Matthew is so perfect, so wonderful, so gorgeous and his voice, oh my, is pure perfection, what can we say.. just close our eyes and feel.. it´s Paradise..

When someone like Matthew reads Shakespeare, the poem becomes more understandable.

He can whisper sweet nothings in my ears all day long!

@yvettemarshallTWN

2 жыл бұрын

They’d be sweet somethings if he whispered. 😘

He captures this sonnets meaning so very well in his eyes, his lips, his voice. At the beginning you just want to give him a hug for feeling so down on himself. I know I do, and at the end you sort of smile with him :)

Modern translation: When I’m in disgrace with everyone and my luck has deserted me, I sit all alone and cry about the fact that I’m an outcast, and bother God with useless cries, which fall on deaf ears, and look at myself and curse my fate, wishing that I had more to hope for, wishing I had this man’s good looks and that man’s friends, this man’s skills and that man’s opportunities, and totally dissatisfied with the things I usually enjoy the most. Yet, as I’m thinking these thoughts and almost hating myself, I happen to think about you, and then my condition improves-like a lark at daybreak rising up and leaving the earth far behind to sing hymns to God. For when I remember your sweet love, I feel so wealthy that I’d refuse to change places even with kings. #poetry #shakespeare #Macfadyen #love

@lunaliteratura1014

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh Thank you for this!

@Jen999

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful! Would love to read more of your translations! Thank you so much for this❣️ Jen999💙

Some one used this clip for a presentation in class the other day. God I don't think I've ever cried so much, this sonnet is so beautiful and his reading of it is so amazing

He is the most perfect man on Earth :D I love his voice and smile and amazing eyes :D And surely Mr Darcy...:D

my god he's painfully handsome!!! *melts*

He's amazing. The voice is incredibly souful. Does anyone not love Matthew Macfadyen?

@jeenychinan8677

Жыл бұрын

Who does not?

@Jen999

Жыл бұрын

To know Matthew MacFadyen is to love him .. and we know him through all that he has done.. always he is indomitable .. enigmatic.. quintessential .. charismatic.. chameleonic .. unforgettable .. brilliant .. forever I could go on .. Even better he is kind.. gentle .. caring .. humble.. and funny .. a truly lovely man to all he knows.. snd all who so long to know him.. So how could you not love this beautiful man.. would be so much easier not to love the sunrise❣️ Jen999💙

i love his eyes especially in Pride and Prejudice! yay Mathew!!!

This is 2023 .. first time seeing and hearing this video .. and this achingly beautiful man with the magical and mesmerizing voice .. is STILL achingly beautiful.. Matthew MacFadyen is like the finest wine .. and the loveliest vintage rose .. he becomes more beautiful as he ages .. As he will always be to those who will love him eternally.. thank you most ardently for posting this ..❣ Jen999💙

@englishexpert1989

11 ай бұрын

There is nothing special about any actor

@Jen999

11 ай бұрын

@@englishexpert1989 Everyone is entitled to their opinion.. however to me everyone is special in their own way.. actors are people .. they do their job just like we do.. some are more talented than others.. but all are human with good points and some not so good.. just like us .. We cannot accurately judge another’s worth.. perhaps we may not consider a person special.. just an ordinary person I am.. but my 3 sons think I am special.. and to them I am.. as for Matthew MacFadyen.. he has children who think he is a pretty special guy.. So it comes down to a matter of opinion.. we each can choose.. I choose to think each one of us is special to those who love us.. :)

I recall my High School senior English teacher some 50 years ago reading this to us in what could best be considered a drone. He thought he could make us understand this sonnet because he could recite that it was in iambic pentameter. and tell us what the rhyme scheme was. If we had Mr. Macfadyen's reading then, we all would have come to love Shakespeare. Thank you.

What a truly splendid, fresh take on a sonnet that over the years grew a tad tired to my eyes and ears from over use, and then one day quietly departing, almost unnoticed, from my very consciousness. With this unpretentious, almost tongue in cheek, playful delivery by an actor solidly (impressively) in full charge of his craft, it takes on new layers of meaning and is, once again, solidly tucked away in my treasure chest of "most meaningful" poetry. Matthew does the Bard proud. Thank you for recognising the uniqueness of this "recital" - and for sharing it with us ! 💙💙💙

@frklinee

5 жыл бұрын

How beautiful

This has always been my favorite sonnet, and to hear him recite it...bliss. There's just something in his voice, I wish he would recite more poems! I fell in love with him as Darcy, he's just so talented!

His voice! His eyes! His lashes! OMG!

Yes, one of my favorites…Shakespeare’s Sonnets say so much. 💚😌❤️

Beautiful man, poem, background song...voice and so much more. I wish I could see this movie...and hear even more poems recited by Matthew in that soothing voice.

Have mercy. Wow.

This man can act anything. There's something so telling in his eyes and vulnerable when he's doing the poems. He also has showed it in everything he's done. They could probably just put a camera on his eyes and have him recite anything and you could feel the expression. Beautiful :D

God bless you all ! :) Thank you .... SONNET 29 When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

@possiblypoet

3 жыл бұрын

0:20

@kacperchocha3827

3 жыл бұрын

thx !

@kysontristan2626

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you guys cares but if you are bored like me during the covid times you can watch all of the new series on instaflixxer. I've been watching with my brother recently :)

@rockyorion1362

3 жыл бұрын

@Kyson Tristan Yea, been using InstaFlixxer for years myself :)

@Alexiss2004

2 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you for this

What a wonderful voice he has. I really admire him.

This is wonderful. I have watched it many times. Thank you for posting

SONNET 29, Shakespeare When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

@yvettemarshallTWN

2 жыл бұрын

Romantic perfection. Could only come from the inside. Thank you.🌹Love, your earth angel. 👼🏽

My favourite sonnet and favourite actor! What a treat

This always puts a smile on my face... Simply amazing....

His voice is so 🔥🔥🔥

Oh! *SWOONS* Dear Lord, his every expression and every movement reveals the feelings... :) Beautiful. He's just so good to look at when he gets into his role... and also when he doesn't ;)

his eyes, his voice... i'm in heaven! :*

he could read the london telephone book, I´d still watch this!!!

his lashes ladies... his lashes...

@SinAngel210683

7 жыл бұрын

ohhh yes

@dilyaturadjanova5073

3 жыл бұрын

Yes:-))

Oh, this gorgeous man and his amazing voice! He is absolutely beyond compare!!!

*closes eyes* *sighs* What an amazing voice and reading--so true, raw, and brilliant!

I'm melting inside...I'm actually melting

I've discovered this video yesterday and I'm watching it again... and again... and again....

1:04 Omg, he's so adorable 💕

I've never been one that cared much for poetry, but oh my my, he surely has changed my mind!! I could listen to that voice all day & of course looking at those beautiful eyes & mouth while he did so wouldn't hurt a bit. Lol What a hottie!!!

Often wonder does his parents and siblings have the same smooth voice as his or was it refined at Drama school love it♥️♥️

@JillianBeach77

3 жыл бұрын

I thought I read somewhere that the unique timbre of his voice was from years of smoking. 😂 I’m not sure exactly how much of that I believe.

@Jen999

Жыл бұрын

@@JillianBeach77 Find it doubtful.. rather think his voice is a gift he was born with🌹 Jen999💙

That voice ,that voice , that voice...

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possessed, Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

my favorite sonnet, and this is a great version

Excellent. Thank you for posting. I used this in my English classroom. It really helped my students comprehend the poem.

That voice.

@alixena9340

6 жыл бұрын

Awmagawd

One of my favourite sonnets, and beautifully delivered. Thank you.

Роскошный,невероятный голос!!!

I've always thought that a man who likes poetry is more valuable than the most handsome man in the world.

@Jen999

Жыл бұрын

It is 2023 and I just saw this video for the first time.. I agree with your comment.. That said.. to me .. Matthew MacFadyen is truly beautiful.. he was when this video was made.. and he remains so today.. Have heard many of his poetry readings.. he also read some pivotal chapters of Pride and Prejudice.. he was brilliant.. Matthew is awesome.. and a grand and gentle guy as well as a consummate actor.. Btw.. loved your comnent.. most ardently :) Jen999💙

Goddess; that smooth, velvet voice has me hypnotized

His voice was made for poetry.

Best version on KZread.

OMG....his eyes, his voice, his charisma.....the dreams made of....

Oh, thank you for this!

He is so 💗

I liked this video...thank you ) lovely reading !

that's stunning. it really touched me for some reason.

This is amazing. I love how eloquently he read that poem. By the way, Sonnet 29 is amazing.

his voice is just to die for.

I'm thinking of using this for my wedding. Pure own age by Mattie in this clip, turns the corner on the laugh and sticks the landing. Another instance of pure acting professionalism by Macfadyen. I'm cs

Linda voz!

I love the way his mouth looks when he says "sullen earth". YUM.

He makes me crazy. Great actor and gorgeous. Matthew's voice is amazing. He's a superstar.

Thank you, this has been added to our playlists here, and on face book. :)...

Lovely to see this again!

Gorgeous ❤️

Restating this for my class project!^~^ thanks Matthew

I humbly request the universe put Matthew Macfadyen and Colin O'Donoghue in the same room reading literally anything to me

You have a really nice voice,i enjoyed listening.

Oh My God! This guy could read the phone book to me and I'd be in Heaven!

i love you Matthew! 😍😍😍😍. that voice. 😍😍😍😍

His voice is just so aweome haha he really really melt me and... Wow haha

:D me encanta su voz, no existe persona como él, es tan .. lindo jejeje

So much better spoken than many others.

Love this. Nothing else *-*

Wow... fantastic!

This is an amazing sonnet.. Love Shakespeare! You guys need to check out Frost and Faulkner too.

seriously Line, i could hear him reading this poems all night *sigh* Love it ;)

i just loooooooov the way he speaks =D

Lol. I second that. I was actually looking through my literature book today and I saw this sonnet and I immediately thought, "I hope we listen to Matthew read this." XP

how beautiful voice

Oh my effing... I can't even begin to explain how adorable he is with short hair. And then this voice reciting that poem...*dies*

Happily I think on thee.

hermosa vos!!

I would definitely like reading Shakespeare at school if he read it to us! LOL He has such a lovely voice! Thanks for uploading this Line :)

@kissmaria2554

5 жыл бұрын

Il est ferfect comme acteur ! Csodálatos ember. Nem jutok hozzá az üvöltő szelek című filmjéhez amit 1998 bán forgatták , magyarul ou en français . Megköszönném ,Merci

1 of 3 poems read by him on the DVD called Essential Poems.

wish their were more women like you in the world who valued culture and intellect than just their appearance

He is fascinating! And magnetic! Brilliant actor and sexy as hell! :-)))))))))))

The greatest day of my life would be when Matthew Macfadyen and Alan Rickman read to me . . .

I agree 100%!!!!

because he does it so well and not everyone can do it..just enjoy..

Ooooooooo, lovely fantasy ^^ Thanks for that :D

Touching

His voice is mezmerising.

Goodness, he is so dreamy.

I need it on my iPod!

he is soooooooooooo fit! its like arr i wish he was my english teacher i would off defo listened then! let be honest i think we all would!

How can this man be so beyond the perfection of hottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss!?!?!?

jesus.. what a man!

that was a great sonnet

Be rich in hope!

Oohhh. I want him.

this was good, dam good

Good lord I would listen to him recite the phone book!