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Arts > Drama / Theater > Playwrights > 16th-17th century > England
William Shakespeare 1564-1616
for Cat, Cam and Lou
'Friends, Romans, countrymen'
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 3 May 2016
Damian Lewis as Antony in Julius Caesar: 'Friends, Romans, countrymen' Shakespeare Solos Video Guardian Cultures 3 May 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays.
Here, Damian Lewis performs Antony’s lines from Act III, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar.
Antony has been granted permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral so long as he does not implicate the conspirators in his death, but he skilfully turns the crowd against
them. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89MLuLSJgk
Zawe Ashton as Jacques in As You Like It: ‘All the world’s a stage’
Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 May 2016
Zawe Ashton as Jacques in As You Like It: ‘All the world’s a stage’ Video Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 May 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays.
Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jacques’s lines on the seven ages of man from Act II, Scene 7 of As You Like It.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXZhASNTKt4
Riz Ahmed as Edmund in King Lear: 'Now, gods, stand up for bastards'
Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 May 2016
Riz Ahmed as Edmund in King Lear: 'Now, gods, stand up for bastards' Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 May 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays.
Here, Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund’s soliloquy from the start of Act I, Scene 2 in King Lear.
Edmund reflects upon being an illegitimate son and plots against his half-brother, Edgar.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-epojal7nE
Paterson Joseph as Shylock: 'You call me misbeliever'
Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 May 2016
Paterson Joseph as Shylock: 'You call me misbeliever' Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 May 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays.
Here, Paterson Joseph speaks Shylock’s lines from The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 3, in which the moneylender responds to a request for a loan by reminding his adversary, Antonio, of the times he has insulted him.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vSR6W8_uBU
Laura Carmichael as Portia: 'The quality of mercy'
Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 May 2016
Laura Carmichael as Portia: 'The quality of mercy' Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 May 2016
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmmBT_4dmI0
*Samuel West as Henry V: 'Upon the king'
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 29 February 2016
Samuel West as Henry V: 'Upon the king' Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 29 February 2016
Samuel West speaks Henry V’s soliloquy from Act IV, Scene 1.
On the night before battle, Henry reflects upon the public’s expectations of the king.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USQvp7skuTY&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g&index=8
Joanna Lumley as Viola in Twelfth Night: 'I left no ring with her'
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 29 February 2016
Joanna Lumley as Viola in Twelfth Night: 'I left no ring with her' Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 29 February 2016
Joanna Lumley speaks Viola’s soliloquy from Twelfth Night, act II, scene 2.
Viola, disguised as a page boy, wonders why the countess Olivia has sent her a ring and whether Olivia has fallen in love with her.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg1qTs5pdeM&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g&index=7
Daniel Mays as Macbeth: 'Is this a dagger which I see before me?'
Shakespeare solos The Guardian 29 February 2016
Daniel Mays as Macbeth: 'Is this a dagger which I see before me?' Shakespeare solos Guardian Culture 29 February 2016
Daniel Mays speaks Macbeth’s lines from act II, scene 1.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOjf9S4alv0&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g&index=9
Sacha Dhawan as Shakespeare's Parolles: 'Are you meditating on virginity?'
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 29 February 2016
Sacha Dhawan as Shakespeare's Parolles: 'Are you meditating on virginity?' Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 29 February 2016
Sacha Dhawan delivers an edited version of Parolles’s lines from the first scene of All’s Well That Ends Well.
Parolles urges Helena to consider the importance of losing one’s virginity.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z16KV7VxfIg&index=10&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g
David Threlfall as Prospero in The Tempest: 'Our revels now are ended'
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 29 February 2016
David Threlfall as Prospero in The Tempest: 'Our revels now are ended' Shakespeare Solos Guardian 29 February 2016
David Threlfall speaks Prospero’s lines from The Tempest, act IV, scene 1.
As a masque comes to its close, the sorcerer contemplates the end of life – and the playwright, perhaps, considers the end of his career
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFNTAsC8qQ0&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g&index=11
Camille O'Sullivan as Constance in King John: 'Thou art not holy'
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 29 February 2016
Camille O'Sullivan as Constance in King John: 'Thou art not holy' Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 29 February 2016
Camille O’Sullivan plays Constance in King John, Act III, Scene 4. Constance laments the loss of her son, Arthur, who has been captured, but disputes the suggestion that she has gone mad.Guardian Culture
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpAZju8RbiI&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g&index=12
David Morrissey as Richard III: ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 5 February 2016
David Morrissey as Richard III: ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’ Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 5 February 2016
David Morrissey speaks the opening lines from Richard III in which the scheming Richard lays out his plan to turn his brothers, the Duke of Clarence and the newly enthroned King Edward IV, against each other.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfaVYn1v4jM&index=5&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g
Adrian Lester as Hamlet: ‘To be or not to be’
Shakespeare Solos Guardian 1 February 2016
Adrian Lester as Hamlet: ‘To be or not to be’ Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 1 February 2016
Adrian Lester speaks Hamlet’s soliloquy from act III, scene 1, in which the prince reflects on mortality and considers taking his own life.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLAzfQDS3M&index=1&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g
Joanna Vanderham as Juliet: ‘The mask of night is on my face’
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 2 February 2016
Joanna Vanderham as Juliet: ‘The mask of night is on my face’ Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 2 February 2016
Joanna Vanderham speaks Juliet’s monologue from the balcony scene in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMeZiZeipVw
Roger Allam as King Lear: ‘Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks’
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 3 February 2016
Roger Allam as King Lear: ‘Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks’ | Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 3 February 2016
Roger Allam plays King Lear in act III, scene 2 of the tragedy.
Lear is on the heath during a symbolic storm
The ageing king curses the weather and his daughters, and laments his frailty.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn955417swY&index=3&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g
Ayesha Dharker as Shakespeare’s Titania: ‘The forgeries of jealousy’
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 29 January 2016
Ayesha Dharker as Shakespeare’s Titania: ‘The forgeries of jealousy’ Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 29 January 2016
Here, Ayesha Dharker plays Titania, the queen of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Titania has quarrelled with Oberon, king of the fairies.
As the pair have control over the weather, their argument leads to a vision of nature’s chaos.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XURRdGdX188&list=PLlfYT-Za_x2JuweuLmpYfi1AXhUNKz32g&index=6
Eileen Atkins as Emilia in Othello: ‘If wives do fall’
Shakespeare Solos The Guardian 4 February 2016
Eileen Atkins as Emilia in Othello: ‘If wives do fall’ Shakespeare Solos Guardian Culture 4 February 2016
Eileen Atkins speaks Emilia’s lines from Othello, act IV scene 3.
Emilia, Iago’s wife, counsels Desdemona on marriage and fidelity.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmEU6mB7Twk
William Shakespeare England 1564-1616
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