🎭 I'll send him packing - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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It's early morning at The Globe theatre. William Shakespeare and his actors are
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rehearsing Henry IV part 1. In this scene it's late at night and young
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Prince Hal, played by Robert Harley and his friend Falstaff - that's Thomas Swann - are in the
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pub, but the King's messenger has just arrived...
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Shall I give him his answer?
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Prithee do, Jack.
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Faith, and I'll send him packaged...
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Stopppppp!!!
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Thomas, Thomas... it's packing. I'll send him packing, not packaged!
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You're not putting him in a box or a parcel!
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Remember, you want the King's messenger to go away!
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01:00
Sorry Will. I'm not my best today.
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01:03
One too many beers last night eh, Thomas?
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01:07
He think's he's Falstaff for real!
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Thomas, listen to me. Falstaff and Prince Hal are having a great time.
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01:17
That's why Hal doesn't want to see the messenger.
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01:21
Will...?
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What is it, Robert?!
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01:24
I do like the messenger's name! Gravity. Gravity!
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A serious man who doesn't like to have fun! Not like Falstaff - he's...
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Old!
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And fat!
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He's always telling jokes!
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He's never got any money!
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01:41
That last bit's true enough, Will.
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Now, now, Thomas, you're perfect for this part - the audience are going to love you!
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01:51
Let's go again.
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from 'What doth Gravity do out of his bed at midnight?'
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What does Gravity do out of his bed at midnight?
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Shall I give him his answer? Prithee do, Jack. Faith, and I'll send him packing.
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02:13
Bravo! Let's take a break.
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We'll leave them there for now.
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This is our chance to do it, and we should send them packing with their tails between their legs.
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I've no patience when people try to sell me things at the door. I usually send them packing.
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Let's try it once more.
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Come on, Thomas!
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You can do it!
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Will you all shush!
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To shush, or not to shush: that is the question!
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