Hamlet - David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie. Act 1, Scene 3.

[blackitty101]

heh, they had sex talks back then too =P

[ionlylikeoldmusic]

press pause

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hold 4

[RavensSong99]

I came here because I was studying Shakespeare and because I love David Tennant.

I stayed, and watched this multiple times, because it amazed me that such old words, so beautifully woven, had been so artfully captured in a fantastic film. Well done, the lot of them. And of course, all the credit to The Bard himself.

[shahoney]

Is the girl who plays Ophelia here Matt Smith's sister in real life? I see a significant resemblance. :P

[doddleoddle]

@shahoney just looked it up, no she's not :'D <3

[shahoney]

@doddleoddle - Wait, did you really look her up? Because I was being sarcastic about her being Matt's sister... I was pertaining to her chin. :P

[doddleoddle]

@shahoney I did indeed, and oh LOL!!! :'D I didn't get that at all :'D <3

[obi965]

I love how laertes moves to hug his father and then gets shrugged off, roflmao

[katsbyandco]

i love watching this with the script right next to it. That way i can actually get whats going on lol

[KellAnderson]

@katsbyandco It does help, does it not, when one is able

To read the words of the great bard as one

Watches his great works being performed

By his most devoted of fans and students.

One is tempted to curse this most horrid

Of rhythms, until that one is able to catch the

Merest hint of the true beauty of the

Form and rhythm, as the world opens in a

Blaze of light and beauty, ne'er fore glimpsed upon

These earthly shores by the one who speaks

[NewspaperCat]

Amazingly enough, they actually look related.

[123TheGreatPerhaps]

Polonius. I hate that guy.

[bubblepoppingfun]

Condoms in Shakespeare... Brilliant

[ConstantiMedia]

Techniquewise: She's great! He's pathetic..

[TheSinfulFreedom]

Oh Polonius you preachy hypocritical dick of a father. I think I'll miss you least of all. Oh I'm sorry. He dies. I didn't spoil part of this Shakespearean Tragedy for you did I?

[Saichen]

@TheSinfulFreedom it's Shakespearean Tragedy.  EVERYBODY Dies.

[MeesterCrumpet]

ugh, 'neither borrower nor lender be'. I have grown up hearing that line from my mother.grating on the nerves.

[MeesterCrumpet]

the girl who plays ophelia is just so wrong. she does a great job,shes a good actress,but shes just so dull looking. ophelia should be beautiful.

the fair ophelia? not in this version

[MalMaimez]

Laertes is hot.

[BaldGrace]

I'm sure Shakespeare encountered some condoms in his time, through acquaintances in all those stews surrounding the playhouses- they were definitely around by the Civil War. Doll Tearsheet would know where to find some;)

[MeesterCrumpet]

@BaldGrace ewww,probably made of sheepskin or something equally horrid

[BaldGrace]

@MeesterCrumpet

Yeah, along the lines of sausage casings. Better than getting the pox, I guess.

[eagleboy215]

condoms 2:40 

[XxAngelShinn]

huh missing a few lines here n there from my book =/

[Fantomas71]

If you turn on the captions, you will have a stroke from laughing. Be warned.

[Rattlesnakemeuk]

@Fantomas71 Lol, 'of his favour' 'office paper' lol. Brilliant.

[angelix]

The only problem with this is...the antiquated dialogue just doesn't go with the modern setting/characters. The strange mix kind of ruins Hamlet's story for me.

[kelric6]

@angelix I agree, there are lots of things that don't make sense with the modern setting in addition to the fact that many of the major themes that make sense with older settings makes little sense in the modern version (not to mention the director and actors interpretations of the emotions I believe personally are a little off...)

[MeesterCrumpet]

@kelric6 apparently you dont understand the craft of acting

[kelric6]

@MeesterCrumpet I do, however...though its based on your interpretations, it is the job of the actor to find the interpretation that would most please the audience. That is why some acting fails...though the acting is good...interpretations can fail.

However, this interpretation seemed pleasurable to most so I'll assume its just my humble educated opinion and not that of the masses...the masses being those that count. Soo...i digress!

[lovenightfall]

This is absolutely FANTASTIC!!! I love the modern subtext, or if that is not the correct phrase, the implied modern meanings in the dialogue between Laertes and Ophelia. Brilliant acting, and I quite agree that Laertes deserves credit. Absolutely marvellous.

[JBCVids]

They could have made so much more of the awkward moment after Laertes left, would have been beautiful :')

[lebarosky]

All the actors in this scene are first rate. btw Ophelia looks like a sylph from a pre-Raphaelite painting!

[lebarosky]

All the actors in this scene are first rate.

[MrFlorenceFan]

Does anyone else find Hamlet confussin or is it just me.. i mean there is so much going on at the same time! god only knows whats gonna come up on the exam which im studying for for chritmas:( Uggh!

[TheHalfofHannah]

@MrFlorenceFan watch it at least two times, I get it pretty well :)

[Marmonery]

@MrFlorenceFan If all else fails, use sparknotes (:

[Rattlesnakemeuk]

@Marmonery No don't, consult your teacher.

[emmahouli]

God dammit, I am supposed to be studying 12th Night... I did Hamlet two weeks ago... I need to stop watching this

[amofe]

I usually don't like classical stuff in a modern way, but that's so adorable xD especially when he took his wallet to give to his son xD

[Lordofthepastries]

Ah, the double standard

[Strawbewiful]

Thank you for uploading this (: it's helping a lot with my revision! xD

[etherealangel712]

fucking love polonius. i'm dying of laughter. he's perfect.

[TheDrowWarrior1]

HA Condoms makes me lol every time XD

[PaddySnuffles]

OMG! 2:39 She was waving condoms around! XD rofl I love this version of Hamlet. ^^

[clarissah12]

im confused

[PaddySnuffles]

how do you mean?

[123wickedsweet]

well....this is suppossed to be a modern hamlet....so y wudnt there be condoms?

[furirox4ever]

Aha condoms!

[kairia]

ah brotherly love and advice

[Ashes2Ashes1981]

what did the brother give the sister before he left, money or a condom?

[walkersmom9]

@Ashes2Ashes1981 She got the money;he got his hanky back.

[MsWholigan]

Hey there - this fellow who plays Laertes is quite good - he deserves some credit!

[markosantos79]

@MsWholigan while this production was on the stage David went through surgery because of back injury, the guy who plays Laertes (Edward Bennet) covered for the role of Hamlet and he received standing ovations

[Kahiara]

@MsWholigan When I saw this live, he was playing as Hamlet (Tennant was ill) and I have to say I think he was as good a Hamlet, if not better!

[iamamywaterhouse]

@MsWholigan I couldn't agree with you more! He does make a rather good Laertes.

[playwrite27nancyg]

Somehow I don't recall condoms in the original Hamlet...but I wouldn't have a doubt that Shakespeare would have fount wit in them...what rhymes with codom?

[SoldierofFortune07]

@playwrite27nancyg poppadaum?

[Strawbewiful]

@playwrite27nancyg I think they had similar things to condoms, I remember doing a quiz on them in sex ed and apparantly they used to use pig gut or something similar. Gross right! xD

[nonamesareavailable1]

@Strawbewiful they also use snake skins... and dry fish!

[AveMariaSweet]

@Strawbewiful we use lamb skin nowadays as well :P

[lupinswitch99]

@playwrite27nancyg Great thign about a modern adaptation lmao,

[elimacca]

@playwrite27nancyg rom-com, pom-pom, buxom, idiom, jetsom, random,

.....nope thats all I got...

[tygortora]

@playwrite27nancyg lol, considering the bawdy jokes he adds into other sections of this and other works of his, I think he would have very much appreciated the amusing addition.

[MarcusAvon2]

@playwrite27nancyg gundam 0-O

[Iswhatsheis]

@playwrite27nancyg On psalm, on palm, don calm. 'Here I place a penny in thy palm, and if shall thy request on psalm, searchest to market a fair condom, so that our night be more calm." Yeah, it's not that hard.

[elliemayfield]

@playwrite27nancyg Shakespeare does make a point of making jokes of the contraceptions of the day.

[alexrider147]

@playwrite27nancyg Yeah.. Stands out. XD

[MDSDKSMDBDNDGD]

@playwrite27nancyg undone?

[MDSDKSMDBDNDGD]

he hath approached me with small white condomes,

desiring that my virginity become undone

[EmeraldVideosNL]

@playwrite27nancyg Bottom. :P Oh, and that''s a reference to A Midsummer Night's Dream :)

[KestrelChama13]

@playwrite27nancyg Heh heh... you said "wit".