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The Dresser (1983)

Eileen Atkins: Madge

The Dresser

Eileen Atkins credited as playing...

Madge

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  • Madge: No, I haven't been happy. Yes, it's been worth it.
  • Madge: It is a disease.
  • Her Ladyship: What is?
  • Madge: Hopefulness.
  • Sir: Madge, dear, in my will I've left you my press-cutting books.
  • Madge: I don't want to hear what you've left me in your...
  • Sir: [cutting her off sharply] And I have something else for you. If possessions can be dear, then this ring is the dearest thing I own. This ring was worn by Edmund Kean in a play whose title is an apt inscription for how I feel, "A New Way to Pay Old Debts". When you talk of it, say "Edmund Kean and I wore it."
  • Sir: [presses the ring into her hand; she looks uncomfortable] I once had it in mind to give it to you years ago. But you were younger then... I thought you would misunderstand.
  • Madge: Yes. A ring from a man to a woman... is easily misunderstood.

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