Mr. Dick: A remarkable woman. Very kind.
Mr Dick: My mind is as clear as a soap bubble!
[Last Lines, to his younger self]

David Copperfield: Don't worry. You'll make it through. And you'll have quite the ride on the way.
[First lines]

[Applause from the audience as David Copperfield appears on the stage]

David Copperfield: Thank you. Whether I turn out to be the hero of my own story or whether that station will be held by anybody else these moments must show.
Betsey Trotwood: Peggotty? Peggotty? Peggotty? You mean to say a human being went into a church and had herself named Peggotty? Did you mother sneeze when you were christened?
Betsey Trotwood: My late brother all over. Calls a house a rookery, takes the rooks on trust. A better name would have been Gullible Manor.
Mr Dick: Somebody! Somebody, please! King Charles I. Are we certain that he's dead?

Betsey Trotwood: When last seen in public, his head was *not* attached to his body.

Mr Dick: Good. Thank you. Much obliged.
David Copperfield: What are you doing?

Betsey Trotwood: Medicine. I'm reviving you.

David Copperfield: This is salad dressing.

Betsey Trotwood: Is it? Thought it was Armagnac. Don't have my spectacles on.

David Copperfield: Do you have lettuce somewhere covered in ointment?
Betsey Trotwood: Mr Dick. My brother, David Copperfield, this is his son, who's run away. What shall we do with him?

Mr Dick: If I were you, I'd wash him.
David Copperfield: Is my aunt really going to...?

Mr Dick: To visit violence upon the boy? Yes. She's a remarkable woman. Very kind.
Mr Dick: [Coming through the door]

Mr Dick: His head... is entirely removed from his body? We're sure?

Betsey Trotwood: Let's leave Charles's head on one side for the moment, Mr Dick.

Mr Dick: Pick it up later. Understood.
David Copperfield: You can't take from someone who has nothing

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Garrick 2022-04-24 07:01:21

I wish they could shut up
Jacinthe 2022-03-25 09:01:19

A novel that I have liked since childhood, but the tonality of this adaptation is still quite fascinating. Fortunately, there are many big names, so it is not too boring to watch. In the last scene, David told Little David that it was okay, everything will pass, and your future journey will be very exciting, so I was touched.