Thank you to Bob Ross for hosting such a significant theatrical workshop.

This is a masterclass of performing shakespeare. Such a beautiful and poetic delivery.

1:47 Having the voice warble on 'man' in "I am the man" is so brilliant!

Viola has some great lines. Her playful sparring (as Cesario) with Olivia when they first meet is always delightful to hear performed well.

Such magnificence in the regal voice of Lady Judy Dench in WS's Twelfth Night

Decades ago, I watched her play Viola opposite Richard Pasco at Stratford. It is so lovely to see her play the scene again, elsewhere In John Barton's series; the bit where Viola says, "My father had a daughter loved a man..." The production was wonderful; she was absolutely riveting.

Twelfth Night My favorite of all of the Bard's plays.

She's just....perfect.

It's great to see the two masters, Sir John and Dame Judi. I don't understand the use of time signature in her delivery. She has spoken of it in the past but I dont recognize how to use it nor do I understand how she is using it.

It’s absolutely great ... oh dear ... classics ... Shakespeare.....

I'm doing this for a drama school audition on Saturday...eek! Exciting :D

@rileyjeffries6015

4 жыл бұрын

Did you get in... lmao

@xKDxx

Жыл бұрын

@@rileyjeffries6015 I'm interested too

Doing this for my Shakespeare assessment next week and bricking it! In the morning, I'm playing Don John in (an abridged version of) Much Ado About Nothing. In the afternoon, I'm doing this speech. The two characters couldn't be more different, and it's really difficult to switch from one personality to another...

@ToniAynia

8 жыл бұрын

+Olivia McDonagh Wow! I hope all went well for you with such a terrible daunting task!

Breathtaking.

Yes, Judi is wonderful and lo I had so much trouble with Shakespear but she makes it easy.

I love this! she's great

Some think this speech is now overused and hackneyed. This rendition returns it to its pristine glory.

everyone needs a little Sir John in the morning.

I agree. The "light dawns on marble head" revelation by stubbs really gets me moved more than this rendition.

That is marvelous !

Thank you.

A Gifted actress indeed.

This was truly fine

so amazing

bravo. pure genius

doing this 4 an exam, this really helped :)

Brilliant. 😮

She makes the rest of us look so shallow in our work. She's just so f*cking good.

all dench is a pompus adliber the best stage actress of the 70s sueson fleetwood brillant in everything she was in

Come on, Judy! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

daaaamn

@rebeccajoh It's an argument but bear in mind that a) this was not meant to be the Performance of Record and b) Twelfth Night is in fact not entirely a comedy.

It’s so intriguing to see ones acting side to ones natural self it’s a duality it seems fake but a skill

Once you've seen Fry and Laurie send this up you can't watch it !

i love it. tragic and a bit arch. not really one for the groundlings in comedic approach but still excellent. like drinking wine that's so expensive it's a little gross but still incredible hahaha

did Leonard Hofstaedter get his hand fidgeting posture from her, I wonder?

I have to say, I love Judi Dench, but on this one, I prefer Imogen Stubbs' version in the Trevor Nunn film of Twelfth Night, it's so much more fun and interesting!

@msinvincible2000

4 жыл бұрын

I agree.

Omg. I want to become like them 😍

Where's Lionel?

The production in the 60s with Dorothy tutin was superior

God shes so good

I'm just gonna leave this here... kickass.to/john-barton-word-of-mouth-playing-shakespeare-t2304375.html

I agree, some of the lines she delivered well, I liked the way she ended it particularly but again there is no comedy there - it didn't make me laugh anyway!

@sorchamccarrey

Жыл бұрын

i thought that first time i watched too. but then i came back and it was funnier than i remembered. i think she's much funnier than most of the people i have seen do it but she's not exactly "playing the comedy" u kno, she's not going to bash u over the head w it. it's more knowing, less urgent than a lot of versions i've seen and beautiful for that

This is acting!!! People, we do not know anymore. We are brainwashed by movies.

It's Steven Fry surely. Doing a satire on a Shakespearian masterclass.

Not a very good reading. She's rushing. And she misses a lot of opportunities. But she's young. And she got so much better. Orson Wells does Shakespeare best, I think. Check him out.

really really dislike the way judi's done this. Its serious yes, but its also a moment where Viola can share with the audience some of the humour of the situation. A bit too hammy and one note for my liking.

Can’t take it seriously in Received Pronunciation. Too plummy, feels like she’s missing the chance to either convey irony or Viola’s dismay at this love triangle. Once you go OP there’s no going back.