Hamlet - David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie. Act 3, Scene 3.

[katheraincloud]

1:25 .. can anyone say, "an excess of Phlegm?" ;)

[thatwhichisgiven]

I love this, but I'm so confused... I'm reading Hamlet as I watch this, and this version seems to have skipped Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, but I know it's in here, I watched a clip of it earlier. Have they moved it, changed the placement? Or did YouTube remove the clip? I LOVE that speech, the play doesn't feel quite right without it.

[APileOfDeadBears]

@thatwhichisgiven This might be a while after the fact, but that bit is found in one of the scenes in Act 2.

[LaresGothic]

5:23 - OMG Sonic Screwdriver!!

5:24 - Oh... Knife...

[idontlikesand]

So glad to know that I'm not the only one who thought that the knife was a sonic for a second. :D I'm not the only crazy whovian out there watching this video. 

[roxe08]

as a visual learner, you saved me so many headaches. thank you so much :D

[randomonium5]

I was sick when this got shown in my lesson, thank gpd its on YT, im ready for m mock xam now!

[happybuddyperson]

this play is like a hallucinatory lesson

[6noobsaibot]

this gust might be the best scene

[tristanchord85]

ooh. CHILLS! I have the Brannagh version, its great but I will have to invest in the bluray of this production as well!

[koenan1]

Claudius is like, "Me. Your queen. Hot."

[shredlessmarmalade]

urgh....Claudius is so evil!! At the end he's like "hehehe....I am evil"

[ChristinasMinx]

PS is so great. When he's talking about how he can never be forgiven the murder I'm like "Oh, I'll forgive you Captain!"

And does DT remind anyone else of Colbert at times? It's been bugging me.

[ionlylikeoldmusic]

at 5:23 i thought for a minute he would press the button and it would be a sonic screwdriver :D

[Rhimione7x]

5:23 Sonic Screwdriver! 

[RyogaXvX]

Sir Patrick Stewart is brilliant

[antuck1]

I think it's great that Hamlet's speech as he's about to kill Claudius is all done in his head. One of the great things about technology---we don't have to rely on unrealistic conceits like asides as much in film.

[aznblackblade3]

I memorized Claudius' Monologue last year. I know it by heart--guess what I got? 95 ;)

[NewspaperCat]

jackyp1893, the point is he is so deep in prayer that he doesn't notice that, or the rest of Hamlet's monologue. This scene really shows the religious expectations of Shakespeare's day and the irony in that expectation, like TomatoDoom pointed out. People didn't really "talk" to God, they just muttered devout words and hoped for the best.

[sonicspeedx13]

I like Hamlet's reason to not go and kill Claudius there and then. Great play.

[MelloPhunkV3]

7:10 for great musical timing :D

[sokmonkeys]

lol i thought he was gonna pull out a sonic screw driver :)

[jackyp1893]

Personally, if I were in Claudius' place, I would like to think I would have heard the switch blade and then, y'know, ran the fuck away?!?

[BaldGrace]

Patrick Stewart is the man.

[TomatoDoom]

I love that ironic line- "Words without thoughts never to heaven go." His soul was no safer than before. Had Hamlet gone through with it then and there, he'd have had everything he wanted.

[umcoolio]

@TomatoDoom And without every single main character in the play being murdered.

[slightlyinsaneFTW]

@umcoolio except Horatio

[Perinlyn]

@slightlyinsaneFTW which is why he's my favorite. That, and he is the world's most longsuffering best friend.

[PrincessBootilicious]

do it you pussy!!!

[Kill4Karamel]

This scene always kills me. If he had just killed Claudius the, there wouldn't be as many deaths, and Hamlet would be alive and ugh.

Kills me.

[MoonInShadows]

@Kill4Karamel That's actually the climax of the play. I know in my copy of Hamlet I have that page starred and all over it, I have written in full uppercase; "YOU JACKASS!! YOU COULD'VE STOPPED EVERYTHING!!! YOU DAMN DAMN FOOL!!" That being said, it delights me to see the progression of death from one single decision. Sort of sad.

[PrincessBootilicious]

@Kill4Karamel Hamlet diess?? wtf!! man!

[slightlyinsaneFTW]

@PrincessBootilicious It's a Shakespeare tragedy. That tends to mean everyone dies

[martitta1]

5:24

OMG i thought it was Doctor screwdriver:)

OH he's sooo amazing as Hamlet

he could "sonic" Claudius:D:D

[onlyaraya]

@martitta1 I thought the same thing! xD

[idontlikesand]

when he pulled out the knife, did anyone else think sonic screw driver before he switched out the blade?

[pinkjaguar12]

@idontlikesand it DID look like that, didn't it?

[finalhidingplace]

@idontlikesand right. i was thinking the same thing but i was like. wait how does that make sense but then there was the blade and i was like oh. disappointment. 

[DoctorWhoAwsomness]

@idontlikesand YEAH!!!

[Arella17]

@idontlikesand Honestly I did...I was hoping...-_- too much of a who fan...wait...no...that's not possible...checks tenant style coat...hmm...sonic screwdriver pen in pocket...oh...uh...Dr. Who iphone case...oh my...oh well Doctor Who kicks ass...and so does David tenant ^_^

[Limecapp]

@idontlikesand

i was just thinking that lol

[EthalaRide]

@INV100 Partick Stewart is AWSOME! I'm not saying anything bad about him or David Tennant, I was a joke.

[Josephdorf03]

Good monologue help...

[EthalaRide]

That was a REALLY loud clicking sound the switch-blade made, and yet Claudius never heard it! Jeez!

[Warlock2019]

@MajCinematic He played Claudius back in 1980 for BBC, I do not know if he played hamlet, but if he did i would like to see that.

[tygortora]

@SamDeRe81 I recommend the Folger Shakespeare Library copies of the books. It has the text of the play written on every right-side page with translation for the archaic terms on the facing page. Trust me, it helps a lot.

[PiggyofGuinea]

I actually found it impressive how much it DIDNT look like the sonic. For someone so used to pulling out the same shaped something for years, its pretty awesome how different he can do it when he chooses.

[semperreg]

Claudius is almost perfectly played :

- just one time, his look is too much turn inward

- his left shoulder is higher than the right one (which is not possible for a king)

- the 2 youngers are much too close to the king (also impossible) and screaming in his ears (bad manners and against the etiquette)

But an excellent actor !

The other 3 are bad :

Hamlet is discribed by his mother as someone whose goodness is in his face. never would he have rise his arm this way with a dagger,etc..

[tygortora]

@semperreg It's important, though, to note that given the different time setting, it allows room for a different interpretation of the stage actions. That's part of why modernized "translations" (they are using the same words, after all) are so interesting to watch.

[piratelover20]

5:10 !

[WarshipAngelus]

Patrick Stewart should do a Doctor Who epsiode and play a evil Time lord seeking revenge on the Doctor for blowing up the Home world.

[elimacca]

there are references to characters guilt through their hands all throughout Shakespeare's work. Macbeth comes to mind... something about turning the seas red. and then Lady Macbeth and the smell of her hands.

Just for the fact fans.

[Fallenkitten1000]

gonna do hamlets monlogue on thursday i'm shitting bricks but if I pull it off right i'm guarenteed a place in college =)

[HoshiHikari]

Why are people making sonic screwdriver references when he takes out the knife?

"Doesn't wound. Doesn't kill. Doesn't maim. But I'll tell you one thing, it's very good at opening doors"

Opposite of a knife.

I love how David Tennant knows where his light is. His creepy monologue is awesome with his face mostly shadowed.

[ThatGirlWithTheFangs]

@HoshiHikari

It's true that the knife is definitely opposite of the sonic screwdriver, but I think what people are thinking of most when comparing them is that they are both consealed items that extend with the flick of a button. I thought the same thing when I saw the knife in the trailer, even though their purposes are completely different.

[HoshiHikari]

@ThatGirlWithTheFangs I like comparing Hamlet's gestures and voice intonations to the Doctor's more than comparing their tools. ^_^

[yanokogarra555]

Dang. Everything David gets the chance for revenge....ugh. Oh wells. Gotta wait to the end. ^_^ I <3 David!

[PHOENIXGUNDAM]

Look out your highness he's got a Sonic Screwdriver...er I mean knife..Sorry.

[CaptainToddPerson]

Patrick Stewart's voice is entrancing. @__@

[nintendonut100]

are parts of this missing?

[AimEh1407]

doing the hamlet speech for university on thursday...shitting it

[LadyNorthstar]

the final part is just fantastic, Patrick Steward is an amazing AMAZING actor. and I just love Tennant's Hamlet... oooh, how much do I love that verion of the play~

[sondano]

the best scene in the whole thing

[AspiringPotato]

@sondano

Yes. Yes it is.

[markosantos79]

whoa Rosencrantz and Guildenstern! These guys can make a profession out brownosing, what would they charge?

[harrypotternerdkoko]

Okay I love this interpretation of this scene. I'm studying Hamlet in school now. Which version is this from? :)

[redchick12345]

omg at like 5:25 before the blade comes out, it looks like he pulled out the sonic screwdriver:P

[dannyboy1177]

i swear david tennat was going to pull out a sonic screwdriver

[WannabeWanderer]

I had never recognized the connection between the scene with the Player performing the monologue about Pyyrus and Priam and this scene with Hamlet and Claudius. The difference was the any pause Pyyrus had he allowed his vengence to break though, whereas Hamlet again, allowed indecision to stay his hand... Beautifully done by both actors!! :D

[mcilwrai]

Isn't that that evil guy from Harry Potter?

[Ellonzo]

@mcilwrai yes he played Barty Crouch Jr. the death eater who escaped from azkaban, and took the polyjuice potion to become mad eye moody

[Elspethe]

Once again, the combination of David Tennant and Patrick Stewart is amazing. They are two of my favorite actors and seeing them together, doing Hamlet is......... I can't even summon the proper adjective to describe their performance. Words such as wonderful, terrific, great, fantastic all fall flat.

[Keeltrice]

best lines "what if this cursed hand were thinker than itself with brother's blood, is there not rain enough in this sweet heaven to wash it white as snow"

and

"Words without thoughts never to heaven go"

brilliant :-)

[Metroid02099]

Wow, Cladius is truly a villain. In my interpretation. : )

[toontoosh]

1:10 reminded me DT's visit at the Cathrine Tate show :)

[millie33433]

OMG it scared me when Hamlet got his knife out

[tygortora]

@millie33433 Definitely an epic shot there from 5:19-5:25, though, when it comes out.

[MeTsRoCkMySoCk13]

@millie33433

spoiler alert!

[AyumiLovesYaoi]

I'm doing Claudius' monologue for school and this is really fantastic and helpful. I love Patrick Stewart <3

[Elanel]

I envy you, being able to perform /any/ bit of Hamlet in front of an audience.

[AyumiLovesYaoi]

we have a competition every year (since 9th grade) and I've done hamlet each time because its my favorite play. (I pick different monologues of course)

[ninjajimzandnick]

@AyumiLovesYaoi me too!

[ChezJamesy]

@AyumiLovesYaoi I was really glad this was made when i was doing my exam on Hamlet. Not too far on and i still look back on this and it has massively changed my perspective on the story and characters. Wouldve made for an awesome essay