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"Jonathan Slinger - Peter the Pardoner"
"Steven O'Donnell - Simon"
"Scott Handy - Germaine"
"Nick Brimble - Sir Ector"
"Roger Ashton-Griffiths - Old Bishop"
"David Schneider - Relic Seller"
"Alice Connor - Lone Girl"
"Berwick Kaler - Man in Stocks"
"Heath Ledger - William Thatcher/Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland"
"Rufus Sewell - Count Adhemar of Anjou"
"Shannyn Sossamon - Lady Jocelyn"
"Paul Bettany - Geoffrey Chaucer"
"Laura Fraser - Kate the Farrier"
"Mark Addy - Rolan"
"Alan Tudyk - Wat Falhurst"
"Bérénice Bejo - Christiana"
"James Purefoy - Sir Thomas Colville (Edward the Black Prince)"
"Christopher Cazenove - John Thatcher, William's father"
"I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every pimple, every character flaw. I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity."
"Good people! I missed my introduction! [crowd cheers] But please... please, I pray you, hear it now! For I would lay rest the grace in my tongue and speak plainly. Days like these are far too rare to cheapen with heavy-handed words. And so, I'm afraid without any ado whatsoever — [passes in front of Prince Edward] excuse me, My Lord — here he is! One of your own! Born a stone's throw from this very stadium, and here before you now! The son of John Thatcher... Sir Wiiiiiilliam Thatcheeer!"
"You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. In what world could you possibly beat me?"
"He Will Rock You."
"He didn't make the rules. He was born to break them."
"From peasant to knight; one man can change his stars."
"My lords, my ladies, and everybody else here not sitting on a cushion! [crowd roars] Today... today, you find yourselves equals! [crowd roars] For you are all equally blessed! For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure of introducing to you to a knight, sired by knights. A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, praying to God, asking his forgiveness for the Saracen blood spilt by his sword! Next, he amazed me still further in Italy, when he saved a fatherless beauty from the would-be ravishings of her dreadful Turkish uncle! [crowd boos] In Greece, he spent a year in silence, just to better understand the sound... of a whisper. And so, without further gilding the lily and with no more ado, I give to you the seeker of serenity, the protector of Italian virginity, the enforcer of our Lord God, the one, the only, Sir UUUUUlrich von Lichtenstein! [crowd roars] Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week!"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.