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It& #39;s Shakespeare& #39;s birthday so I will be celebrating it because he taught me to love language. He lives on. Here& #39;s his sonnet on being tongue-tied by love. https://abcmedia.akamaized.net/rn/podcast/2012/02/was_20120212_1455.mp3">https://abcmedia.akamaized.net/rn/podcas...
Oh my gods, an entire version of @IanMcKellen& #39;s "Acting Shakespeare" from just pre-Stonewall. Weird times. Still pure wisdom and stagecraft (and check out my other unlinked tweets on Shakespeare; going to make a thread now) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6eztyfrWo8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
This is a perfect example of how electric Shakespeare& #39;s writing can be in the right hands; Dench and Cumberbatch bossing Twelfth Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjCLXQSh180">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
The best Beatrice and Benedick I ever saw; they make it look simple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgcKjbGSfE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
And here they are, turning from painful tragedy to shocking comedy in a heartbeat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK0jlGM-uSI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
And then of course there& #39;s Shakespeare spinoffs. Here& #39;s the superb Stoppard one, as done by @timminchin and @fallofasparrow (how I wish there was a full film of this version). Happy Birthday Will.
Women get great speeches in Shakespeare. Here& #39;s the wonderful Diana Ring (and this whole version of Dream is online) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A8MxC8XcoE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Speaking of Dream, the greatest version ever (Peter Brook& #39;s) and I& #39;m so lucky I was born long enough ago to see it live; I& #39;ve never found a full version online, have you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-XdfK0ntHw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Though this Dream, a year ago in London, was a terrific experience, gender bending and joyous and worth finding in full online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK03N-wKOTk">https://www.youtube.com/watch... Happy Birthday, Will.
I started with a sonnet read beautifully so I& #39;ll end with one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Ja0Paz04s">https://www.youtube.com/watch... Happy Birthday Will. What& #39;s your favourite Shakespeare?
PS: Here& #39;s several of the actors from this thread, gloriously taking the piss out of the whole thing, held together by @timminchin. Bless them one and all. Happy Birthday Will.
