The best speaker of Shakespeare, bar none, on record. RIP, Sir John.

Richard Burton said that for him John Gielgud was the finest verse speaker of his time.

ooh it leaves me speachless!

Tomorrow speech may be the best speech ever.

@nohumbug8636

3 жыл бұрын

Hamlet’s To Be or Not to be. Hard to beat.

Bravo.

Namaskar 👍

Believe it or not, I played Macbeth once -- not the full role, but read excepts during a Shakespeare class. I hit certain points of "Tomorrow and tomorrow" harder than Gielgud --- not saying I recited this superb speech better than he; although I had a rather rich baritone voice, was then in my mid-20 and had been studying Shakespeare for years --

@dedbaka

5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could've heard your recitation! Do you have any suggestions where to learn Classical Shakespeare acting in the style of Gielgud, Olivier, etc. ? I dislike modern styles, but it is hard to find any but that.

@thatslife2769

3 жыл бұрын

#Zriter59 Escritor it would be good for you to record and post it...gives us a chance to listen listen to it......Dust of those old scripts and give us a listen. Peace.

nice

The last of the old style!

to the right hand side of the Sun

Macbeth would ideally have a larger, more powerful voice, for this is a dramatic role -- on the other hand, Gielgud was the best Shakespearean speaker of whom we have recorded evidence; and he more than compensates for his lack of sheer thunderous power (think Olivier, Plummer, Sher) with his splendid lyricism and sheer tonal beauty.

@dedbaka

5 жыл бұрын

I like how aptly you describe his voice.

@waynesmith6784

3 жыл бұрын

His greatest strength may not be the beauty of his voice nor his perfect diction but that he keeps to the meter - seems simple but so many good actors don’t speak the verse as strict pentameter and lose the meaning and beauty of the poetry. As to sounding like Shakespeare or Burbage, we don’t actually know, do we? We do know that sounds of vowels and consonants have altered and that accent has changed , but by speaking the poetry as a specific kind of poetry- iambic pentameter- what Shakespeare intended can be achieved. And speaking of achievement, it’s unlikely that Shakespeare ever heard so good an actor as Gielgud.