A Lady of Letters

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  • @christinemartin63
    @christinemartin63 2 роки тому +149

    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!

    • @carolynek1875
      @carolynek1875 Рік тому +6

      I agree

    • @marcallen4532
      @marcallen4532 Рік тому +8

      I often listen to UA-cam clips in my car, but not Those of Ms Routledge. One HAS to see the face. Genius.

    • @christinemartin63
      @christinemartin63 Рік тому

      @@solofemaletravelerme Bravo, little sister!

    • @SBCBears
      @SBCBears Рік тому +3

      Good observation

  • @trixzitailz4151
    @trixzitailz4151 3 роки тому +152

    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.

  • @dr.plutonus1496
    @dr.plutonus1496 Рік тому +24

    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.

  • @Usvaa
    @Usvaa 2 роки тому +91

    I love this. whenever Im feeling down I keep coming back to Patricia Routledge. something so comforting about her.

    • @sysiphuscorinth
      @sysiphuscorinth 2 роки тому +10

      she has done so many Bennett plays.. and all are brilliant, acting with the correct writing.. sublime..

    • @elleeme9451
      @elleeme9451 Рік тому +6

      I agree. I was/ am depressed and I turned to her work for comfort. She has great spirit and strength and dignity.♥️🙏

    • @robertschacter7733
      @robertschacter7733 10 місяців тому

      😊❤ I find I'm comforted watching Patricia too. The human condition displayed with amazing talent 🎉.

    • @ADHDventuresExploringSI
      @ADHDventuresExploringSI 8 місяців тому

      same i watch hetty waintrhopp makes me feel happy

  • @quico2
    @quico2 4 роки тому +151

    She's a national treasure. Her delivery is sans pareil.

    • @pedroleighton9776
      @pedroleighton9776 3 роки тому +1

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    • @karsynalexzander2790
      @karsynalexzander2790 3 роки тому +1

      @Pedro Leighton yup, been using flixzone for years myself :)

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit Рік тому +3

      * international and eternal

  • @SardonicALLY
    @SardonicALLY Рік тому +28

    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.

  • @landrover153
    @landrover153 2 роки тому +62

    This is just beyond words, it's such a beautiful performance and an exceptional script.

  • @MattChristoff
    @MattChristoff Місяць тому +3

    Seeing that moment where she realized the gravity and consequences of her behavior, and trying to soldier through the shame to wrap up her side of the story through mortifying embarrassment…
    That is a very complicated and layered emotion to communicate in the span of about 5 seconds with facial expressions and tone of voice. Chills.

  • @acintoli
    @acintoli 7 місяців тому +10

    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.

  • @TVHouseHistorian
    @TVHouseHistorian 4 роки тому +94

    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.

  • @Aguilatriste46
    @Aguilatriste46 2 роки тому +26

    Love the text and what a great actress. Loneliness beautifully and poignantly shown.

  • @havingalook2
    @havingalook2 Рік тому +13

    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.

  • @francisheperi4180
    @francisheperi4180 Рік тому +16

    Love the scene where she is talking and eating sandwiches with a cuppa - so skilfully done.

  • @Scott-uo9jz
    @Scott-uo9jz 7 місяців тому +4

    What a wonderful actress Patrica was and coupled with Alan Bennett's writing it was perfection.

  • @JG-op4de
    @JG-op4de 8 місяців тому +3

    "Sometimes I catch myself thinking it'll be better the second time 'round. But this is it. This has been my go."

  • @Wrenasmir
    @Wrenasmir 2 роки тому +42

    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.

  • @danbarron594
    @danbarron594 7 місяців тому +4

    "I don't want inundating with sausage." Effing brilliant.

  • @kennyzraht5804
    @kennyzraht5804 2 роки тому +22

    She is a force of nature! Such an amazing actress!

  • @jennyjenny3531
    @jennyjenny3531 Рік тому +25

    18:21 this sentence- wow, it shows her absolute brilliance as an actress. She elevates it to an art.

  • @avrilmariethurston6992
    @avrilmariethurston6992 4 місяці тому +3

    Absolutely Brilliant Actress, no matter the role

  • @oliviaotter1613
    @oliviaotter1613 3 роки тому +36

    Absolutely beautiful, the pathos and feeling that she brings to this is never to be lost or forgotten. Thank you dame Patricia .

  • @sunnybrett
    @sunnybrett Рік тому +8

    OH! How absolutely brilliant! Thank you for posting this gem. It made my day.

  • @maryduhon9769
    @maryduhon9769 Рік тому +16

    It's hypnotizing. This woman is amazing

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому +1

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,,,,,

  • @stephanieoliver8634
    @stephanieoliver8634 3 роки тому +50

    "I haven't been Irene since mother died". They think they're being nice, but it's a nice way of being nasty." Priceless.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 2 роки тому +3

      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.

    • @elenaalisdinulescu678
      @elenaalisdinulescu678 2 роки тому

      Te doresc mult Niko armasaru

    • @fishfootface
      @fishfootface 2 роки тому

      Yes that made me laugh.

    • @jeannemara1600
      @jeannemara1600 10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @SardonicALLY
    @SardonicALLY Рік тому +7

    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...

  • @sysiphuscorinth
    @sysiphuscorinth 2 роки тому +22

    Patricia R is such a brilliant character Actor... but the words are pure Bennett, one of the best observational playwrights...

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit Рік тому +2

      He is Charlotte Bronte, Henry James and James Joyce literary calibre.

  • @ginnylorenz5265
    @ginnylorenz5265 Рік тому +11

    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.

  • @susanwarburton9459
    @susanwarburton9459 Рік тому +15

    Sublime writing and acting. It evoked laughter and tears in me.

  • @beverooni140
    @beverooni140 9 місяців тому +2

    I love these! Patricia Rutledge is such an accomplished actress. The only one I'd love to have tea with.

  • @whitehairsmiling9366
    @whitehairsmiling9366 Рік тому +19

    What can I say, SUCH A MOVING and AMAZING PERFORMANCE! Enough said! ❤

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,,,,,

  • @cherokeegotti4903
    @cherokeegotti4903 Рік тому +3

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I’m always amazed at her no matter how many times I watch it

  • @susanevans1294
    @susanevans1294 11 місяців тому +3

    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. ❤

  • @cynthiapate9138
    @cynthiapate9138 Рік тому +11

    Superb performance of an excellent script!!

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому +2

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,,,,,

  • @bravebeforethegrave5260
    @bravebeforethegrave5260 11 місяців тому +1

    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

  • @daniellelamoureux2668
    @daniellelamoureux2668 3 роки тому +19

    I'm in awe. What an actress!

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,,,,,

  • @marcuslloyd8218
    @marcuslloyd8218 5 місяців тому +1

    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❤❤❤

  • @bransrubar
    @bransrubar 2 роки тому +38

    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

    • @sysiphuscorinth
      @sysiphuscorinth 2 роки тому +9

      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

    • @carriewalters8850
      @carriewalters8850 2 роки тому

      @@sysiphuscorinth ,

  • @tobykeane6214
    @tobykeane6214 3 роки тому +18

    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!

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,,,,,

  • @jeanhawken4482
    @jeanhawken4482 Рік тому +7

    Brilliant British actor. Looks normal. Takes you to another place utterly brilliant

  • @aysecakir7097
    @aysecakir7097 11 місяців тому +3

    Perfect artist and actress.

  • @MusicFanatical1
    @MusicFanatical1 2 роки тому +20

    Nice little bit of foreshadowing at 8:59 when she talks about prison being like a holiday camp.

  • @neenaserrao7130
    @neenaserrao7130 2 роки тому +16

    What a lovely production, so well portrayed. Excellent acting by Patricia

  • @stephenreeds3632
    @stephenreeds3632 Рік тому +12

    Fine line between keeping an eye open for people and malicious busy bodying.

  • @galaxytrio
    @galaxytrio 2 роки тому +13

    She's so fantastic.

  • @thomascassidy8347
    @thomascassidy8347 5 місяців тому +2

    Simply wonderful lady❤❤

  • @robertschacter7733
    @robertschacter7733 3 місяці тому +1

    The one and only Patricia Routlage. She and Alan Bennett are curiously amazing actors ❤❤❤❤😊

  • @katherinerichardson1767
    @katherinerichardson1767 3 роки тому +17

    Patricia Routledge in "A Lady of Letters" is very entertaining. She is great! Thanks for sharing.

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,,,,,

  • @pickybitch2707
    @pickybitch2707 3 роки тому +15

    Dame Patricia must be protected at all costs!

  • @Oldparson220
    @Oldparson220 3 роки тому +14

    Like anything she touches, pure gold.

  • @itsjustme4848
    @itsjustme4848 Рік тому +9

    A great performance of great writing. Simply wonderful.

  • @LoveLady-wn3eg
    @LoveLady-wn3eg Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @bobbievedvick9334
    @bobbievedvick9334 5 місяців тому +1

    These monologues are brilliant!! Acted and put together in the high form that only the English can do.

  • @fishfootface
    @fishfootface 2 роки тому +5

    What a pearl of a wee film.

  • @Dina-md3ji
    @Dina-md3ji Рік тому +4

    Literacy is marvellous

  • @eleanormcmurray9439
    @eleanormcmurray9439 5 місяців тому +1

    Wow, even better the second time watching 💜

  • @TedaR
    @TedaR 3 роки тому +19

    Perfection! Expect no less from author nor actress! Love them both! Tysm for these Rick. Blessings fr Nashville, TN

  • @nancyanderson5310
    @nancyanderson5310 2 місяці тому

    Oh wow. I never saw that coming. A hungry soul’s ballad of bleeding soul.
    I’ve been in this woman’s skin - but how did this actress get there?! The subtext is profound. Somehow I hear her story as Francis Thompson’s Hound of Heaven:
    “I pleaded by many a hearted casement, curtained red, treslissed with intertwining charities”. As a neuro-diverse person I have peered into, pried into, tried to open many a life that “The gust of His approach would clash it to.” Seclusion has been the result of my eccentric ways. Happily now, at last, in old age I am gaining the skills of accepting what I cannot change, loving opportunities to find serenity, luxuriating in wisdom that I once found impossible to accept. At 86 I have the courage to keep trying to make a difference. Writing mini-letters on UA-cam walls is now my heaven. Being invisible while exposing my every thought whenever and wherever I please - PARADISE! Now every day I can say “all I fancied as lost God had stored for me in this home of homes! I rise; I receive this Hand, outstretched caressingly. Surely I am the fondest, blindest, weakest soul He ever blessed with such intimate, safe, persistent joy”. INWARD!
    Thank you for bringing me such a gentle portrait of diversities fears and failures and foolishness and faith.

  • @mariannerosenstrom627
    @mariannerosenstrom627 10 місяців тому +1

    What a wonderful actress. Respect her the more I sas.

  • @lesleyannbarker8429
    @lesleyannbarker8429 3 роки тому +10

    So sad but beautiful!

  • @ge3877
    @ge3877 Рік тому +5

    She is just an amazing talent.

  • @evalynnchristiansen9430
    @evalynnchristiansen9430 3 місяці тому

    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.

  • @maureenmckenna5220
    @maureenmckenna5220 Рік тому +4

    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

  • @LlamaMama60
    @LlamaMama60 Рік тому +5

    This was wonderful

  • @suzipam1234
    @suzipam1234 Рік тому +5

    She really is a great actress

  • @johnfowler2239
    @johnfowler2239 4 роки тому +16

    Brilliant actress

  • @josepv
    @josepv Рік тому +2

    Just Delightful !!!! 😊 Outstanding Performance!

  • @grahamyates2490
    @grahamyates2490 3 роки тому +10

    Bennett and Routledge - what a combo!

  • @Henkie86
    @Henkie86 Рік тому +5

    How absolutely beautiful!

  • @whatisgoingon5267
    @whatisgoingon5267 3 роки тому +21

    She has an amazing singing voice.

  • @sujo0603
    @sujo0603 Рік тому +3

    She just does “loony” so masterfully.

  • @michaelbeaver4650
    @michaelbeaver4650 11 місяців тому +3

    Patricia so movingly expresses the poignancy of loneliness.

    • @TVHouseHistorian
      @TVHouseHistorian Місяць тому

      *Best* comment. So true… Sadly, I think a lot of us can relate to Irene!

  • @dorothyjohnson6743
    @dorothyjohnson6743 11 місяців тому +1

    This is exquisite, she does this so beautifully. Wonderful

  • @susanoswald325
    @susanoswald325 10 місяців тому +1

    She is AMAZING.

  • @jessicawilliams1944
    @jessicawilliams1944 Рік тому +1

    honored that I share a birthday with this amazing woman.

  • @margaretormerod6943
    @margaretormerod6943 2 роки тому +9

    She is such a wonderful actress and wonderful for the writings of Alan Bennett

    • @elenaalisdinulescu678
      @elenaalisdinulescu678 2 роки тому

      Iubesc mult la tine

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face.....

  • @cindyparrett5317
    @cindyparrett5317 Рік тому +4

    So brilliant

  • @mumr4268
    @mumr4268 3 роки тому +11

    Lol...she is such a good actress!

  • @briandbedford4178
    @briandbedford4178 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely fantastic

  • @johnm2558
    @johnm2558 3 роки тому +11

    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.

  • @sharonhennessy8868
    @sharonhennessy8868 Рік тому +2

    Well wriitten, interesting set with an excellent peformance 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @francisheperi4180
    @francisheperi4180 Рік тому +3

    ''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.

    • @nickwyatt9498
      @nickwyatt9498 Місяць тому

      @francisheperi4180: At school we used to have a silly joke - “The name’s Bond… Basildon Bond”.

  • @sandraspink7641
    @sandraspink7641 3 роки тому +10

    BRILLIANT!

  • @KathyJo.
    @KathyJo. Рік тому +4

    Thoroughly entertaining 😃

  • @Goldilocks1949
    @Goldilocks1949 Рік тому +1

    This was amazing

  • @albinjohansson5975
    @albinjohansson5975 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @consonantsandvowels1
    @consonantsandvowels1 4 роки тому +31

    Enthralling... what an interesting character study

    • @AreHan1991
      @AreHan1991 4 роки тому +8

      She is fantastic in all her roles

  • @philomenabrosnan903
    @philomenabrosnan903 27 днів тому +1

    Great performance ❤

  • @AreHan1991
    @AreHan1991 4 роки тому +30

    Seeing her sparkle in prison is priceless!

  • @doriskurzz1798
    @doriskurzz1798 Рік тому +5

    I loved this! I laughed out loud!

    • @Invenery
      @Invenery Рік тому +1

      Great reference to Ms Routlledge's other amazing monologue !

    • @467-k1m
      @467-k1m 2 місяці тому

      "We laughed"..... Timeless

  • @lisakurtz4655
    @lisakurtz4655 Рік тому +3

    AMAZING!

  • @sandracheeks1811
    @sandracheeks1811 Рік тому +4

    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.

    • @Invenery
      @Invenery Рік тому

      I think it was as they call it "poison pen letters" which is a criminal offence

  • @lindat7525
    @lindat7525 Рік тому +3

    Wow, so good

  • @wendelinharrison9571
    @wendelinharrison9571 Рік тому +2

    Love her.

  • @meggert2360
    @meggert2360 Рік тому +4

    Brilliantly acted of course but let's not ignore the writing. A fabulous combination.

  • @Matthew-p2h
    @Matthew-p2h Місяць тому +1

    Heartbreakingly poignant. What a tragic character. But I can't understand why sending letters would be a crime in England.

  • @glendabreece9767
    @glendabreece9767 Рік тому +3

    This would be a great book to read

  • @VILA1963
    @VILA1963 4 роки тому +11

    What can be said? A wonder! Thank you

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad 2 роки тому +14

    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
      @lovemesomeslippers Рік тому +1

      This exact comment was also left under A Women of No Importance. Hmmm… and no, it’s not most of us.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad Рік тому +2

      @@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.

    • @lovemesomeslippers
      @lovemesomeslippers Рік тому +1

      @@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.

  • @markcutts383
    @markcutts383 2 роки тому +4

    Brilliant acting and script
    It just is

  • @liamvnbw
    @liamvnbw 4 роки тому +20

    I'm glad she's happy, even though she's in prison...

    • @MrMartinportnoy
      @MrMartinportnoy 3 роки тому +12

      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

    • @NyanyiC
      @NyanyiC 3 роки тому +2

      Wasn't she supposed to go to a mental institution for the anger issues she was getting medication for though