Hungry Hill (1947) - full transcript
Much to the consternation of the local townsfolk, the very rich Copper John Brodrick begins to develop a copper mine on Hungry Hill. He imports Cornish workers hoping to eventually entice the locals into working for him. His son, known as Greyhound John, isn't so sure anything will endear them to the locals. The opposition to the Brodricks is lead by the Donovan family and he gives them fair warning to stay off the property. When one of the protesters is killed while trying to help himself to some of the copper, the townspeople attack the facilities resulting in a great many more deaths - including one of Brodrick's sons, Henry - when the gunpowder store explodes. It marks the true beginning of a feud that will last for decades. Brodrick rebuilds his facilities and Greyhound John returns from London where he is studying the law after his sister tells him Fanny Rosa has also returned. A cave-in at the mine kills another member of the Donovan family but the younger John contracts typhoid and dies. Copper John lives on hoping his grandson Johnny will take over but he joins the army. When he finally inherits the estate, he has his own troubles to deal with.
Hungry Hill
Subtitles by Seglora
And how do you like the place
for your new mine,Mr Brodrick?
Who told you anything about a new mine?
The sharers might have been it,Mr Brodrick
There's no harm in anyone knowing of it now
I'm going to sink a copper mine
in Hungry Hill,these are the plans
You've been having no great
advantages from it
That'll we shall found out
I'm not talking about the fortune you'll
make,the copper will do that for you
I'm thinking of the trouble and sorrow
it will bring to you and yours
That shall we also find out
You should have asked
permission of the heir itself
Ah,you can laugh,Mr Brodrick,you and
your Trinity College Education
and your big pushing ways but
I tell you now when your mine
will I ruined and your house destroyed
Hungry Hill will still be standing
there to confront you
I've no time for arguing with
you,Morty Donovan
If you and your son would care to
do an honest day's work for change
I will be glad to employ you
I've never worked for any Master,nor
have my sons and never will while I live
Doesn't this land belongs to us by rights?
These ancient quarrels are best forgotten
All right young Tim,they
paid him out Morty Donovan
Yes,the land belongs to us by rights
and the copper in it too if
we remind you'll take it
Be careful my child,you'll
nearly pushed me over
Barbara
Hello Father
Any luck today,Henry
Just a grouse,will you kind of
sell us the news ,Father
Later,you might hand me
those papers will you ,dear?
Is this your secret? I'll carry them
Now you'd better give them to me
Everything in good time
Young Tim
Now then young Tim,do you know anything?
What devil of things has changed?
-Sure no?
-It's the holy truth,Miss Jane
But I'll tell you,there's trouble
again with them Donovans
The secret father,you promised to tell us
Yes all in good time,my child
I had hoped we'd might all be together
but it appears that John has no
more manners than a country lad
and no thought in his head
but for dogs and horses
However I won't keep you waiting
any longer because of him
Today you would be pleased to know that I
I'm sorry to be so late father
You'd better ring for Timothy
I've already seen him father
Father you were telling us
Before you came in,John, I was about
to tell them of my new project
The copper mine on Hungry Hill?
Who told you about a mine?
I heard it in the village
-A mine? On Hungry Hill?
-You will become very rich
What about the labour and machinery?
One at the time,one at the time
Machinery is on the way over,Henry
and I arranged to bring over
Cornish miners to begin with
I expect resentment from the people
here,they resent any form of progress
But when they see fat wages you
pay to the Cornish men there
they'll come running to you for employment
I wonder
You wonder what John?
I don't quite know,Sir they may
come to you for employment
but they will be very bitter about it
You care to sympathize with them?
At least I think I understand them
You see they look upon us as interlopers
People who'd made money out of them
and hope make much more
Fair and honestly by working
harder than others
I know,Sir, but they still
look on us as outsiders
Nonsense,there have been
Brodricks here for 200 years
And Donovan's owned Clonmere
and Hungry Hill itself for centuries
until they were dispossessed,
they feel it is still theirs by right
that's why they distrust us while
they work at the mine if they must
but do everything they
can to make it fail
Since you so much about these people
perhaps you can tell me
why they lack initiative?
And the sense of responsibility that could
make this country both great and rich
Perhaps,Sir,they have no desire to
see their country great or rich
Then what do they want?
Speaking for myself,Sir,I'd say they
desire nothing so much to be left alone
Henry,will you come with me to the library?
Yes,father
There's disagreement again
There's the poor Master John again
Poor Master John indeed,I heard him
disputing away with his own father
He hadn't enough beatings
when he was younger
Remind you to as many
silver I won from his greyhounds
And money you won you lost
That was more ad-lib,the dear gentle soul
There would be less trouble in
this house and in the village too
No if it gives Mr Brodrick any
pleasure to be having a copper mine
now that he's grown old
and locked up in himself
well then no one should deny him
And is a mine he wants now?
Sure it was copper we were
meant to be having
wouldn't be poured now with the Hill and
Great Gordon stream down to our very door
But Mother there were cheering to Mr John
in the village today when "Lifewood" won
-He is very well liked you know
-Good
Have you the boilers attended yet?
No,no but it was just getting
into my mind to do it
This very minute
I suppose I have to be doing it myself
No,no,no with two men in the
house never let it be said that you
Listen,go on attend to the
boiler at once will you?
You can argue as much as you like,John
But it's all your fault now if father
is ill humoured for days
-You would at least start complaining about
-But I am
You know how father dislikes any
argument or talk about the Donovans
Why does he do it? It isn't
if we needed the money
But I do
But I know what you mean
What are you looking at?
The hill,you can't see it tonight though,
moon hasn't risen high enough
Of course you've never seen a mine
John,darling,what is it
you want for yourself?
I wish I knew
Not that
Not chimneys,wheels,shafts and smoke and
the end of everything green and beautiful
-Well,Nicholson,it's getting better
-Yes Sir,and it'll get better every day
I'll have this analysed,father
Copper John,look at him
with his pack of foreigners,ripping
up the whole countryside
Before the winter is out,you'll find most
of the villagers will be working up here
I hope so,father
I really do hope so
It's a pick-nick we are preparing
not a siege Miss Barbara
The officers are all here,quickly,Barbara
You mean Lieutenant Fox is here
You look lovely my dear,you really do
Timothy will you take us out
the carriage horse
I'll attend to it myself this very
minute,Miss Barbara
Oh boys oh boys,you here,young Tim
Listen here is something for
you throwing your strength on
That should be Miss Fanny Rosa
If I am any judge of commotion
Well,your "Manners",you rule again
Right John,I do declare you saved my life
I thought I was saving the horses
I thought you only handled greyhounds,
horses are so wild
My father always said that the man who
could break a horse could win a woman
But you wouldn't know about that
I must ask your brother Henry
Hello,how are you Henry
Fanny Rosa how beautiful you look
I saddled Ladybird for you,Mr John
Thank you,Tim
-Hello Fanny Rosa
-Hello
Don't go into the carriage,ride with me
All right,Henry
Don't fight Mr John there is a lot
more fun in coursing greyhounds
Mind your own business
Aren't you coming in the carriage
with us Fanny Rosa?
No,I'm riding over with Henry
Oh John since you are so good at racing
greyhounds,let's see how you race horses
If that Miss Fanny Rosa was
a daughter of mine
I'll put her across me knee
and I'd mark her for life
Did I disturb you,John?
Yes,Fanny Rosa you did disturb me
Then you always do
Of course you could go on reading
-And then I go on talking
-I know
Now you are angry with me
Oh Rosa how can anyone be angry with you?
We wanted to do that for
moment time haven't you?
For months I've thought of nothing else
Why have you been so sorrow all day?
-Nothing
-Fanny Rosa!
-John,where are you?
-Listen
I can hear Henry calling
Do you like Henry very much?
He is light hearted and gay
Not solemn at all
But you do like him?
I like you both
Come on
Here it is then 40 pounds
Sign your proper name this time now
Not Guy Fawkes
I didn't know the old man
was back from England yet
With the right look on him too
And you wonder
-(?) I'm thinking
-And fairly soon
I wish you sent word to me sooner,Nicholson
However I think I know the source of the
trouble and how to stop it,all right Tim
Best vintage I have in the house
we may be poor,Mr Brodrick,but we
are not wanting in hospitality
You may excuse me for not rising but my leg
I didn't come here to drink your
health,Donovan,or my own
I came to tell you
I'm fully aware of all mischief you're
causing on Hungry Hill amongst the miners
and I intend to stop it
I don't understand such talk,Mr Brodrick
I haven't been near Hungry Hill these
three weeks with this poor leg of mine
Whilst I've been away
there has been a system of plunder going
on at the mine and you know it
Coppers been taken out each night
in spite of a watch been placed on
every shed and tram wagon
Plunder? Why not ask your Cornish
workmen,what they do with the stuff then?
The Cornish men are innocent,
you know that well enough
and the Doom Haven men would
have worked honestly enough
but for the poison you
spread behind my back
Poison is it?
Is it poison to call upon the saints
to forgive you for working and sweating
young children to make you your fortune?
Or rather has my speech been
filled with pity for you
I want none of your pity but
I've given you a fair warning
and that's all I came for
you can tell your friends in the future
that they won't find it so
easy to steal from me
Good Day to you Mrs Donovan,Donovan
I mean the men of Doom Haven do sell
your copper on their own dear
then it is yourself Copper John Brodrick
that must bear the blame for putting the
poor creatures in the way of temptation
Save yourselves the trouble of asking
your father why I came here
I'd like to warn you as
I warned your father
keep your hands of my copper and
yourselves of Hungry Hill,Good Afternoon
All right you can go
I still think father doesn't take these
affairs seriously enough
He's just out to catch a few
men who are stealing copper
But I think it all goes much
deeper than that
The people hate the mine
I wouldn't trouble your
pretty head about that
things have been very quiet
here for the last few weeks
and John do come and sit down
They are sure to be back soon
Perhaps one of the horses
went lame or something
Perhaps
There they are now
I'm glad you're back we
were getting anxious
We lost our way that's all
You seem to lose it rather often
But never twice with the same man,John
Come upstairs and change
you mustn't catch a cold after a ride
and you're going abroad tomorrow
Henry
-Come here at once
-What's happened,father?
The mine
One of Nicholson's men
shoot Terence Delaney
while he was trying to
get away with the copper
Killed him?
No,Dr Armstrong is with
him now doing what he can
Morty Donovan has called out
the rest of the village
and if they say their man dies
they wreck the miner's houses
I say,look!
It started already those are the
Cornish men's huts they set on fire
Henry,you John and half the men
go by the other road,come up
the mine from the far side
and the rest of us will set across the
fields and see to the fires but hurry
Here is Brian now father
How is your poor father now Brian?
He is dead Mr John
Do you hear that boys,Terence Delaney
is dead,they killed him,the mines it is
You get up to the Counting House,we'll
give the warning if they come this way
Henry come over here will you
Tim,you watch here
Of course the cave we used to play
there when we were children
-I thought it had followed in
-It had
They must have cleared it
away and got into the mine
This is were the stolen
copper has been taken out
Mr Henry,Mr John where are you,Mr Henry
Come on
Well if it isn't Barney Recour
-Why did you come in you fool you were
-There are thousand men coming up the hill
-Thousands?
-Well,a hundred anyway
You'd better go and warn Father
No I go you stay here and stop anybody
of getting in to the mine this way
I go up by the shaft
All right we'll try
There,there Barney you'll be
all right in the morning
Remember Terence Delaney
-There must be hundreds of them
-And only thirty of us
Down with the Brodricks
Guard the forges and the Counting
House we can't save the rest
Fair enough,didn't I tell you Mr Brodrick
that your mines would bring
nothing but ruin and despair
You'll get a little packet(?) for this
night's work,Donovan,I promise you
I know the men behind you
A curse on you John Brodrick
For all the wrongs you've done
Nicholson the gunpowder stock get all
men away make them lie down quickly
Henry
Lie down,Henry,lie down
Lie down
Henry
You're Brodricks son,I curse you
now,as I cursed your father
Henry
Henry
I think all is quiet now,Sir
Yes
Is there anything at all I can do for you?
No,there's nothing you can do for me
Everything is quiet now
Nevertheless Nicholson
I'm convinced that these new machinery
will give us at least a 30 %
increase on our yields
I hope so,Mr Brodrick
-You are too conservative,Nicholson
-Always have been
Anyway the men are working well now
no trouble at all and over
300 of them are back
Mr Henry would have been pleased
with these new methods
I am sad he is not here to see them
It is so
And it is a pity that Mr John hasn't
his interest in the mines
Have you had any news of
him lately,Mr Brodrick?
Some of the men have been asking about him
John is still in London learning
to become a lawyer
An uncommonly slow business it seems
That young lad up there who looks like
one of the Donovans who might he be?
It is a Donovan.Michael Donovan
It's a strange thing,Nicholson,I can get a
Donovan to work at my mine,not a Brodrick
Come in
-Jane
-Darling I'm so pleased to see you
Darling Jane,now let
me have a good look at you
Yes,not bad,not bad at all
-Almost pretty
-Beast
I'm belle at the County Cork
Does it take long to become a lawyer?
Oh,a very long time
But what on earth are you doing here?
Is that St Paul's?
Yes,yes it is
Anything else you'd like
to know young lady?
Yes
What will you do with yourself
when you are not becoming a lawyer?
Watch other people race greyhounds
But tell me what are you doing here?
I said I could persuade you to
come back and live at Clonmere
and without another word father gave
me fifty pounds to spend in London
Fifty pounds I wish he'd give me five
He misses you,John
Though he never say so
We all do
Will you come back with me?
No,Jane dear,I don't think so
Why stay in London,father wants you at home
Does he? I think you're mistaken,
I think it is Henry he wants not me
You're wrong,John
And something more
Fanny Rosa is back in Ireland
Is she? And I suppose now that Henry is
dead,she's prepared to have me back
She managed to make a
fool of me in the past
She probably would have gained
if she had the chance
Oh no with Fanny Rosa
in Ireland I stay here
Hello Father
Barbara
Hello John
Welcome home
You'll need some good fresh air
to get your colour back again
-Come along inside
-And he has lost weight I do declare
Well,you could do a little
more yourself,darling
Brute
-Ah,Bridget
-God Bless you Master John
-Welcome home,Master John
-Thank you,Timothy
I'd like the Footy William and Brian
Baroue but he should been a pup still
He's a great class of a dog with a
powerful appetite and mind a fine courser
Young Tim train them under my
own watchful eye of course
Get away (?) you never
looked at the dog until today
-Oh I missed you all
-And we missed you too
Sure why wouldn't he miss his Ireland
he alone in England with that
pack of foreigners
Yes,he's all right
Not a hard man at all
I didn't think he'd stick so long
down here at the mine
Too soon to talk yet,he's only been
working a couple of months
Is "Lighter" up for the night,Sir?
Yes,I think he'll win
Your dog has doubled my wages
for many a week,Sir
Good
Hello,Fanny Rosa
-What brings you here?
-You
Aren't you pleased to see me
after all these years?
One year
I thought you'd might like to take
me coursing this afternoon
No I've no time for that these days
Well in that case I shall have
to go over to the island
There are some very charming
officers there
And I think it will be more pleasant
than watching your old dogs
I doubt that the officers are more charming
than dogs and they are certainly not
so pleasant to watch
Tell me John do you go
sailing any more on Sundays?
I do not
My father gave me a little
boat for my birthday
I was wishing someone would
show me how to handle her
she is painted blue she lies
in the harbour at Andru
She must enjoy that immensely
If you hear of an accident on Sunday
it would be me and my little
boat being drowned together
Fanny Rosa there are some twenty of
your charming officers on Douan Island,
you might get them to help you
One at the time though
because I doubt that there will be
room for more in a boat of once
The only one I fancy has gone away
They say his wife sent him in a hurry
Wasn't that more fun
than that dreary old mine?
Certainly more dangerous
If I'd heard of an accident on Sunday
it would be you drowning after all
You're glad you came
-Well
-Sure you're glad
It's been a very enjoyable afternoon
Indeed you are too kind,Mr Brodrick
What was it you wanted me to say?
Only the truth nothing more,nothing less
John,do you remember
the day of the pick-nick?
-I do
-We were happy then,weren't we?
Yes,and so was Henry
Well I suppose I better put my boots on
I love you (?) self
Will you be giving me
another sailing lesson?
I'd rather you married me first
Then I have the legal right to drown you
I don't want to be married
Wear a cap in the house like
mother and talk about servants
-You needn't of any of those things
-And I want to travel
Married people are allowed to travel
Then I will be Mrs Brodrick
and none of the men on the Continent
will not take any notice of me
I'm afraid they would
When shall I see you again?
I don't know
I might not like you tomorrow
You really shouldn't you know
You simply raided(?) the cellar already
Confounded
can't I have a drink without everyone
treating me like a confirmed drunkard
Just because Fanny Rosa drives you to drink
there is no need to take it out on me
I often wished I could drink
-You do?
-Yes I do
That young man Fox really deserves
It's a pity you weren't
at the mine today,John
I had a very satisfactory
talk with Nicholson
I was out riding
We are sinking a new shaft 180
fathoms east of the present one
we know the copper is there
and it's certainly worth the extra
expenses for trying for it
Don't you agree John?
Oh,absolutely,Sir,splendid idea,
I'm sorry,Sir,what was you saying
It's very fortunate for you,John
the (?) chance ,you
heir to such considerable wealth
for which you never make a slightest
exertion yourself and apparently never will
I refrain from saying anything hoping you
come to realize your responsibilities
But since this Fanny Rosa
flower has returned
your interest in the mine
has become even less
You are right,Sir, I am extremely
fortunate to be your heir
even through ill chance but I'm
also grateful for all you done for me
and grateful to Henry too
and to Morty Donovan
whose death through gunpowder made
everything so much easier for us
That you are drunk is obvious
But it no excuses your
unpardonable behaviour
Pity we must always quarrel
to you in dinner,the food gets cold
It wasn't very funny was it?
No I think you ought to go and apologize
I'll go and see father has something to eat
Don't trouble,dear, I'll go
Jane,what's become of me these days
I don't know ,my darling,you
are not a very pleasant person
Why couldn't it be me instead of Henry,
father wouldn't have minded at all
That's not true
Yes it is,every day I can hear him thinking
what a hopeless person he
is compared with Henry
I know he's right
I always hated the mines
Now I am beginning to hate
even Clonmere itself
It should have been Henry's by right
I'm sure it is only about Clonmere
that I felt like this
There are times I could murder Fanny Rosa
There are times when I could too
Let us go and speak to Father
Father I'm afraid I spoke rather hastily
I very much regret if I said
anything that offended you
No,John,I'm not offended,I'm
just disappointed somehow
After Henry died
I'd hoped that you and I
might grow closer together
But we haven't
Although I don't think the
fault lies entirely with me
Perhaps you are right,Sir
And I feel I must tell you
that I hate intensely doing anything
which I have no ability
John, I can see no point in
prolonging this conversation
I'm glad you came in to apologize
Good night to you
Good night,Sir
John
How was it with Father?
Oh,he was very forgiving
That's wonderful
No we are further apart than ever
We only half understand each other
Trouble is that neither of us will admit it
That's not the trouble
The trouble is you don't
understand Fanny Rosa
Go on,Jane
As the mouse
Come on
Fanny Rosa will marry you
the day she wants to
And she won't want to until
they day she thinks she can't
One until the day you something
to do to make her marry you
Good Night
Do I look pretty,Bridget?
You do the courier(?) to make it
There,you're just like your
mother,she was pretty too
Who is it?
Fanny Rosa,open up quickly
Why Fanny Rosa,you're always late
I had a terrible day of it
My mother set fire to her new gown
and the dogs ate up the
birthday present I had for John
Oh Fanny Rosa it's wonderful
Do you like it?
-Yes
-John didn't
That's a sure sign every woman will
Get on now all of you
the music is starting already
come on Miss Fanny Rosa,come on
Jane I just been talking to mother(?)
Dick what's she saying?
We seemed to be in a rather hurry
I don't suppose it was a very good time
but I think everything is
going to be all right
Good
I'm so happy let's go dance
But you don't think I
have nice shoulders and
Miss Fanny Rosa!
Say anything like that
Hurry now
Master John will be despaired
waiting all this time,will you
Would that be a good thing,
tell me Bridget,you ought to know
There was never a man yet that
wasn't helped to be waiting
But remind you,not too long
I'll get you dressed
Were you waiting for me,John?
I was
Well,am I worth waiting for?
You are
What else are you thinking?
That you shall only come to
life at night by candle light
And then with music playing
somewhere far away
And what else?
I was thinking if that
candle should go out
I might kiss you in the darkness
And then
After I kissed you I might want to kiss
you once again and then perhaps again
But we haven't time
So let's go down and dance instead
John when you are Master of Clonmere,
you must put your footmen into livery
When you are Mistress of Clonmere you
can do as you please with the footmen
Here,here Tim,here,you'll have
room for this on your tray
You wouldn't like to
sit on the tray yourself
I'd none of your cheek you
go and attend to your work
Oh yes I have to do all the work but
they can go on enjoying themselves
Well,isn't it a good to see a little bit
of fun and jollity in the place again
Are there the refreshments
ready for the musicians?
Yes,of course you like to hard
rather than (?)
Now ladies and gentlemen
while the musicians have a rest
Cousin Eliza accompanied
by Michael Sullivan
our village fiddler will play
a waltz for us
Saints of all,that's make you sort
of endear with all the quality(?)
So it is have to go into the quarter
Slower Micky,slower
Slower Micky can't you hear?
I can't help myself,Mum,the devil
in the fiddle wants to dance a gig
It's wonderful like wild things
from beyond the mountains
I'm absolutely exhausted
I must have a drink
And I must change in your home,it's
late and it's a long ride back to Andru
Yes,yes it is
If you won't persuade me to stay at
least you might find me my shoes
Wake up Michael
Wake up
Maybe only a coincidence but there is
a powerful smell of whisky about here
Of course he is drunk now he
won't be able to ride home with me
Well must I insist you come with me?
Or will you send a groom?
All right I'll ride with you,if you insist
I'll be home before you're
even in the saddle
It's a wonder that you didn't break
your neck riding in that devil's pace
Sure the devil always
will looks after his own
John
Look,the moon
Let's ride over the hill
John
Why have you been so strange?
So different?
Have I Fanny Rosa?
Yes
Tell me why
Because Fanny Rosa
you're like a wild bird and because no
one should ever put you in a cage
But then no one could ever
catch you,could they?
I could be caught if I wished
Did you ever kiss Henry like this?
Henry is dead and you're alive,
what has he to do with us?
But do you love me,Fanny Rosa?
You want me to say yes
Or even one day you will love me
I want to love you now
What day is it today?
That day we go racing with Fitzgerald
But what would be the date?
January or February
That's all I wanted to know
The Fitzes are very early
Perhaps we are a bit late
Holy Saints and Heaven
Welcome home
You might have sent a carriage for us
The boat must have come in early
we were just coming to meet you
How we missed you these last six months
Jane,darling
How pretty you look
It was quite wicked the way you do it
You think it was a conquest?
Complete the way you talk politics
with father at dinner was past belief
That's how my mother fascinated father
she always said
that if you can talk politics with
a man,you keep him happy
Certainly father happy all right
when you started discussing the
mines as though you were Nicholson
you had him eating out of your hand
Not quite
You wait until I make him a grandfather
Yes,darling,I'm going to have a baby
Don't look so frightened other people do
And anyway I'm going to
have lots and lots of babies
Perhaps we all better have a little rest
Come along children we'll have tea
Why,it's tiring work this being painted
-Fanny behave yourself
-Better say the other way round
He's pulling Megan's()hair
Johnny be a good boy
Now Johnnie be a good boy and I'll take you
to see Aunt Jane before she goes
Where is she going?
To India with her husband's regiment
India? That means she'll come
back with lots of black babies
Not necessarily
Now you run and tell Tim to
get the trap lady for me
Excuse me,Sir
John,I think one of the men wants you
Good Day to you Corcoran
Your father is after sending
me for you Mr John
there's terrible troubles at the mines
I shall have to take your trap Fanny Rosa
Good Bye,darling
Come on Corcoran
Not a sound,they must be finished by now
They are still alive
It's not much time
-Who is it you have there?
-Michael Donovan,he's finished
Father did you hear who that was?
We can clear away the blockage in
time,the water will come this way
the men might be saved
They might and the rest of
the mine will be plugged
Yes
They are not even sure of saving the men
But father we must try it
Of course,there must be some quicker way
John,that cave you found when they
were stealing the copper,where was it?
I think it was on the 95
fathom level,that must be it
If we break up the new chamber(?) the water
will be released down the mountain
-How to became broken up?
-Gunpowder
Everyone on top
Everyone on top
Everybody on top
Michael
Michael
The killed him,the blood
drips of (?)
More gunpowder
We are not through yet
They've gone away
They've left us
He's done it the water is all down
That's right,go on,you know he saved
his mine but he's killed another Donovan
I've come to express my
sympathy,Mrs Donovan
Michael was a fine man,God Blessed Him
We will not soon see his like again
It's the truth she's telling
you ,Mr Brodrick
my brother was the finest
man in this parish
there is his widow now left to starve
I think you'll find my father
not ungenerous
I wouldn't touch a penny
of his filthy money
Kate put some more turf on that fire
I still have this shivering on me
His stomach is all upset
I'm sorry to hear that Denny
About the things to the water
Even the very water we have to drink is
poisoned by your cursed mine
Will you take a drop of whisky,Mr Brodrick
Take it to your uncle
I'm particular who I drink with
I was wondering Mary
since you won't accept help from my
father whether you'll let me help
Have you come to buy us,Mr Brodrick
or it's to pay us off for the
loss of my brother's life
I told you as I told your
Michael many a time
He should never have worked for any man
Least of all a Brodrick
He's gone now,may the Lord be good to him
But there is one thing I
make sure of anywhere
that Michael's son doesn't
do the same thing
I could get on well with the Donovan family
if it weren't for some of
the Donovans themselves
Hello Doctor
Anything that matters?
Henry burnt his finger
You mean Johnnie burnt it for
him,nothing serious though
Aren't you staying to dinner?
I'd like to but there is a case
of typhoid,it's very urgent
-Anyone we know?
-Denny Donovan
You're sure it's Denny Donovan
and it is typhoid?
Yes
Why?
I was with him this afternoon
In his own house
If you brought that infection
back to my Johnnie
I'll never ever forgive you
There is nothing more we can do now,
Fanny Rosa,but you must get some sleep
Is he any better now?
And if you are not careful we'll have
Fanny Rosa collapsing on your hands
She hasn't been to bed for six nights now
and what's more this is a
highly infectious disease
Fanny Rosa
Always here when I wake up
And care for me
Of course I'm always here
What's happened to that wild bird?
You never let me catch you
You caught her long ago,my darling
You're the only one that matters
It's strange I never
really knew it until now
I'm glad I went to the Donovans
Why my darling did you have
to do such a stupid thing
You're worse than all the
children put together
I had an idea to have made peace with them
-I know it was an unexpected thing
-It was that
Only unexpected hope
to work in this country
Such a terrible worry to all(?)of them
You made me cry
It's all your fault
You cried seriously I'm
not worthy of actual tears
I'll remind you of that when you are better
Your hopeless (neff?)
I know I'm the most
worthless of all the Brodricks
But at least I've been the very happiest
Johnny
Johnny
Johnny
Johnny
Johnny come here at once
Johnny
Why did you pour ink over my desk?
Ink?
I haven't been into the library today
I didn't do it
-Tell the truth,Johnny
-I am telling the truth
And I tell you I didn't do it
-You are lying
-I'm not lying,you old fool
Mama he's beating me
Stop it leave him alone
How dare you hit my son?
Your son told me a deliberate lie I
consider it is my duty to punish him
It's not for you to punish Johnnie
It is (?) who will deal with him
You Fanny Rosa
Have never laid hands on Johnnie
since the day he was born
If that boy grows into a man
without friends or future
utterly wild,unmannered and beyond control
it will be your fault and yours alone
I shouldn't think you've so much proud
of the way you brought up your sons
No Fanny Rosa I always regretted that
I never understood John better
It is because of that I spoke
For it will be sad if both John and his son
should suffer from parents who
realize their mistakes too late
You know,Timothy,sometimes I
think I've spoiled Johnny a little
He is so impulsive
He is that Mrs John and he is a wild boy
And his grandfather is too hard on him
He doesn't understand him at all
I'm sure his father,Mr John,
God Rest the Soul
surely was always in trouble
with the Master too
but then he was plain and he was gentle
and master Johnny well he
has a quick temper all right
I tell you,Johnny,so far as I am Master of
Clonmere I will not tolerate such behaviour
-What about-To be seen riding through the
village with that Kate Donovan
Have you no sense of decency?
I'll be seeing with whoever I like
and I think it is about time I
was allowed to live as I like
Unfortunately,Johnny
your mother has allowed you to do
so since the day you were born
And from what I hear not even the army
can teach you to behave like a gentleman
If I have to stay here much
longer I'd shoot the old fool
Johnny
He is threatened to cut my
allowance now what there is of it
-You seem to like whisky
-Is there anything wrong in that?
No dear so long as you don't drink too much
But I don't
Why doesn't he die and leave us alone
You mustn't talk like that
Then we'll have the place to ourselves,
just you and I,wouldn't we,mother?
Sir
Thank you Timothy
You know,Sir,you shouldn't be
upsetting yourself
Master Johnny he is young and
surely be leaving soon anyway
You know you should be taken a
rest,you are wearing yourself out
What with the trouble in the
house and the work at the mine
Nonsense I can still do two men's work
Of course I know you can but
where is the sense in it?
With Master Harry doing
so well up at the mines
You know at your age,Sir,you
Have my carriage sent round at once
I'm going up to the mines immediately
But
Oh yes,Sir
My age
Hello darling
Forgive me if I kept you waiting
London suits you,you look wonderful
And you are still as lovely as ever
Thank you Johnny
How is everything at home?
-Grandfather well?
-Yes
-I've never any luck
-Johnny
Excuse me a moment while I change
What's all the excitement about tonight?
Who are these people I'm
taking out to dinner?
We are having a celebration
Henry has been made High
Sheriff of the County
Brother Harry a Sheriff?
Well,if that's what he wants I
suppose we should celebrate
Who else?
Loving little fiddlesticks
Who else did you say?
Oh,Molly and Fanny and her husband Bill
Are you a grandmother yet?
Not quite
And Bill's sister Katherine
Earl a charming girl
Who is Doody?
One of the many
And don't read all my letters
Some of them might shock you
Don't you believe it
At least John was a secret drinker
-I only be a minute,darling
-All right,Mother
-You must be Johnnie Brodrick
-Yes I am
You must forgive but I can't quite you know
All right you needn't be gallant,
you've never seen me before
I've seen you though,several times
You are very like your portraits
Oh you evidently been to Clonmere
Mother had me painted regularly
John,Katherine my dear
You never told me you knew Catherine
I never knew that I did
Hello Harry how are you?
I suppose I have to congratulate you
Wait till later in the evening,
Johnnie,then you can
Well,shall we go lead the way High Sheriff
It's a pity we didn't meet at Clonmere
We should have done if
you'd come home rather
Tell me
If I dropped the regiment before
the regiment owns me up
and come home to live and breed
greyhounds like my father
will I see you more often then?
Yes,Johnnie you would
Don't you think we ought
to join the others?
Why should we?
I don't like the guests and they don't like
me come and sit down just for a minute
You don't sound very happy kind of person
I'd never been happy in my life
Sometimes I think an evil spirit must
have cursed me in my cradle
There are ways of removing such curses
Are there indeed?
Yes
And I think I could help you
In think perhaps you could
I should like to try
Please go on saying that
Over and over again
You're so lovely
And yet so much more than that
-I think I ought to explain to you
-Explain what?
Tonight Harry will announce our engagement
Your engagement?
To Harry?
Yes
We are to be married at
Doom Haven in a month's time
I do hope that..
Johnnie
Johnnie
Please make my excuses to my mother
Tell her I had an appointment I forgotten,
that I have a headache anything you like
Where is Johnnie going?
He said he had an appointment
he'd forgotten
But I don't understand,Katherine
A strange thing to do
Good Morning,Sir
-Is it?
-10 o'clock,Sir
Your breakfast,Sir
Throw it out of the window
Sir
-There is a telegraph message for you,Sir
-Open it -Sir
-Are you married Ward
-No,Sir
Good otherwise for your own
sake I had her shot like a dog
Sir
If I ever get married you
must do it as much for me
Sir
Fortunately,however, that will
not now be necessary
She prefers my brother
Go on read it
Regret to inform you the
death of your grandfather
Passed away peacefully in his sleep
At last it is mine,Clonmere is mine
And it's come rather late
Johnny isn't this wonderful
Just as we always said it would be
It's been worth waiting for hasn't it?
I don't know
Somehow I think it's come too late
Oh no,of course it hasn't
I told Bridget to cook us
a wonderful dinner
and Timothy is bringing up the
best bottles from the cellar
And we'll give a party to celebrate our
return,we'll invite the whole county
We are going to enjoy ourselves
And we are going to do all
the things we wanted to do
I must get this room done it's
so dingy,Harry seems to like it
-When does Harry get married?
-Soon
And I think I get Bridget to
teach me how to cook
then I can make you all
your favourite dishes
When does Catherine get married?
On Saturday Johnnie
It has come too late
No (?) you were under my horses
feet before I knew it was happening
It was the fourth (?)collision
through the fair
They gave (?) in front
of your carriage Cpt Brodrick
-Bottle of whisky Pat
-Thank you
Sure I thought I was on my way to heaven
Indeed you weren't far off it
Good Day Sir
It's been a lucky day for you Sam Donovan
that you wouldn't be killed
Donovan did he say?
Yes,Sam Donovan
I must say that's funny
A Brodrick saving a Donovan
Give everybody a drink,landlord
Sam I've been almost losing my mind,
they said you were killed
No I wasn't killed at all,
I'm alive and doing well
My sister Kate
There is no need to run away
I think you didn't want to recognize me
What did you think that?
Come and have a drink
Sir,I never touch it so
All right at least come and sit down
Look at that lads,a Brodrick and
Donovan drinking together
Enough to make Morty Donovan
turn over in his coffin
And Copper John too
It might had been better
if I had been killed
Why what's the troubles,Sam?
Our house is burnt down
me and my sister are homeless and living
on the neighbours these days past
But Johnnie,they are Donovans
they can't live in our lodge
house,you can't be serious
I'm serious,all right
Nobody has anything to do with them,
you must get rid of them immediately
I shall do nothing of the sort
You really don't expect me to live here
with that sly little Kate Donovan peering
at me every time I drive passed
Besides I've given the lodge to Mrs O'Brien
It doesn't happen to be yours to give
Oh I see
Mother
I think it's time we had an understanding
For years I pictured this
all we do together but now it
doesn't work,it's a failure
Yes,it's a failure
What you really mean is
It would be better for both of us if
I lived somewhere else
Yes
Well I'm glad you told me
Mothers are so blind
I wonder what would have
happened if your father had lived
Mother
Don't let's make a tragedy of this,Johnnie
But it is a tragedy
No, I should be all right
There's the London house
I shall give parties and be very gay
Good night
Light is out now,Master Johnny
anything more you want tonight
No thank you,Timothy
Dear Cpt Johnny some more
of your favourites pies for supper
What will I do without you Kate
I shall need someone to look after you,Cpt
Come and sit down and make
yourself comfortable
Tell me doesn't Sam gone
over to Monday for the night?
He has indeed
And what on earth have
you got to go home for?
Yes,Harry has his schedule
I own my Kate(?)
Yes but why do you want to go?
-Well,Master Johnny,I..
-Oh,speak up man!
well we're Bridget and
myself we are getting old
and everything is different now
that Mrs John has left
I see
Of course it's not easy for us
to be leaving Clonmere
while we've been nearly all our lives
Look why don't you say
what you are thinking
-Isn't it because I..
-Master Johnny
You're living in the way
that you think best
You must allow us to do the same
It's no use,Harry
if the mines aren't making money
we have to close them down
But Johnnie we ought to try
them keep them going
if only for the men's sake
and their families
Why the devil should we? I'm not
running these mines for charity
But Johnnie shall we think it over?
What is there to think over you know
the figures better than I do
The mines close down at
the end of the month
You can tell the men whenever you like
Oh Johnnie I've been tiding
up I hope you don't mind
No,of course not
I'm so pleased to see you
I was on my way back for spending
the day with the Bennett
I got a sudden wild notion
to come and see you
It's months since you've been to see us
I find I'm always rather occupied
You are still unhappy aren't you?
Like you were when I first met you
What gives you that impression?
Yes,you are unhappy
I revel in misery
-May I offer you something to drink?
-Thank you no,Johnnie
But do have something yourself
Remarkable everybody else I know
tries to stop me drinking
I should too if I thought
you drink too much
Yes that spoilt it
I underrated your cleverness
Not my cleverness,my sympathy
What is it Johnny?What's gone wrong?
Have you come here to save me?
No
To help you if you let me
Nobody can help me
I could I'm sure
Well as a matter of fact,Katherine,
I'm in terrible trouble up here
No I can't tell you anymore
than that I'll be ashamed to
You've been unhappy
Unhappy people often do foolish things
I'm sure it is not worse than that
Katherine if you knew for how
long I wanted to see you again
How I wanted to tell you that
I'm sorry Cpt I didn't know that
you wanted to be alone
Get out Donovan
Get out
I understand Cpt
I understand
I think you ought to go Katherine,now
I'm not upset what Donovan may think
I tell you you ought to go do you mind?
I don't want you here
Of course Johnny you're probably right
You're a much nicer person
than you'll ever know
I though I told you to get out of here
I have something important to
see you about Mr Brodrick
Sorry I am,that I interrupted
your bit of fun
-Get out you smile,get out
-You're tired Mr Brodrick
So I'll be back in the morning
I'm telling you to get out of this place
To get out of Clonmere
There is something for me to say first
My sister Kate wouldn't it be too
bad if she had to suffer now
The Brodrick destroyed the Donovans
again wasn't enough for you maybe
So now your brother's wife as well
Perhaps now you get out and
take your sister with you
But let me tell you one thing
If ever you set foot anywhere
on my estates again
I warn you I kill you Sam
Donovan yes I kill you
And great pity it ever happened
But it's all settled you say
The girl made no trouble at all
I think it might be a good
idea if you went to London
-For holiday
-I'm not running away
Of course you're not but there
is another reason for going,mother
Why? What's happened to her?
I'm not quite sure
Unless you know
she's been spending a lots of money
recently much more than she needs
Last month she spent 900 pounds and
now I hear she's sold the house
You ought to go you might
find out what's happening
I wish you would ,Johnnie
It's a fraud,I tell you a fraud
the whole place is run by trickery,
that man is cheating
The whole of London should hear about this
How dare you touch me,leave me alone
I shall have this place closed down
Please madam,don't make a scene
it's just a matter of luck tonight you
lost tomorrow you'll make a fortune
Nonsense now look what you've done
Thank you very much,young man
That's very kind of you
Johnnie
Hello mother
You've changed darling
Last Thursday I think it was
I won over 400 pounds
and the next day another two I'd
thought I'd found a perfect system
But tonight they must have changed the
one of the wheel or something
because of course all this people
are dreadfully dishonest
But I'll beat them I'll have another run
But mother you must realize
that you can't find a perfect
Mother
I haven't been sleeping very well
lately Johnnie and I found
Johnnie
Johnnie
Well you had your whiskey
why shouldn't I have
Oh Johnnie
Why did you come?
I'm much better left alone
Why on earth did you come?
I've told you mother
I've told you already
I've come to take you home
Home?
-To Ireland?
-To Clonmere
It's too late,Johnnie
It's too late
But listen,mother
We both helped each other to
become what we are today
And we are both to blame
The only thing left for us now
is to help each other again but if we
can to become something different
But it is time for you,
Johnnie, you're young
Not for me
You don't understand
I'm thinking about myself and what
might happen if I go back alone
Like when I was a little boy and I
I couldn't stay in the dark by myself
Now
It's just the same again
Please
Please
Johnnie,you are sure aren't
you that it is not too late
Quite sure
Timothy Bridget
It's nice that you are back again Mrs John
This is home again indeed
-And you too Master John
-Thanks ,Timothy
And it is good that you
are both back here too
Bridget
You know he called me
Mrs John not Mrs Brodrick
that was always a good sign in the old days
How I wonder,Timothy where is Mr Henry?
Sure of course I knew there was
something I forgot to tell you
Master Harry said he'd be back later
There is troubles at the mine
with them closing down
Of course I've forgotten
I'd better go and see if I can help
No darling leave it to Henry
he knows all there is to know about
the mine besides it's getting late
No,no I must go,you see
it's my fault really
I think perhaps we ought to keep the
men on just for a while at any rate
And you get back to your
extraordinary housekeeping
I will be very hungry when I come home
You'd better keep the mine working
otherwise it will be worse for you
Why can't we go on working
When my grandfather started these
mines copper sold at 90 £ a ton
Now with cheap ore being shipped
into England from abroad
we are lucky if we can get 20 £ a ton
And that's why my brother has
ordered the mines to be closed
Then why isn't your brother here to say so
Listen to me,listen to me,listen to me
I ordered the closing of the mines
because they'd be run at a loss
But now I think we should try
and find some way to carry on
That's nothing but promises they talk
There's been too much of that already
So it's you again Donovan
The mine is no affair of yours
And I haven't come here to
quarrel with you Sam Donovan
It these men and their work
I'm thinking about now
It's all lies I tell you all Brodrick lies
My Johnnie was murdered
But every man of them deny
ever pushing him down the shaft
I tell you he was murdered
And my other son likely so badly as he hurt
And you accept me to agree
that nobody is to blame is that it?
Not that Mrs Brodrick,all I say
there is strong doubt in the case
Could be passed off as a common brawl
But if you insist that we charge
them with murder and riot
I do insist
Then it'll mean that Donovan
and the ring leaders
are liable to hung for murder and the
others to penal servitude for riot
I'm glad
Good Day Mr Hennessey
Mrs Brodrick
I want to speak to you
Mrs Brodrick
Well what is it?
I was thinking of myself
what a pity it is that your
husband,Mr John,God Rest Him
isn't with us now and what
he might have done
What do you mean?
Mr John had an understanding
of these people
because he had a love for them
and of others had listened to them
when he was alive should this many of
troubles would never had happened
My son was murdered they must suffer for it
Mr John was never the man for believing in
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,he
knew that if hatreds are ever to be stopped
well then Brodricks must be forgetting
that they are Brodricks
and no Donovan remembering
that it is a Donovan
was it not because of that
he went to their house and got
his death from the cruel fever?
And I know that if Mr John was here that
he'd not be for having Sam Donovan hung
And he'll be right
I'm thinking what this would mean
to the children there would be
Brodricks and Donovan
Catherine you?
There will be a hard thing
for them to grow up
with the Donovan curse on them
"I know of (?) feeling
but later only the unexpected could
have ever helped to work this country"
Timothy
You may go and tell Mr Hennessey
that I changed my mind,
I'm withdrawing the charge
You can tell him it's because
Only the unexpected
Can ever hope to work
in Ireland
I'm so glad,I'm so happy
And I know you'll be happier too
I go and tell Harry
Mrs John
I can tell you now
That neither you nor any Brodrick to come
will ever have want for friends
in these parts as long
Timothy you talk too much
I know,like a terrible tongue
But a very wise one
And I think I've learned
a little wisdom too
God Bless You
I hope that after now after all the
misery Hungry Hill would be at peace again
Once more green and beautiful
And that the Brodricks and the Donovans
will live quietly together at last
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