Mr. Burton

German aircraft carried out a number of attacks

on Great Britain last night.

The raids, which lasted for several hours,

were scattered over many parts of the country.

Enemy aircraft have been reported over towns

on the south coast, the west of England,

the north Midlands and the Northwest,

as well as over the London area.

There are reports from Germany

that our bombers attacked industrial targets there

Spring, Mr Burton I had been thinking to give up on it.

Yes, Ma Yes, indeed.

Will you be writing this morning?

Certainly, that is my plan.

Oh Then I shall keep sotto voce.

Do you have everything you need, Mr Burton?

Yes Yes, thank you, Ma.

OK

Slowly! Slowly

? All things bright and beautiful

? All creatures great and small

? All things wise and wonderful

Good morning, Mr Burton.

Good morning, everyone Please sit down

I have the results of your latest endeavours

Dolan Excellent

Morgan Handwriting.

Please don't make me tell you again Otherwise, excellent

Driscoll.

- Where is Mr Drisco"? - He's sick, sir.

Sick? We", that explains something.

Uh, Evans?

How many Es in "elementary"?

Uh, three, sir.

"Three, sir Please try and use a" of them.

Otherwise, good.

The rest of you, fair Hand them out.

Whose is this?

That's mine, sir

Jenkins, we may not judge a book by its cover,

but we cannot judge a book with no cover at a...

If a national paper shortage

cannot persuade you to look after them,

I shall have to persuade you myself.

Henry V, Prologue "O for a Muse of fire".

End of school tomorrow, by heart.

But, sir, it's the Neath game tomorrow.

They made me openside

Shut up.

End of school tomorrow, prompt Find me here.

"O for a Muse of fire."

What is a muse?

- Anyone? - A poet's bit of skirt

In a year and three months' time,

most of you will be in uniform.

Some of you may be asked to go out and ki",

and may face death yourselves Why?

We", I shall tell you You will be fighting

for what is good and right and beautiful,

"and this is the essence of a" those things.

Picture the scene.

Agincourt On one side, the English and the Welsh.

King Henry and Fluellen.

And on the other, a force five times our strength.

The French with their banners and horses and spears.

"God's arm strike with us!"

"'Tis a fearful odds."

But wait.

Wait.

Then

a single arrow flies!

Are you quite sure, Mr Burton?

Please don't come on my account.

In the absence of a theatre, Ma,

there's nowhere I would rather be

Fine work, Hirth.

Magnificent, Herr Kommandant.

So, the curtain rises on Canada

Heavy new blows

have fallen on the Italian navy and merchant fleet

in their home waters,

as well as in the central Mediterranean

and off the coast of North Africa.

Most of the credit goes to our submarines

"Then ca" we this the field of Agincourt

fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus".

If you say so, Mr Burton

I'd like a word with your openside, Mr David,

if you don't mind Just for a moment

Come on, boys!

Push, push, push Get it

"We" played.

- What happened to you? - Mr Burton

I was expecting you at half past three.

I did wait for you, sir, I did - Ah.

Are you suggesting I was late?

We", it's the truth.

"Then you'" know the Prologue, of course.

"O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend

the brightest heaven of invention".

"A kingdom for a stage, princes to act

and monarchs to behold the swelling scene".

"Then should the warlike Harry, like himself

assume the port of Mars, and at his heels".

Fine - "Leash'd in like hounds,

should famine, sword and fire".

Thank you, Jenkins

I can do it all, sir.

"No, no, that'" do.

Yes, sir.

It's not much of a punishment, to be honest with you.

I bloody loved it

I am the ghost of Taibach future.

Come into my arms, little one.

Ah

- What are you doing here? - Homework.

Hmm See you later

Where the hell have you been again?

Why? What's it to you?

School ended at half past three this afternoon

If you think I'm going to spend the rest of my life

slaving down that blasted hole

so you can have - So what?

You're going to throw me out, are you?

Let me tell you.

If your father was less of a drunkard.

Don't you dare Don't you bloody dare

Richie

Homework?

I brought you some cocoa.

Diolch.

Don't think too badly of him, Richie He's worried, is a...

His chest.

That's two shifts he's had to miss this week.

I'" go back to Ponty That'd be the best thing.

"Dad'" have me One less mouth for Elfed to worry about

Richie, don't be daft.

There's two to a bed in Ponty as it is.

How would you get to school?

Just try to keep your head down a bit.

Do your homework, play your rugby.

Just make something of yourself

Ah.

One of yours, Mr Burton?

No, Ma, not one of mine.

The BBC have given me some more production work.

Oh.

We", perhaps not a bad thing, just at the moment.

I wonder if it wouldn't do you good

to look outward for a time.

You are right, Ma, as you ever are.

It is spring, after all.

Still it is the theatre that I miss.

Hmm.

There is nothing to replace it - No.

Not the wireless, not the cinema.

No.

We used to put on plays when I was a girl at the YMCA.

Oh, I did love those It was such a nice little stage.

Ma, how long have I lodged here with you?

Twelve years, or 15?

And you have never before told me that you are an actress?

Oh No, I

I'm quite sure I was terrible

We", you must tell me, who did you play?

Well, oh

Well, I did play Juliet once.

Ma! I curse the day that I missed your Juliet!

Oh, Mr Burton

Aye, anyway, Libretto, the horse was called, man.

And damn me if he didn't bloody win.

You can say what you like about gambling, boys,

but I haven't seen more money in a single place to this day.

Never mind a round My father must have bought a drink

for every man in Pontrhydyfen

So, of course, come stop-tap,

it fell to me to wheel the bugger back home up the hi...

And an heroic climb it was, I'm telling you.

By the time we reached his gate,

I was blowing like a winding engine.

"Never forget the brakes on a wheelchair, boys"

Huh?

Oh.

Our Richie

Jeanie, get a pint for the boy

and I'll have another one myself

We" now, bachan, bachan.

That's the kind of interruption I like.

Where was I, then? Aye.

Never forget the brakes on a wheelchair.

There's a lesson for you now

I stopped for a minute to catch my breath.

The next thing I know,

the old man was careering down the hi",

shouting and screaming

and beating the side of his wheelchair,

"Come on, Libretto Come on"

"Come on."

The speed he was going I tell you, I shall never forget.

"Come on, Libretto."