Hamlet - David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie. Act 2, Scene 2. - Pt.1a

[readfreak2012]

Lol. Ophelia's awkward glance at Claudius and Gertrude at 5:24 cracks me up.

[SeaCelestial]

i keep waiting for the master to show up in this as one of the characters.

[Canawiwi]

3:24

[DarkMnMChocolate]

When my teacher assigns homework reading, I watch these clips instead of reading.

[JanksterProductions]

I ship Ophelia/Hamlet.

[ColonelDischord]

Rosenguildencrantzensternen

[merylav]

Polonius kicks ass.

Ophelia is so....awkward, especially that run at the end.

[BotheringTrees]

Polonius cracks me up.

[LongLiveHumour]

"I have a daughter, therefore she is mine..."

Hm.

"...and is my daughter, and what she is too. This daughter that I have that is mine, Is mine. This daughter, that I have, who belongs to me, who I have the ownership of -- "

Distinctly Pythonish air there.

[pogopogopogo3]

@LongLiveHumour Wow I was also reminded of that same sketch! hahaha

[kairakia]

@LongLiveHumour This Polonious keeps doing that! In the previous video there's a line "closes in the consequence?" that he says in the exact tone as one would say "pining for the fjords?" First thing I thought of when I watched it

[RavensSong99]

Weird to walk into the room while your Dad is reading about your excellent white bosom

[SiennaElderly]

I. LOVE. PELONIUS! I think this is my second favorite part. Next to the part about the fishmonger. :)

[JadedByEntropy]

if reading a book colours my lonelyness...is reading along with this film much better? I feel as though it isnt. :/

[MusicLover19456]

Does anybody else see how the Queen is looking at Ophelia at 6:57?

[Daphnegirl93]

Ophelia really runs like a girl.

[tennis4everful]

That awkward moment where your father reads your sexual love notes out loud to your lovers mother.

Thanks embarrassing!

[NewspaperCat]

The script I had to read made no sense until I started watching this...Polonius is hilarious in this scene.

[AntiTwilight101]

Polonius is such a windbag.

[imACrAzYinsanePERSON]

why does polonius keep going on and on and on...

doth mine ears perceive an ending nigh at hand?

[Ms88Dee]

Polpnius is pissing me off like wtf get on with it already what are u a dictionary :-P but srs I just got his character now I had no idea what he was on about in Mel Gibson's version haha

[alciekowabunga]

Where is the other half of the scene?!

[wmcoughlan]

Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius is absolutely genius!

[Clawsthatcatch]

Gertrude totally has the 'OH BITCH PLZ' look on for Polonius. lulz.

[mikeyshum]

 mjkk

[papatrick93]

hi mrs.reilly!

[Rattlesnakemeuk]

I don't like how Polonius is played here. There is some fantastic comic relief in Polonius but the actor never really brings it out. There's not enough 'oops I've made a bit of a tit of myself' in the 'but let that go...' and he never really brings out the irony in 'if brevity is wit then I shall be brief'.

I saw the National Theatre production of Hamlet the other day and Danny Calder's Polonius was fantastic at this - brilliant delivery, very funny. Kinnear was also fantastic as Hamlet.

[Fess22]

@Rattlesnakemeuk

Respectfully, I have to disagree. He's got a mannered, haphazard, ambitious delivery of these lines. He's playing it, I think, like a man just smart enough to think of a tack that he's just stupid enough to try...and halfway in, he's stumped and knows he's drowning, but has just enough blind faith in himself to continue. There's a brilliance here. The Lord who would give his own son such wordy and oblivious advice might indeed speak like this to a King.

[marrlc1986]

Is it just me or does Polonius really windy?

[welchburger]

Oh, Polonius

[ediblesushi]

Getrude's obvious annoyance made me smile. Polonius's overly wordy speech made me laugh.

This version of Hamlet is the best! And it's not just because of David Tennant. All the other actors are superb with their roles!!

[MinyTheWild]

Gertrudes face when Polonius goes into a rant is just epic!

[lebarosky]

Is there any actor in this production who is not superb? I think not.

[lebarosky]

Is their any actor in this production who is not superb? I think not.

[Lordofthepastries]

Yep, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will indeed give up their full selves in service

[ScottTart]

This makes me want to watch Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead SOOOO bad

[nonamesareavailable1]

polonius is so great!

[QueenAlyss]

Wait.... What happened to "Words, words, words"? Did they skip that scene?

[slightlyinsaneFTW]

@QueenAlyss No, it's just later on.

[QueenAlyss]

@slightlyinsaneFTW I know this now, it just confused me because in the play that scene is before To Be or Not To Be/Nunnery.

[MegginLovett]

"and i beseech you instantly to visit my....too much changed son..." :)

[MISCeLeniiOUS]

haha Polonius is fantastic! :D

[katfrk]

honestly, this is the first time i've seen Hamlet and actually understood what was going on. can't rave enough about this production

[toontoosh]

that soldier is funny XD

[TARDISize]

GO DAVID!!

[MsWholigan]

I absolutely love how everyone's face always looks when Polonius starts on one of his rants. Funny thing is, there's an elderly woman at my church who honestly speaks much the same!

[pantstheterrible]

this polonius is amazing

[MsWholigan]

Indeed! Other actors have not done so well with him. This gentleman speaks his lines with such seriousness that he makes them more realistic and funny and plain understandable than I have otherwise seen.

[TeamTARDIS2015]

@pantstheterrible You are very right but all Polonius are suck ups =P

[SneakyMushrooms]

@pantstheterrible THEY'RE ALL AMAZING

[pantstheterrible]

@SneakyMushrooms YOU ARE CORRECT