Ben Kingsley as Edmund Kean (1982 TV) part 1 of 5

A one man play written by Raymund FitzSimons on the famous actor Edmund Kean (1787-1833).

link below to playlist of all 5 of these Kingsley/Kean video uploads:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DFF4BE8FA1E566D7

"It was in the impersonation of the great creations of Shakespeare's genius that the varied beauty and grandeur of the acting of Kean were displayed in their highest form..."

His opening at Drury Lane on the 26th of January 1814 as Shylock roused the audience to almost uncontrollable enthusiasm. Successive appearances in Richard III., Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and Lear served to demonstrate his complete mastery of the whole range of tragic emotion. His triumph was so great that he himself said on one occasion, "I could not feel the stage under me." On the 29th of November 1820 Kean appeared for the first time in New York as Richard III. The success of his visit to America was unequivocal, although he fell into a vexatious dispute with the press...

---from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

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[snivellusfriend]

This is so funny! Ben Kingsley is great; I am now a big fan. Thank you for posting this!

[beatacatthegreat]

Ben is an outstanding actor and I'm extremely happy to admire his talent in this play. Thank you very much for posting this.

[eslubin]

@diddeliduddi how do you see kean

[AX223]

I actually taught him how to act.

[mrmartinmartin]

So intense, so awsome!

[bmdsmith]

Wow. What a wonderful bit. Educational, fun, and spot on --Thanks for posting this.

[tightbastard]

A master class.

[diddeliduddi]

I'm reading about Edmund Kean alot these days, and I myself don't see the Edmund in this interpretation, anyhow Ben is still a marvelous actor!

[Shazbut01]

Well this seals it. He's one of the best in the world

[Sarit31]

I'm a very big fan of Ben Kingsley's and I'm always interested in posts like this. Thankyou.