say your evidence in court
Walking into the courtroom to give my evidence.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 16 / 22 章 · 2'15" · C1
Up to the Witness Stand, Explained：go through with this
She walks in, bows, and climbs to the witness stand to swear "the whole truth and nothing but the truth." From the dock, a shake of the head replaces the apology she expects: "What have you done?" Under the oath sits another question: whether she will go through with this.
あらすじ
A woman walks into court to give her evidence. She bows, makes her way up to the witness stand, and swears to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Julian's family sits up front. Julian is in the dock. The jury are strangers, the judge looks at his laptop, and she sees she is the only woman in the room.
注目の表現
make my waynothing but the truthin the dockat the starting gate
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このシーンの表現
go through with this
finish something already started
A quoted line asks if she will go through with this: finish what was already started. The monologue never says who asks. The snide looks, the kit, and the nightmares are already behind her.
If the landlord calls tonight, do you still want to go through with this move?
このシーンの他の表現
- make my way
get somewhere by your own effort
- nothing but the truth
only the truth, with nothing added
- in the dock
in the defendant's place in court
- at the starting gate
lined up and about to begin
- what have you done
a demand to know what someone did
このシーンのメモ一覧
33 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ
get somewhere by your own effort
Already inside, she still has to deliver herself to the stand, and make my way keeps that walk unaided.
as I make my way in and up to the witness stand.Let the n of in run straight into and, then a light and into up.
as I make my way in and up to the witness stand.the enclosure where a witness stands not a container; the stand where a witness speaks
Standing in the witness boxrelative clause: The clause names which evidence: the evidence she is about to give.
as the words coming out of my mouth declare 'that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth,the truth with nothing left out
'the whole truth and nothing but the truth.'only the truth, with nothing added
The oath's last clause, nothing but the truth, bans the edited version, not just an outright lie.
'the whole truth and nothing but the truth.'Keep but light and put the weight on nothing and truth.
'the whole truth and nothing but the truth.'the front row of the public gallery gallery here is the public seats, not an art gallery
Julian's dad with his mum and brother seated up front in the gallery.Press hate and let they and me stay light.
How they hate me.in the defendant's place in court
Her look moves to Julian, and in the dock fixes him as the accused before anyone speaks.
suited-up, seated in the dock.dressed in a full suit — Fine in speech; too casual for a formal filing.
suited-up, seated in the dock.lined up and about to begin
Counsel are poised, and at the starting gate holds them in the instant before the case breaks.
A QC and a junior at the starting gate.a senior British barrister — Courtroom jargon; do not drop it into casual chat.
A QC and a junior at the starting gate.so slight it is almost missed
It feels like he is going to mouth 'I'm sorry,' but instead, almost imperceptible,form words without speaking — Everyday speech for a silent mouthing; rare in formal writing.
It feels like he is going to mouth 'I'm sorry,' but instead, almost imperceptible,the people who will actually decide
I look at the jury. They will be the ones, these strangers.apposition: It renames the ones as strangers, so strangers hold the decision.
I look at the jury. They will be the ones, these strangers.the barrister for the prosecution
The judge, the judge's clerk, the prosecuting counsel, the police, the instructing solicitor.the solicitor who briefs that barrister
The judge, the judge's clerk, the prosecuting counsel, the police, the instructing solicitor.the official who manages the courtroom door
I am the only woman. Even the court usher is a man!the heart beating hard and loud
I can feel my heart thumping, the blood actually rushing through me.finish something already started
A quoted line asks if she will go through with this: finish what was already started. The monologue never says who asks. The snide looks, the kit, and the nightmares are already behind her.
'Are you sure you want to go through with this?'mocking looks mixed with awkward ones
After all the snide and embarrassed looks at work, the doubts people have expressed about me,Leave and as a light n tucked against embarrassed.
After all the snide and embarrassed looks at work, the doubts people have expressed about me,the forensic exam after a rape not a casual toolkit; the forensic sexual-assault exam
the statements, the rape kit, the ongoing scouring of my own body,give your working life to something
And the system I dedicated my life to, it's called upon, by me, to find the truth,formally summoned to do a duty
Called upon turns the system she served into something she now summons, and by me keeps the agency hers.
And the system I dedicated my life to, it's called upon, by me, to find the truth,stranded preposition: The final to belongs to system, the institution she gave her life to.
And the system I dedicated my life to, it's called upon, by me, to find the truth,agent insertion: The inserted by me keeps her as the one who summons the system.
And the system I dedicated my life to, it's called upon, by me, to find the truth,the case the prosecution now opens
The prosecutor, Richard, stands to start the prosecution case.「Up to the Witness Stand」を読み解く
What's really going on
The surface is procedure: bow, walk, oath, and a look around the room. "How they hate me" lands before any question, aimed at Julian's parents and brother in the gallery. Julian does not mouth an apology. The shake of his head replaces it with "What have you done?" She looks to the jury, "these strangers," and says they will be the ones, while the judge is still reading a file. Then she counts: judge, clerk, prosecuting counsel, police, instructing solicitor, usher, all men. "I am the only woman." The oath asks for the whole truth. The monologue also carries "Are you sure you want to go through with this?" The lines do not say who asks. After the snide and embarrassed looks, the statements, the rape kit, and the nightmares, she is still there: "I am here. I am right here." She has called upon the system she dedicated her life to. The prosecutor stands to open the case.
Theme
JusticeShe swears the whole truth and calls upon that system to find the truth and provide justice.
PowerShe counts judge, clerk, counsel, police, solicitor, and usher, and finds she is the only woman.
発音のポイント
- in and up — Let the n of in run straight into and, then a light and into up.
- but the truth — Keep but light and put the weight on nothing and truth.
- they hate me — Press hate and let they and me stay light.
- and embarrassed — Leave and as a light n tucked against embarrassed.
How they hate me.Julian's father, mother, and brother are up front in the gallery. This is her read of their faces before she has given any evidence.
I look at the jury. They will be the ones, these strangers.The strangers on the jury, not the judge looking at his laptop, will be the ones who decide.
I am the only woman. Even the court usher is a man!She has listed the judge, clerk, prosecuting counsel, police, and instructing solicitor. Even the usher is a man.
'Are you sure you want to go through with this?'It asks whether she will finish what she already started. The lines never say who asks. Snide looks, a rape kit, and nightmares are already behind her, and she is still in the witness box.
I am here. I am right here.After the nightmares and the vomiting, she is physically in the witness box. The repeat is the fact she answers with.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Julian shake his head?
She expects him to mouth "I'm sorry." Instead the shake of his head says "What have you done?" The apology does not arrive.
Why is she the only woman there?
She looks at the bar table and the bench and panics. The judge, his clerk, the prosecuting counsel, the police, the instructing solicitor, and even the court usher are men.
Who does she believe will decide?
The jury. She calls them "these strangers" and says they will be the ones. The judge is looking at a file on his laptop.
What has she already been through before standing there?
Snide and embarrassed looks at work, doubts, statements, a rape kit, nightmares, vomiting, and digging into her own flesh. She still says, "I am here. I am right here."
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第 2 章blood in the waterEnsler Corners the Witness
第 3 章What's new?Tessa Comes Home After the Win
第 4 章crème de la crèmeThe Dean's Induction Warning
第 5 章manoeuvred his way aroundEveryone Is Watching at the Party
第 6 章ethical tightropeSophie Walks the Tightrope
第 7 章burn the midnight oilAfter Hours in Chambers
第 8 章get under their skinTessa Baiting the Sergeant
第 9 章her word against hisJenna's Word on Trial
第 10 章justify the costTessa's Date Ends in Vomit
第 11 章legal truthTessa Asks for the Police Station
第 12 章no armourTessa Enters Court Without Armour
第 13 章get someone offsideTessa's Police Interview
第 14 章in the hands ofTessa Agrees to Testify
第 15 章psyche myself upTessa Is the One on Trial
再生中 · 第 16 章go through with thisUp to the Witness Stand
第 17 章put it down toTessa Runs into Julian
第 18 章cross-examining myselfCross-Examining Herself in Court
第 19 章in the darkWitness Faces the Cross-Examination
第 20 章fall for itTessa Remembers on the Stand
第 21 章news to meTessa Loses Faith in the Law
第 22 章litmus testWitness Calls Out the Rape Law第 16 / 22 章 · 残り約 21 分