Macbeth's "Tomorrow" Speech and Hamlet's Soliloquy -- Sir John Gielgud

A Meditation on Life, Death and Faith. Features one of England's finest Shakespearean actors, Sir John Gielgud, reciting Hamlet's Third Soliloquy and an unidentified actor from The Marlowe Society as Macbeth, delivering the famous "Tomorrow Speech". "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from "Orfeo ed Euridice" by Gluck follows, accompanied by Christian art, prayers and quotes from Scripture, along with famous quotations by Robert Herrick, Keats and Homer. Paintings by Carl Heinrich Bloch and Adolphe William Bougereau (Dante and Virgil in Hell). Video edited by Gilda Tabarez for educational use only.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Shakespeare
• Macbeth
• Hamlet
• Gluck
• Inspirational
• Life
• Death
• Hell
• Religion
• Spirituality
• Theology
• Drama
• Theater

[vanderbilt887]

Gielgud's recitations of Shakespeare are excellent stuff.

I like the MacBeth recitation as well, the "tomorrow" speech. No one knows who he is?

[Parysia77]

@vanderbilt887 It may be Trevor Bowen as Macbeth but I don't know for sure.

Thank you for your post. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

[IgnisRepublica]

You're an artist. This video is your best and my favourite. I really appreciate this kind of themes, these symbols and the literature included. Hope you'll do more like this. Thank you :)

[Parysia77]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one. I'm very grateful for your encouragement and support!

[theparsonstale]

I'm quite sure this isn't John Gielgud.

Ralph Richardson, perhaps?

[Parysia77]

The actor reciting the Tomorrow Speech from Macbeth is not John Gielgud, but that is definitely Gielgud performing Hamlet's Soliloquy which follows. The first voice you hear is an unidentified actor from the Marlowe Society.

[GanarfGeorgie]

Beautiful! Wonderful!Powerful!

BRAVO!

[intooblv]

First one sounds kind of like Charles Laughton.

[MissFireMagic]

Moving film.

[vanderbilt887]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[Hellishcrusade]

@kawshun - They are locusts....completely apt, now that you know...no?