at home alone, bored, with nothing to do but write letters and pry into the personal affairs of others, while in prison they filled her with activities and people around her to socialise
This is legitimately one of the most beautifully compelling pieces of acting i've seen. It's light, heavy, slow and swift-moving at the same time. Tragedy and frivolity so beautifully condensed into single, brief moments. Patricia Routledge is a master of her craft, as is Alan Bennett.
In today's terms, her character during the first part of the film would be called a "Karen", but she redeems herself in the end, thus shedding the similarities. One of my favorites in this Talking Head series, A Woman of No Importance is equally brilliant.
True. They were a bit slow revealing the extent of her letter writing and busy body nature but yes, she does sound like a Karen. I hope her character growth at the end sticks
As I watch her facial expressions and the emotions in her eyes, all I can say is that you can mute the monologue (heaven forbid!) and her acting prowess would not suffer at all--she's THAT good. I'm floored!
I agree
I often listen to UA-cam clips in my car, but not Those of Ms Routledge. One HAS to see the face. Genius.
@@MissX33 Bravo, little sister!
Good observation
No one could possibly do it better than she does. The more videos I see of her the more in awe I am of her acting. Hope she realizes how many people simply love her.
She's a national treasure. Her delivery is sans pareil.
A trick: you can watch movies at Flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies these days.
@Pedro Leighton yup, been using flixzone for years myself :)
* international and eternal
I love this. whenever Im feeling down I keep coming back to Patricia Routledge. something so comforting about her.
she has done so many Bennett plays.. and all are brilliant, acting with the correct writing.. sublime..
I agree. I was/ am depressed and I turned to her work for comfort. She has great spirit and strength and dignity.♥️🙏
😊❤ I find I'm comforted watching Patricia too. The human condition displayed with amazing talent 🎉.
same i watch hetty waintrhopp makes me feel happy
I wish everybody spoke English like Dame Patricia Routledge. Her delivery is charming, elegant, eloquent; her pronunciation pristine. This is the kind of actors who make you love the English language, especially when you are a foreigner.
She spent her whole life trying to wrestle the world into submission but she was miserable... then as soon as life tackles her to the ground and robs her of her freedom, she finds out that she isn't in control of anything except herself and discovers contentment in ordinary pursuits. It really is a quite remarkable story. Beautifully written and acted.
Without doubt this is the finest dramatic performance ever shown on British television. Routledge & Bennett at the top of their respective games, producing something utterly astonishing.
"I haven't been Irene since mother died". They think they're being nice, but it's a nice way of being nasty." Priceless.
Yes so often being nice comes across as being condescending and treating one like a child. As if they patient has lost their ability to see and watch and now what’s going on.
Te doresc mult Niko armasaru
Yes that made me laugh.
My father had been going to his primary care physician for at least thirty years and one day, his doctor (named 'Richard Brown,') and the doctor said, "Well, Chuck, have you any questions?" My father said, "No, Dick, I haven't."
Ever since, the doctor has called my father, 'Mr. Quirk,' and my father has called the doctor, 'Dr. Brown.'
I have done my best to have my friends have their children call me Mrs. Lipham, yet they consistently call me 'Miss Jean." My mother and her friends have been gone for years, yet if I ever speak of her friends, I call them 'Mrs. McCool,' 'Mrs. Peeler,' etc.
"I don't want inundating with sausage." Effing brilliant.
My very first exposure to Dame Patricia's work was Keeping Up Appearances. Never having seen anything else she's done prior to KUA, I would have made it bigger than it was. Then gradually, as I've watched both her earlier and subsequent works, I'm much more able to put her Hyacinth character into proper perspective, as I now see Hyacinth as a very small part of the huge patchwork quilt that is Routledge's career. Alan Bennett once defined his brilliant writing style as "somewhat banal." His ability to find people to write for who he knows will bring his writing to life with such vibrancy is extraordinary. Nobody writes like Bennett, and nobody does monologues like Routledge. The two pair brilliantly together.
This is just beyond words, it's such a beautiful performance and an exceptional script.
Love the scene where she is talking and eating sandwiches with a cuppa - so skilfully done.
Love the text and what a great actress. Loneliness beautifully and poignantly shown.
Patricia R is such a brilliant character Actor... but the words are pure Bennett, one of the best observational playwrights...
He is Charlotte Bronte, Henry James and James Joyce literary calibre.
"Sometimes I catch myself thinking it'll be better the second time 'round. But this is it. This has been my go."
Superb performance of an excellent script!!
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Two Brilliants, Brilliant writer, brilliant actor. I can't tell you the number of times I have listened to this in various presentations - and it is always fresh.
It's hypnotizing. This woman is amazing
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18:21 this sentence- wow, it shows her absolute brilliance as an actress. She elevates it to an art.
That whole bit about the kiddie was a masterpiece
Absolutely beautiful, the pathos and feeling that she brings to this is never to be lost or forgotten. Thank you dame Patricia .
I’ve stopped in my tracks when I found this. WOW. I’ll keep watching the entire collection. Patricia and Bennet collaborate on an amazing work of art. Not to mention the lighting, the production, direction. In a world of fast and cheap productions all over the entertainment industry, we find a true gem, perfection of all aspects of production. The writing is keenly perceptive of the human condition, the social creatures we are. My emotions ran the gauntlet. Thank you for bringing this elevated work to our attention. ❤
Perfect artist and actress.
Sublime writing and acting. It evoked laughter and tears in me.
Fine line between keeping an eye open for people and malicious busy bodying.
And what is real and what is assumed.
What can I say, SUCH A MOVING and AMAZING PERFORMANCE! Enough said! ❤
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She is a force of nature! Such an amazing actress!
I love the ending of this piece given how she complains about literature, how when a character says, ‘I’ll never be happy’, and sure enough happiness is planned out for them, right around the corner. Such a beautiful script, and of course Patricia performs it with absolute mastery.
This is great. This and "A Woman of No Importance." I'm sad to admit that I can sometimes miss subtle clues, so I don't always get everything I should out of these but reading comments and watching again can help. Anyway, even then it's wonderfully written and performed
Oh "A Woman of no Importance" is just wonderful. If you like solo actor performance I'll direct you to Peter O'Toole in Jeffrey Barnard is Unwell - brilliant
@@sysiphuscorinth ,
These monologues are brilliant!! Acted and put together in the high form that only the English can do.
I love these! Patricia Rutledge is such an accomplished actress. The only one I'd love to have tea with.
I'm in awe. What an actress!
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This complete metamorphosis......words fail me. At the end of the last, glorious, triumphant section, where she says "....and I'm so.....happy", and she turns to us.... 30:01 watch the feelings wash over her face. I watch it over and over. It speaks to my heart. Thank you, Patricia Routledge and God bless you.
Patricia Routledge in "A Lady of Letters" is very entertaining. She is great! Thanks for sharing.
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Dame Patricia must be protected at all costs!
18:17 My word, that is exquisite acting. It breaks the heart, even if she is in the wrong. She was more to be pitied than hated...
Brilliant British actor. Looks normal. Takes you to another place utterly brilliant
''Pork sausage and Basildon Bond''... 😊 I used to buy the latter for my letter--writing.. very nice writing-pad paper... can't buy it now in New Zealand.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I’m always amazed at her no matter how many times I watch it
Nice little bit of foreshadowing at 8:59 when she talks about prison being like a holiday camp.
She just does “loony” so masterfully.
OH! How absolutely brilliant! Thank you for posting this gem. It made my day.
She really is a great actress
She's so fantastic.
The first time i met her was as Hyacinth Bucket, oops, Bouquet! And finally was able to see all 5 years in 2021 on Britbox and again on UA-cam. She made me laugh. I loved her! I loved Hyacinth and she had these marvelous facial quirks with her mouth and her eyes that said exactly how she felt. I’m so happy to be able to watch her and the whole crew whenever I please. So grateful that this funny and amazing lady is still available to us!
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She has an amazing singing voice.
She'll sing at me!!!! 😂😂
@@amydecker6207😂
Enthralling... what an interesting character study
She is fantastic in all her roles
Like anything she touches, pure gold.
Yes, she is good at acting, making it look like it's really her own feelings that she's expressing.
As I was watching this and listening to her, I wondered if the Queen would have probably enjoyed watching this lady, when she was still alive, and in her hay-day.
I like this lady's confidence!
Everything that she says, she says it as a matter of certainty, leaving the listener with no choice but to believe her! Lol.
Bennett and Routledge - what a combo!
What a pearl of a wee film.
She is such a wonderful actress and wonderful for the writings of Alan Bennett
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She is just an amazing talent.
The one and only Patricia Routlage. She and Alan Bennett are curiously amazing actors ❤❤❤❤😊
Brilliant actress
I thought nobody could do it better than Patricia until I saw Imelda Staunton do it. OMG, what a powerful interpretation Imelda did. Imelda is one of Britain's best actors. I do still love Patricia Routledge though.
Perfection! Expect no less from author nor actress! Love them both! Tysm for these Rick. Blessings fr Nashville, TN
This was wonderful
How absolutely beautiful!
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
Seeing her sparkle in prison is priceless!
Lol...she is such a good actress!
WOW what a tour de force in acting. Pure brilliance she is. Knew her from keeping up appearances here in the states and was curious about her outside that role. Her monologue performances are astonishing! I've never been so impressed above Meryl for me she's number One. Love from Miami❤❤❤
So sad but beautiful!
This script is exceptional it’s so accurate I am 71 years old and connect perfectly to all of it and tell him my friends. Brilliant Performance
Absolutely Brilliant Actress, no matter the role
Patricia so movingly expresses the poignancy of loneliness.
Brilliantly acted of course but let's not ignore the writing. A fabulous combination.
23:39 Her face says that she knows she'll be in serious trouble if she tries it again but she just can't help herself.
Someone can get in trouble for writing letters??? Unbelievable!!! I worked for the government and we got letters all the time that were absolutely crazy. We just ignored them.
Plus she could always send them anonymously.
I think it was as they call it "poison pen letters" which is a criminal offence
Thoroughly entertaining 😃
Simply wonderful lady❤❤
BRILLIANT!
So brilliant
This is exquisite, she does this so beautifully. Wonderful
Just Delightful !!!! 😊 Outstanding Performance!
honored that I share a birthday with this amazing woman.
I think this is most of us. The slow descent from being ‘alive’ to getting frail, more and more people ignore and rush by us, never dropping to just say hello as our world shrinks more and more. That’s why I watch this having just turned 56 and can not only see myself but see my parents and before that my grandparents. Very poignant.
This exact comment was also left under A Women of No Importance. Hmmm… and no, it’s not most of us.
@@lovemesomeslippers
You need to get out more then and listen to people. This is exactly how many of the age descend. Maybe you are too busy thinking the world revolves round yourself to notice.
@@xr6lad that doesn’t even make sense. I am that age as are the people around me. Vibrant and enjoying life. You need to broaden your world, not just accept it.
What a wonderful actress. Respect her the more I sas.
I'm glad she's happy, even though she's in prison...
That's probably the irony of her story, she was at home alone, bored, with nothing to do but write letters and pry into the personal affairs of others, while in prison they filled her with activities and people around her to socialise
Wasn't she supposed to go to a mental institution for the anger issues she was getting medication for though
She is AMAZING.
Literacy is marvellous
I loved this! I laughed out loud!
Great reference to Ms Routlledge's other amazing monologue !
This would be a great book to read
Wow, so good
Well wriitten, interesting set with an excellent peformance 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Love her.
This is legitimately one of the most beautifully compelling pieces of acting i've seen. It's light, heavy, slow and swift-moving at the same time. Tragedy and frivolity so beautifully condensed into single, brief moments. Patricia Routledge is a master of her craft, as is Alan Bennett.
Brilliant acting and script
It just is
No one does lonely, nasty busy, bodies like Alan Bennett.
What a lovely production, so well portrayed. Excellent acting by Patricia
Oh, but she found out who she was, finally!
Absolutely fantastic
She's also wonderful in the radio series version of "Ladies of Letters" which is something different though it sounds the same!
What can be said? A wonder! Thank you
Touching.
Wow!
Patricia and Dame Judi and goddesses.
Edited to add Patricia is a Dame as well. I wasn’t aware.
In today's terms, her character during the first part of the film would be called a "Karen", but she redeems herself in the end, thus shedding the similarities.
One of my favorites in this Talking Head series, A Woman of No Importance is equally brilliant.
True. They were a bit slow revealing the extent of her letter writing and busy body nature but yes, she does sound like a Karen. I hope her character growth at the end sticks
This was amazing
A more paranoid, less humorous, snottier Hyacinth Bouquet character...no one portrays psychopathology better than Patricia Routledge.