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

[NestoriusAlpha]

I have mixed feelings about young Hamlet looking at us--the camera's eye--as he delivers his soliloquy and yet, have we not been prepared for this by the confidential cameras in the little confidential rooms where the contestants go and speak--as it were-- to us?

[lifeinskinnyjeans]

oh David. you are brilliant. BRILLIANT.

[songsoftheriver]

i wonder if there is any fiction where it is hamlet and oc???

[InAndOutTheBOX]

"Don't blink, don't even blink!"

[nehnehmjfan22]

As much as I love Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet, this was incredible. The vulnerability makes Hamlet's pain much more believable and real.

And, of course, this is LOADS better than Olivier's version. Excuse me for saying so, but he was a terrible Hamlet.

Gosh...I'm doing this monologue for theatre class, and after watching this I don't want to because I know I won't do nearly as well!

[ptercottontail]

this is the most perfect way to execute this soliloquy. david tennant is the perfect hamlet.

[YuukiHyouketsu]

helena bohnham carter should play ophelia at some point or another...that would be awesome ^^

[ptercottontail]

@YuukiHyouketsu she did play ophelia

[YuukiHyouketsu]

@ptercottontail i completely forgot that that was her in that version XD brain collapse -_-

[nehnehmjfan22]

@YuukiHyouketsu She did...Mel Gibson version!

[Izlandzadi14]

I swear to god when he looks at me through the goddamn camera I CAN NOT look away!! It's crazy I almost cry with him every time!! SUCH a good actor!!

[sconesnjam]

I think the whole 'looking at the camera' technique works.. It makes things kind of intimate with the audience and as if he's convincing us of his thoughts, yet at the same time, as if he's talking to himself, as you would with an internal monologue. David Tennant has nailed it, I like the Brannagh version, but this is my favourite, David brings some depth of emotion others haven't...

[bookworm9009]

Stop looking at me! Your distracting me with your sexy!

[SaphirTigress]

This is obviously too brilliant for words, :D but as a Doctor Who fan, that hairstyle is honestly disturbing me... :|

[PhoenixWormwood137]

@SaphirTigress lol, I know, right! :D He spikes it up again later, thank goodness :)

[sweetjynx97]

I almost hugged my screen when David Tennant began speaking to the camera. Then I applaused when he finished. This whole play is brilliant! :D

[ShadowRiderxx100]

David Tennants a great actor but i prefer him as the doctor and with messy hair

[fredisred354]

He looks at me like that and I just want to give him a hug...

[CanaryKeeper]

3:38 BROMANCE! 

[PaintedDog96]

6 people have no taste for brilliant literature and equally superb acting... tsk tsk tsk

[whatthesuckmonkeys]

My fave soliloquoy. With David Tennant! Also, I want that set. Beautiful!

[carriewhite410]

Rule #1: If David Tennant cries....YOU CRY. 

[jjrsj8110]

is this what he won a bunch of awards from?

[MsKerenC]

Wow this soliloquy is portrayed so brilliantly.. Very intense.. And this is by far my most favourite Shakespeare play!

[misspierce313]

hahahaha! oh your comment made my day, it is a pretty fine ass isn't it?

[JanksterProductions]

Tennant just makes me want to give Hamlet a hug.

[MarkMallecoccio]

I don't think I've ever felt more looked through... like his eyes were literally boring into my head like lasers...

[KatHeartnetXIII]

I feel so horrible... David Tennant is doing this beautiful and moving soliloquy and here I am thinking "Dat Ass" the whole time he's bent over. >/////<

[EliteslayerX]

That's the best delivery of Hamlet's first soliloquy that I've ever seen. Although when he started looking at the camera, something in the back of my mind made me start hearing, "Step five: don't let me eat pears! I hate pears, but John Smith is just a character I made up. In three months I don't want to wake up and taste pears." Still, what an amazing delivery.

[nicki446]

My God he's good. So freaking brilliant.

[PerAsperaAdAstra92]

Wow, intense.

[QuirkyGirl12345]

When David Tennant looks into the camera..... Hamlet looks into my soul....

[shahoney]

i shippeth hamlet/horatio so hard.

[ManweArcadio]

Specifically Shakespeare monologues.

[MDSDKSMDBDNDGD]

Because hamlet is a whiny, wimpy, jerk who doesn't know how to make a single stinking decision. First he's all over ophelia and then he's all get thee to a nunnery. and then its to be or not to be and then should i kill the king or not and did i really see my father's ghost blah blah blah. He bugs the frikkin crap outta me. This is just the character mind you. the play's aight

[RavensSong99]

"But break my heart, for I must hold my tongue."

[MDSDKSMDBDNDGD]

I hate Hamlet. But I love David Tennant. I'M SO CONFLICTED!

[Biverix]

@MDSDKSMDBDNDGD HOW CAN YOU HATE HAMLET? :'(

[DrPerryc0x]

@Biverix He has a point; He is kind of whiny.

[slightlyinsaneFTW]

I've just realised this is the first time I've seen David wearing shoes that aren't converse...

[121Noodle]

its funny watchin him cry att the camra and talk to it

[121Noodle]

haha he cryin wierd :\

[Daphnegirl93]

@Kwonverse Yes! They spinned around and everything xD

[myRincon]

If everyone is enjoying this clip you should all ante up just $5 to buy the entire play on iTunes to show your Tennant support!!

[myRincon]

Nerdgasm

[jackdawkins1423]

Pentameter. I think Shakespearean actors get behind a camera and forget they are on stage. Great, though. I'll speak to it.

[macalona]

Only David Tennant can make a Shakespeare play hot.

[itsshannen]

i have chills.

[CelebiUser299]

@TheHandsomeCrab David Tennant played in Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and Hamlet. I am pretty sure he is talented. If he wasn't talented that wouldn't have happened to him.

[TheBruxaa]

they are wonderful! I love hamlet because of them.

[NewspaperCat]

I am now on team "Hamlet". Forget Jacob and Edward; Tennant is the BEST.

[Starhappy14]

Oh god those eyes!!! *fainted*

[scribbledjoy]

David Tennant is looking into my soul...

[IttyBittyChibichu]

David, seriously. Why are you so amazing? <3

[TheHandsomeCrab]

The only character David Tennant can play is a man with no talent.

In Russia, this scene alone would get this production of Hamlet banned for being emo.

[DrJohannFaust]

@TheHandsomeCrab Isn't Hamlet being an emo sort of the point of the character?

[DrJohannFaust]

@TheHandsomeCrab And that he's supposed to be hysterical and possibly insane/bipolar? 

[AntiTwilight101]

@TheHandsomeCrab In Russia, Hamlet bans YOU

[Sacrias]

@TheHandsomeCrab lololol totally mourning the loss of his father and the usurping of his crown is 'emo'.

[CRISNCHIPS12398]

This is so deep and abstract.....

[Iswhatsheis]

Lol, when he was looking at the camera, I was all: 'Why the heck is he breaking the fourth wall'. Then I remembered the whole monologue was supposed to be an aside. I got all fangirlly when he was looking at me.

[MeesterCrumpet]

five people disliked this? do they have souls?!

[MeesterCrumpet]

I loved the version with kenneth brannagh but david tennant is truly the perfect hamlet. even though he's in his 40s he looks like hes in his early twenties,and embodies a prince. brannagh just wasnt convincing as a passionate young prince. tennant adds just the right amount of absolute fuckin hotness needed.

[TheDjrayray]

@MeesterCrumpet Hamlets in his 30's, act 5 scene1 The Clowns and Hamlet discuss this.

[BambiArmani]

Thanks so much for uploading this! I love it! :)

[BeccaBoo2You5792]

Tennant. Is. GOD.

[chewy981997]

DAVID TENNANT IS SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO BEAUTIFUL

[MinyTheWild]

@chewy981997 Yep :)

I've been trying so hard to concentrate on the PLAY instead of just fangirling over him, but it is very difficult!

[tobioace]

I've only ever seen Shakespear done 3 ways: high school lit class read aloud (the horror!) stuffy "classical" movie or bad school play, so while I respected it, I never got to appreciate it much. This just blew ALL OF THAT out of the water FOREVER! Such a fantastic performance. And I LOVE the cuts to the security camera perspective. :D

[jamie32501]

"But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue..." <3

[ANonExistentUser]

@jamie32501 Holy crap... I just read that RIGHT as he said it. 0.0

[TheSinfulFreedom]

Huh I've never seen that soliloquy done as an aside before. It works, but it's strange seeing him keep looking at us as an audience and breaking the fourth wall. Somewhat unnerving. You know. Hamlet talking to you. Feels kind of awkward. Almost wants to make you say something like. 'Yeah, that sucketh the hard backside of a drunken mule my liege. '

[MeesterCrumpet]

@TheSinfulFreedom yeah but thats whats so brilliant about his Hamlet

[ManweArcadio]

@TheSinfulFreedom All soliloquies are done to an audience in Shakespeare's time. Doing soliloquies to the self is a new convention.

[kelric6]

I like this movie a lot, but it doesn't accuratly portray the play I don't think. Apart from the obvious age difference which changes the entire play hugely since a huge part of the play is dependant on the time period, I do question the direction the actors and director took with the emotions,etc.

[badkitty0in0a0corset]

would someone explain the setting to me? why is he in tailored suit?

[BADGWOLF]

@badkitty0in0a0corset It's kinda like a modern version of Hamlet, and he is in mourning so he is wearing black tie-also I think they are in the King's court so it's formal wear

I hope I got it right, but you may want a second opinion

[argetlamgirl711]

i love this movie. definitely my favourite adaptation yet. you can tell the actors love the material, and they make the it much more approachable than other film adaptations, where the actors tend to overdo it to the point where the audience doesn't know what the hell they're going on about. even though the words are still complex and beautiful as ever, they use tone so well that you can understand them perfectly! i wish they'd shown us this version in school :(

[AvidMusiQBukworm]

@argetlamgirl711 I agree 100%. I wish they showed us this in school. I watched the Mel Gibson version and didn't understand a damn thing. Watching this version, I understand everything without thinking extremely hard.

[tygortora]

is it just me or can everyone else see the madness in his expression during that monologue? Lol, getting it across that early on is great!

[DonnaHx007RRSSG]

I absolutely love that soliloquy. Just the words in general, and that must be the most perfect interpetation I've seen. I have not seen this full version, but I can't wait.

Though Kenneth Brannagh makes a wonderful Hamlet as well, I think David Tennant might just beat him.

[yourusernamehere2]

thaw!

[dwviolinist]

*jaw is still dropped*

I am in awe. I love it when an actor (namely David Tennant) can switch emotions in the blink of an eye. :)

[kataraXoXo]

when Hamlet says "We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart" he sounds very much like the Doctor :) just throwin' that out there

[kataraXoXo]

omg...when Hamlet's talking to Horatio after he hugs him... it reminds me like, 95% of David when he played The Doctor... loooove it :D Barty Crouch Jr is way better then when they had Gilderoy Lockhart as Hamlet :)

[PayNoAttentiontoCaes]

Pause at 2:59

[AntiMONGO]

@PayNoAttentiontoCaes Pause at 7:23!!! hahah Mr.Bean!!!

[ilovemymagentatiger]

This is amazing! Sir Patrick Stewart and David Tennant as Claudius and Hamlet, respectively. My life is complete.

[MacaroniMasterJes]

just to point out to those of you looking for a playlist, there are links to the next part in the description of each video. i just noticed this. i hope it helps

[slinkiwaffel]

thats hot

[ResoImages]

yep - playlist would be nice :P

[laugh808]

Thanks for uploading! :)

[Meezy0257]

Tennant's performance is a gift to us all. My applause, forever, goes to him.

[Baischogirl]

GOD, I love this man!! He is one of the greatest actors I've ever seen.

[hadassah179]

Can thiS but put into a proper playlist form so these parts are no longer overwelhmingly hard to find. The title for this too long to see the correct play info.

[QueenAlyss]

Hmmm, I think I like Tennant's performance better than Branagh's, though I do like the latter movie better.

[KitsuneNyanko]

@QueenAlyss I think the only problems I have is that the director cut out somethings I wish he had not... I don't understand all of the cuts he made...

I think that if he had not cut some of the needed scenes, then it would be perfect!

Tennant in this is an awesome sight!

[QueenAlyss]

@KitsuneNyanko I agree, the director did make some odd cuts...

[TheImpressed]

It's interesting to compare this version with Kenneth Branagh's rendition; Branagh's Hamlet is more restrained than David's. Claudius is also rather more sympathetic in Branagh's than this, as well, among numerous other differences.

[LameassIndustries]

This is bull^*#! they should have just gotten Morgan Freeman and the white guy from 'The Shawshank Redemption'. Tennant is just unnatural, and why is that black guy so old? He's like 50, Tennant looks like he's 30.

[24NerF]

tennant is too sissy to play Hamlet, this soliloquy lacks conviction. in other words it sucks

[allayne13]

holy crap. David's performance is breathtaking.

[allayne13]

hahahahaha ... i just realised what i said. sorry folks ... kind of.

[nibbler4444]

thanks to davids great acting skills, i managed to work out what was going on in the play :D

[HanksTennisBabe]

This is so great, you can really feel his pain and suffering!!

[markosantos79]

David Tennant is the best Hamlet I have ever seen!

[xooxViCtORiAxoox]

I can't understand this thing, I only see David!

[sdkicks]

i wish they would show his face more during the soliloquy, his acting SOUNDS great, i just wish i could see it more

[spacecowboy5000]

Proof positive of David Tennant's great acting skill. His subtle facial expressions, body language and the delivery of his lines are outstanding. He can take on any role he wishes with such talent. And to see him with Patrick Stewart, another amazing thesbian, just makes my day. I'm totally blown away.

[bebo1072]

@spacecowboy5000 i wudnt call his facial expressions subtle...but yeah hes an amazing actor

[Jadespeakschinese]

He looks so muck like a lost child I just want to go throught the screen and hug him telling him hes not alone. He such a good actor you can feel the emotion to the core of your soul.

[1988Marnie]

My favourite soliloquy from Hamlet. Ever!

[soralover135]

i feel like he's talking right to me! tennant is amazing!

[hep1013]

Oh, for the love of god, people. Read a good annotation of the play, and you'll get what's going on. Shakespeare's worth the effort!

[Bionic3333]

I'm Hungarian and I understand 90% of it. Shakespeare's plays are translated every 30 years or so - good for me, I know what they're talking about. Whereas, I doubt an English to English translation would be very greeted!

Still, David Tennant's brilliance in acting would radiate the meaning between the lines even if he was talking Chinese.

[MicrosoftWordStories]

I cant understand a word they say when they speak in rhyme, or old English or whatever the natural language of Denmark is/was....

I"M AMERICAN!

WE STUPID!

lol

[Elspethe]

@MicrosoftWordStories It's not the "natural" language of Denmark. Denmark's national language is Danish.

The language Shakespeare uses is hard for modern people to understand because it's about 400 years out of context. It's comprised of words and metaphors that aren't used/ well known anymore. It's archaic.

[MicrosoftWordStories]

@Elspethe whatever man. They should have just made it in like plane English so people that LOVE David could understand what he meant...and whats with the taking to the camera?

[Elspethe]

@MicrosoftWordStories It's called a soliloquy. Hamlet was originally written as play, and soliloquies are devices of playwriting where the character directly reveals his/her feelings to the audience. It's like... thinking out loud.

[Teen4thelight]

Stereotype, thy name is MicrosoftWordStories.

I'm american and I can understand shakespeare...

[Teen4thelight]

Capitalization however, is not my forté

[Pupucinet55]

And I'm French and I can understand Shakespeare...

[possibly12]

Wow David Tennant's acting is so...so....luscious here! *giggle*

[PaddySnuffles]

very well done. cuts right through you. and i can't even understand what he's saying!

I can't understand anything from shakespeare's plays in English - its too diferent from how we speak now. sounds like another language, as im already esl it just makes it harder to get the full literal meaning. not saying DT has bad at enincianting or whatever!

[Togamate01]

Sign of a good actor - you know their faces well, but you can still completely believe the character being portrayed.

[SilentmanX3]

David is awesome

I'm thinking they should make an anime of this, with the main character based on David

[shmoogle14]

an anime version of Hamlet? That would be....pretty cool!!!!

[SilentmanX3]

Yeah. The story will be the same as this, except it will be much more emotion and darker, & have some parts of the story extended. I'm also thinking the empire would be a corporation, like in that modern Romeo & Juliet film. & also with abit of Sci-Fi

[muffinlady18]

watching Tennant do Shakespeare is probably the best thing my eyes have ever laid eyes on.

[BorofAreguzanda]

Your eyes have ever laid eyes on?

Um...

[Kerridee100]

@muffinlady18 ditto--David Tennant is amazing : )

[tygortora]

@muffinlady18 amen to that!

[shinyhappyhairhead]

@muffinlady18 my eyes have ever laid eyes on? that's funny.

[Elanel]

You can love a person without being IN love with them, Ashes2Ashes1981.

[blufzms]

@Elanel while that may be true, there are arguably many hints within the text that their relationship transcends friendship (for example, they have a weird you in public/thee in private thing going on that implies they may be concealing something about their relationship, the "he that thou knowest thine", the fact there are other shakespeare characters who are blatanly gay (antonio from 12th night, for example). so, don't be so quick to judge!

[Elanel]

@blufzms Just checking, but are you only basing this on that letter ending? It just sounds like 'Sincerely yours' in Elizabethan to me.

[rengdang]

thats deep

[witn3ss]

thats deep

[millie33433]

Wow that monologue at the start was the best i have ever seen it done!

[MsWholigan]

"The King, my Father?" Thus it begins... I often wonder how much an actor might draw on their own experiences to convey such levels of grief and rage. Maybe that's why they call it "acting" though.

[bananas1and2]

I wonder that as well... I've read that some do and some don't, so maybe it depends on the actor.

Nice to see you and your thoughtful, intelligent comments again.

[MsWholigan]

I am touched. :-)

[lilsaint786]

I love this performance...brilliant.

[misseyre47]

That was beautiful. I love David and he is such an amazing actor<3

[bananas1and2]

That was just heart-wrenching.