Shylock

[lugvonfalk]

Best shylock ever!! very well done!

[Adria20012]

nice!

[Ukuleleric]

@Adria20012, hi Adria, thank you, Eric.

[Adria20012]

@Ukuleleric

you're welcome. :D

[Prowler1]

you are very good.

[Ukuleleric]

@Prowler1, hi there, how kind, thank you. Best, Eric.

[actorman1]

'Twas ok, but I didn't believe in the character. Truth was lacking and there was no light and shade.

[sparkyfender]

dude, YOU WERE AWSOME!! i have to say shylocks first speach in front of my class soon, your video really helps me decipher the pauses and expressions in this speach. I just hope mine is as awsome as yours. Cya

[Ukuleleric]

Hi sparkyfender, aw, how kind, thank you very much. Good luck with your rendition. Take care, Eric.

[cascab67]

Wonderful delivery, with just the right amount of passion. I've seen many Shylocks release too much rage in this speech, or sometimes not enough. You exercise just the right amount of restraint. I'd be curious to see you handle the "How like a fawning publican he looks..." speech.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi cascab67, wow, thank you so much for your lovely compliment. I don't think I'll be doing any more Shakespeare though, thanks for the suggestion. This was one of my earlier vids and was just one of the things I wanted to get 'out of my system'. Very interested in your vid of the harmonium. I'd seen this instrument being used, especially in Indian music but didn't know what it was. Thanks for that. Take care, Eric.

[biologyclass101]

i'm having a hard time making my voice strong because i'm a soft spoken lady and we have this speech, i'm appointed to shylock..the other half of the class is portia...Oh my...Goodluck to me.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi biologyclass101, thanks for posting, as you say, good luck to you. I'm sure you'll be fine, take care, Eric.

[antz4870]

Good work there Eric mate... I've just finished 'The Merchant myself' playing Shylock... See what you think if you have a moment.... I worked pretty hard on the accent!

[Ukuleleric]

Hi antz4870, thanks so much. Checked your vids out, excellent job. Take care, Eric.

[fat88andy]

you have excelled yourself with this one, Nice one Eric.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi fat88andy, aw, thanks so much mate. Take care, Eric.

[toby099]

I dont know if you guys have even ever seen a shylock portrayal before! He always has a italian accent.

[CecilBeaDeVil]

Pacino's style of speech carried none of the indelible cadences of the Italian accent in this role; Olivier's accent sounded like a stereotypical Golders Green Jewish accent without a trace of Italian; and Orson Welles played the part in his customary rich, cultured American accent. Therefore, it cannot be said that Shylock is always portrayed with an Italian accent.

[fideljr4]

Very convincing. I used these speech in a declamation contest and yet I won.

[Ukuleleric]

Hello fideljr4, thanks so much for posting and sharing. Take care my young friend, Eric.

[amm2911]

he doesn't have a beard

[CecilBeaDeVil]

Italian accent? I don't think that the Italian accent with which we are all familiar would have been appropriate for this part. Given that Shylock was a Jew of Venice, it's most likely that he would have been a Sephardic Jew, and the accent would have been Italianate yet distinctly different. This actor rolls his r's in a manner that alludes to a man who would have spoken Hebrew at the synagogue and a Hebraic-hybrid dialect at home; possibly Ladino. Thus it's very convincing, in my opinion.

[Bradleywalsh30]

this sucks. the best shylock monologues are done by Al Pacino and Lewis Mcelroy. No doubt about it

[rozihill93]

Have you seen Lewis McElroys version of this speech. Its totally the best. Go check that out, it beats any shylock monologue put on the web. Type in Lewis Mcelroy into youtube. Unmissable

[yashiromishoone]

brilliant, Not sure about the Italian accent though although that's probably because I've never seen it done that way. I thought that the second part was almost as well executed as you can hope to get(needs a bit more fire). but I thought that was better than Al Pacino's! He had enough fire but he absolutely murdered the lines.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi yashiromishoone, thank you so much for your eloquent and knowledgeable and complimentary comment. All the best, Eric.

[Nafke]

that was amazing. Thanks for putting this out. I saw my classmate perform this monologue but he didn't take it seriously. Yours is really great!

[Ukuleleric]

Hi Nafke, cheers mate, keep well, Eric.

[joveev]

thank you for the vid

[Ukuleleric]

Hey joveev, my pleasure dude! (I think that's right) I checked your vids out, wonderful! I'll add a link to them on my site: homevideotalentshow if that's okay? Incidentally, how do you train for your occupation? Keep well mate, ERic.

[racingheartbeat]

thanks for the help because i need too do an exam monologue.

(:

[Ukuleleric]

Hi racingheartbeat, cheers mate, and good luck with your exams. Best, Eric.

[TheHoodedDemon]

wow you did it flawlessly, absolutly inspiring your ability to present those monologues

[Ukuleleric]

TheHoodedDemon, hi Christoper, thank you so much for your kind comment. I enjoyed your vids too, keep up the good work. Eric.

[TheHoodedDemon]

thanks :) which one did youlike?

[muzikmafia27]

Wow that was great! I just got into Shakespeare and I have a lot of reading to do :) The first play I read was "The Merchant of Venice" and I've had fun watching people perform certain parts of it. Now I'm reading Macbeth.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi muzikmafia27, cheers mate, and good luck with 'The Scottish play', Eric.

[Ihrainov]

thanks a lot for uploading this, I'm doin the first speech (up to I'll you thus much moneys?) for my exam monologue, and this video has really been helping me, so thanks again.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi Ihrainov, thanks so much and good luck with the exam. Eric.

[RodrigoSchulzAlencar]

Did not watch the 1st monologue, but the 2nd is completely amazing.

I'm trying to memorize it so i can represent it in the middle of an english class (being me a Brazilian who lives in Portugal), as a secret thing, as i won't ask my teacher.

i'm gonna watch lots of time yours and al pacino's versions, so i can be different from both and have my own one.

[Ukuleleric]

Hey RodrigoSchulzAlencar, thanks so much for your comment. Good luck with your interpretation and don't be afraid to experiment. All the best, Eric.

[Themba88]

EXCELLENT...you should teach AL PACINO...tell him not to get too excited.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi Themba88, thank you so much for your kind words. All the best, Eric.

[Themba88]

You are welcomed, keep up the good work.

[CharlieN93]

I am... speechless. Such a great performance, worthy of any compliments that I can give. Brilliant, exquisite, bold... A true masterpiece. Superb performance and acting.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi CharlieN93, well, I am speechless to receive such praise. I can only say thank you, thank you, I am humbled. Eric.

[oldernwiser0]

superb rendition .. simply great !

[Ukuleleric]

Hi oldernwiser0, thank you so much, Eric.

[chronofiner]

Absolutely fantastic! You're really good at your expression! I love 1.21 to 1.38! 3.51 to 3.55 too! Overall, great! Thanks man!

[Ukuleleric]

Hi chronofiner, many thanks, Eric.

[ActingTilDeath]

Like the accent and fantastic acting, I'd just like to say that near the end of the video you being to shuffle to and fro on your feet apart from that it is perfect!

[Ukuleleric]

Hi ActingTilDeath, thanks for comment and compliment. Re shuffling. It's all a matter of interpretation. I felt the character was on a roll, blurting out things that he'd held pent up inside for years, and each statement leading on to the other spontaneously. Al Pacino does it a bit in the film but that's not why I did it. All the best in your career by the way. Eric.

[neerajamb]

Thanks a lot... yes, it does sound funcky even to me, but I will be delighted to let you comment on it. I have to warn you, we dance Indian Classical.

[neerajamb]

absolutely terrific! Could I use this speech as a background for a dance? Needless to say, I will acknowledge the actor

[Ukuleleric]

Hi neerajamb, thank you so much for comment and compliment. I don't know what you've got in mind, it's sounds whacky, but interesting. If you want to use my vid you have my permission and blessing. What would be great as well is if you could video your performance and upload it. If you do, please let me know where it is. Anyway, all the best and break a leg! Well, not really, but you know what I mean. Eric.

[neerajamb]

Could I have your full name please?

Thanks again. Neerja

[Ukuleleric]

Hi neerajamb, my name is Eric Storm. Good luck, Eric.

[EITHSNE1]

it is "BETTER THE INSTRUCTION"! loved your spirit,and wished it were done with a yiddish dialect. You would do great doing the KING HENRY speech to his son Hal in HEN IV,pt.I (act3,ii .."yet let me wonder,Harry.." THANKS FOR YOUR ACTING. This SHYLOCK needs that bit of that Yiddish bite.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi EITHSNE1. Thanks for comment. Yes I stand corrected. You are right it is 'better the instruction', however I didn't notice that I'd got it wrong till I'd finished and then I had to weigh the pros and cons of doing it again and getting the text right and perhaps losing some of the passion or whatever. These things I find are all a matter of compromise. As far as the accent goes, believe me I was trying for yiddish. It doesn't come naturally to me. Oyveh. Cheers, Eric.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi lovelylily18, many thanks. Re the 'Quality of mercy' speech. As you say she is impersonating a young man, and in Shakespeare's day she would indeed have been a young man. Aye, and there's the rub. How do I pull off being a young man? Could wear a mask I suppose! Cheers, Eric.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi coinageboy, thank you. Eric.

[lovelylily18]

Perfect! I just came back from a trip to Stratford, Ontario today. We saw The Merchant of Venice and I was very disappointed with Shylock's performance. It lacked depth and emotion, but above all passion. However, you pulled off these speeches amazingly!

Could you do The Quality of Mercy speech? After all, Portia was dressed as a man, wasn't she? :)

[Mystious]

That was a fantastic performance of Shylock. However your eyes wander off a few times and your body shifts back and forth alot that make the speech loses the seriousness a little bit.

[Ukuleleric]

Hi Mystious, thanks for comment. Eric.

[HotConflict]

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