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

Act I, scene 2. Claudius announces his marriage to Gertrude and Horatio tells Hamlet of his encounter with his father's ghost. Part 2.

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Entertainment

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• Hamlet
• David Tennant
• Patrick Stewart
• Penny Downie
• Gregory Doran
• Shakespeare

[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.

[slightlyinsaneFTW]

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

[TheEliseylou]

@EliteslayerX Why remind me of that! Now i cant stop laughing XD!

[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!"

[YuukiHyouketsu]

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

[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!

[nehnehmjfan22]

@YuukiHyouketsu She did...Mel Gibson version!

[ptercottontail]

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

[ptercottontail]

@YuukiHyouketsu she did play ophelia