Rowan Atkinson - funny Shakespear

[JollyGraham]

Very clever and funny as well!

[cace83]

Did I hear an arrow? An arrow in the knee?

[snowinjulyproduction]

Fry and Laurie, and Black Adder blew my mind

[Abuk007]

I used to be Hamlet like him, then I took an arrow in the knee from my own bow by the seaside.

[machatago]

rowan atkinson and hugh laurie :D epic!

[weishbub]

"But all I'm saying, Shaky," HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[shizzmynizz]

dr. house xD

[manusankar007]

It's Hugh Laurie!!!!

[sallygirl2066]

6 people are deaf and can't hear.

[macano6222]

HUGH LAURIEEEEEEEEEEEEE :DDDDD

[Deel2506]

Shakespeare had an editor? That sounds so funny to me :)

[MrSandyman66]

so "to be or not to be, that is the question is not a shakespeare original... :?

NIIIICCEE

[Hazra1969]

"Bums on seats..."

[MediaClubGroup]

HOLY SHEET ITS HUGH LAURIE AGAIN!!!!

[viridismonasteriense]

I love that the audience knows their Hamlet

[manygate10]

Shaky!

[TheSteve285]

Halarious!!! Sort of foreshodows Blackadder doesn't? Which both the actors here have major roles in.

[lotten1992]

0:20

damn, Hugh Laurie looks very smexy in that outfit

<3<3<3<3<3

(and i'm a girl so don't worry)

[pratsat1234]

Hugh laurie is a temeperamental git! wat's rowan's name in this anyway?

[skybreaker09]

Change the title. Shakespeare is misspelled.

[drannawoolf]

@skybreaker09 - Shakespear/e signed his name both with and without the 'e', so either is correct. English spelling was far less rigid then.

[piccadillydave]

I tried watching House once.. but couldn't stand listening to him with an American accent. I don't know if it's him with just a bad accent or if it's just that his voice is completely unrecognisable that makes me want to change the channel. Bring back Black Adder!

[ambereyes93]

"Temperamental git." ;D

[BlackInfiniti247]

thats hugh laurie



[Phersephoie]

I want more!!!

[firedup643]

Nice one! But dude, get the name right- its spelt SHAKESPEARE- u left out the E at the end! :)

[plutao]

Dr House .... now i know why you are so nuts... working with mr bean is insanity

[Alivseven]

5 shepherd has no sense of humour..haha..pity of them..

[darthury24]

THIS TOO FUNNY..........

[DissorderedArray]

It's a kind of puerile erudite genius. Facetious, flippant and fantastic!

[mustaine75]

yawnsville :D

[Thomas111143636]

oh for goodness sakes Hildolf72.

[Christoph0615]

You wonder if such a conversation actually happened??? lol

[demonwolfie]

OMG HUGH LAURIE! HUGE FUCKING LAURIE! <3 <3 <3

[DragonBleu01]

O_o Is that Hugh Laurie?????

Looks like Blackadder prequel. lol

[ByabyaChannel]

It's ShakespearE

[willyshaky]

If you notice my username and realize, I should get a thumbs up for no reason.

[prabie]

Who was the genius who invented all this stuff...?? It is brilliant.

RA you are #1

[IHatePeopleWithViews]

Its horrible to think that Hugh is known for house and not his earlier greater work

[jame55millie]

@IHatePeopleWithViews only to the yanks fella, they wouldn't understand a lot of his earlier stuff. Blackadder forever

[EmmaMo91]

@IHatePeopleWithViews

Just like Atkinson is most famous for Mr. Bean, even though it's the worst stuff he's ever done. :/

[Soundtrackfreak10]

and so blackadder was born =D

[DragonBleu01]

@Soundtrackfreak10 *Thumb up~!* I must buy Blackadder dvds. lol

[catASHtrophe168]

HERE LET ME ADD A LINE. PRONOUNCE THIS FAST. Blabber, blab, bladder, block, beef, blurt. SHAKE YOUR STICK. go.

[catASHtrophe168]

LOL. EVERYTHING IS FUNNY NOW.

[candika69]

I love the idea that this could've happened.....

Shakey gettin pissed off wit someone editin his work lol :D

[yeti1ful]

6 frenchmen hate this since it's about someone british

[mewoohoo123]

hehehe, The House Bean ;D

[joannastallard]

Shakespeare*

[gocatty]

beautiful shakie

[aim1221]

Bean & House??!! Oh, YES!!!

[bslol1]

at 3:10 he said william instaed of bill

[Tank4Ever16]

lol rowan atkinson forgot to take off his watch at 0:28`ish xD lol still my 2 favorite comedians :)

[jackal59]

What's wrong with their timing on this? It's like Laurie is trying to remember his lines. I agree that they're brilliant, but this is pretty bad.

[LeoDaFreek]

im using Firefox Adblock plus, i never get youtube ads :)

[lukphonp]

reminds me of good ol blackadder :]

[80snessEj]

Hugh and Rowan are awesome - just need the rest of the cast of Blackadder!! This is funny lollolol!

[kakapeepeepoopyshire]

0:01 for no stupid japanese bullshit.

[rockedsocks]

Ahh, so this is why Shakespeare is hard to understand. That explains it all.

jks.

[TheDaylightMidnight]

rowan atkinson :) + hugh laurie!!!

[Musicartsandcoffee]

This really is a great sketch, two very fine actors with great stage presence - marvellous! There is one point though, Rowan forgot to take off his watch :o)

[Demithegoddess]

For everyone who keeps saying that they are irritated that Rowen and Hugh are bagging on Shakespeare, they aren't really. If you have every been in any sort of play, or production, or ANYTHING . . . this process happens sooner or later. And someone is ALWAYS unhappy. Play, Skits, TV shows, Movies, etc. EVERYTHING.

This is more close to the truth of the theater then anything else really. And Shakespeare isn't the only one who would react so badly. The actors would be PISSED.

[11Kralle]

I´d always loved the two cockney gravediggers...

[pennylaneproductions]

HIlarious! I am a die-hard Hamlet fan and this is wonderful.

[cynic150]

I think this is only funny in places. I don't think that knocking famous people and their work is always funny, at least not the way R.A. did it. It starts out promising and then he goes too far and there are not many good lines.

[Azlemech]

If only someone had had the foresight to play this during my English classes, I could have saved myself so much time!!

[pigibat]

"You cant say that. It's gibberish!" hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[SuperLilleman]

"It´s boring Bill. The crowd hates it. Yawnsville!" haha

[Browneyedsnowflake]

... the crazy chick in the see-through dress who does the flower gags and then drowns herself" - HAHAHA - Shakespeare would have loved this!! :-)

[Browneyedsnowflake]

"Skakey" - isn't this soooooo hilarious???? Didn't Laurie also play the German Prince in "Blackadder"??? This was also ever so funny! Thanks for this sketch!! :-)

[russinhouse]

@Browneyedsnowflake SHakey

[Browneyedsnowflake]

@russinhouse ... OOOPS: Yes, of course :-)

[russinhouse]

@Browneyedsnowflake i think i'm turning into a pedant as i slink into my dotage ! ignore me.

[Browneyedsnowflake]

@russinhouse - never mind - I can bear a lot - and I could also have paid attention to my spelling :-)

[brittyd89]

"To be or not to be" "You can't say that it's gibberish!" Love this act!

[DAZ099]

lol Rowan is wearing a watch, they didn't have watches in those days :D

[MrJPWR]

Hugh Laurie is with him how cool is that.

[Hazie995]

ive never seen house

but surly its not as good as hughs comedy

[charlie14784]

Quite difficult to understand for a non native English speaker!

[thecraziestfucker]

Yeah that's Sir Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie

[hugboxx]

Learn how to spell Shakespeare.

[dbzownsbigtime]

who are you talking to???? no one misspelled shakespeare, biatch

[Nikolidas]

How about the title of the video, Sherlock.

[dbzownsbigtime]

jup yr right, my mistake :D

[chenobble]

actually, Shakespeare himself spelt his name in at least 3 different ways, and never spelt it 'Shakespeare'

[dbzownsbigtime]

interesting fact, i'll remember

[artistenoire]

@hugboxx There are many variations on how one can spell "Shakespeare" ...Shaggspear, Shakespear, etc. Spelling wasn't as streamlined then as it is now.

[1994090219940902]

rowan atkinson is a comedy genius!

[nMsFmr]

is Bill dr house?

[IIXRoxasXII]

yeah

[Hildolf72]

Just in case you didn't realise, the actor playing Bill Shakespeare is Hugh Laurie - you know : Dr House

[lostsightofvehicle]

honestly, i realized that long time ago. but anyway, thanks!

[WatchUProductions]

@lostsightofvehicle Well Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, and Stephen Fry all went to college together. They're friends. I remember there was something about a reunion between them on TV some time ago I think...

[elainesmith606]

@lostsightofvehicle also, you spelled Shakespeare wrong.

[Brogel]

@elainesmith606 Not too sure of that. 'Shakespeare' is a retrospective spelling. And it's not as if there were spelling rules back then.

[elainesmith606]

@Brogel and if he were writing it "back then" I'm sure it would be fine, but he's not. The english language DOES have rules now, and I was just taking a moment out of my day to point out that he did not spell "Shakespeare" how the english language has come to spell it in the 21st century. When we are NOW.

[Brogel]

@elainesmith606 Point taken. Still, spelling is not worth a coronary. It's so mutable, after all.

[rousson44]

@lostsightofvehicle Since Blackadder they are used to playing together ^^

[katelyndodd]

NICE i love house i did not notice. god thing there are people like you pay attention. it helps the rest of us.

[knightj60]

@Hildolf72 *Will* Shakespeare

[MrSahil1585]

would like to see Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie in a comedy movie

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elainesmith606]

@MrSahil1585 Check out 'Black Adder', it's a TV show starring Rowan, Hugh, and Stephen Fry. Hillarious.

[140895]

and, just in case you do not know, he is one of us brits.Brittish pride!

[santiano42]

@Hildolf72 Hugh Laurie is so much more than House!!! Gar Americans

[DeliverancePayne]

hahahaha!

[lostsightofvehicle]

"sorry i'm late, the traffic was a bitch" !!...thats skaky...!! haha!

[proudli]

@lostsightofvehicle hahaha. LMAO at that part. =))

[PynkWalkr]

@lostsightofvehicle Definitely one of Shakespeare's lesser known and less eloquent quotations :)

[sbelosevic]

They are greatest comedians!!!

[lostsightofvehicle]

yah, its one of my favourite ones...

[Fred50099]

Thanks!