Hands down, my favorite interpretation of the soliloquy. You hear the resonance and rage, but the doubt and the grief too. It’s as if he’s really contemplating these thoughts for the first time and voicing them. It’s the only Hamlet to make me cry.
You can still love The Bard and find that comment funny….in fact I would go as far to say Shakespeare himself would be pissing himself at that reference were he alive 😂
Best ever! Better than Hiddleston, better than Branagh. Paapa should receive the Red Book for this soliloquy alone! Exactly the right amount of youth and confusion and doubt and rhythm. Exquisite!!!!
Branagh always seemed to have his huge ego in any Shakespeare play. It was it where we couldn't fully believe him as that character. Paapa is one of the best traditional portrayals I've seen, and Andrew Scott's version is a whole new take on it.
this is the best version of the speech I've seen so far, and I think it'll be pretty hard to top it. all that emotion came out strong, even without the use of music or sound effects. This is the kind of acting that I wish was more common, because now I wont be able to look at the kind of acting I usually see and think its actually good. 😔
I like this interpretation with a set design that brings it into a contemporary experience. My goodness, did you notice the actor is weeping? And this soliloquy occurs at the beginning of the Act. (Way to set the tone. Well done.) T.S. Eliot observed of "Hamlet" that it is "the Mona Lisa of literature." It's probably the most well-known of Shakespeare's plays for the general audience. Another scholar describes Hamlet's depression and anger at what happened in his family as 'manic.' This interpretation reveals a lot about the character. It's also not distracting from the words. There's just the right amount of body movements and facial expressions. Hamlet would have been going through what we now call the five stages of grief so his emotions can be all over the place. And I guess throughout the play, they are. I can't say enough good things about this performance. I appreciate its inclusion on UA-cam.
Miro y miro este video muchas veces. No puedo creer lo que veo. Es una de las interpretaciones de este soliloquio, más increíbles que ví. Si no la mas buena de todas ellas. Una bestia Pappa!!! Genio total!
To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there’s the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover’d country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.-Soft you now! The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remember’d.
Oh that was so good! I love the emphasis placed on "is" rather than "that" in "that is the question"... Cumberbatch rendered it that way as well. Yes, I think I may have to agree with Demais - best ever! He nailed it!!
I've only seen the play once, way back in (I think) 1968, Nicol Williamson played Hamlet. I don’t remember enjoying that performance greatly, I certainly wasn’t gripped by it in the same way as by this powerful, original and compelling soliloquy by Paapa Essiedu.
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die-to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream-ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause-there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life.
He neither plays nor recites, he lives in this role. I share all feelings, emotions he conveys. No literature, but life. Shakespeare would be pleased. After all, Hamlet was a guy rather than Seneca. He expressed himself rather than moralized.
I really can't see him as Snape. Maybe it's just the stage acting thing, but I'm worried he might lay it on a bit too thick during the emotional scenes later in the story.
Give me Olivier. Or Gielgud. Or Burton. This is too emotional. This soliloquy is a meditation on death. Hamlet is not hysterical. He’s a scholar. A philosopher.
Hands down, my favorite interpretation of the soliloquy. You hear the resonance and rage, but the doubt and the grief too. It’s as if he’s really contemplating these thoughts for the first time and voicing them. It’s the only Hamlet to make me cry.
Exactly how I feel , it was the best hamlet I ever experienced in person
I'm not a huge fan of TED talks, but this is a good one.
you are not funny
@@sashapearce680 one may find it funny though. I do, for example. Being fun doesn't mean disrespecting art.
You can still love The Bard and find that comment funny….in fact I would go as far to say Shakespeare himself would be pissing himself at that reference were he alive 😂
@@edoardodalpra4742 Exactly what is it that you find funny? Would just like to know.
😂😂😂
Best ever! Better than Hiddleston, better than Branagh. Paapa should receive the Red Book for this soliloquy alone! Exactly the right amount of youth and confusion and doubt and rhythm. Exquisite!!!!
I personally still like Branagh's version better, but this is great. As is Adrian Lester's
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I like it very much but personally find Andew Scott’s interpretation more interesting and captivating
Branagh always seemed to have his huge ego in any Shakespeare play. It was it where we couldn't fully believe him as that character.
Paapa is one of the best traditional portrayals I've seen, and Andrew Scott's version is a whole new take on it.
What a beautiful voice Essiedu has!
This is the best, he is so great in this monologue, things like this makes me really appreciate the craft of acting?
this is the best version of the speech I've seen so far, and I think it'll be pretty hard to top it. all that emotion came out strong, even without the use of music or sound effects. This is the kind of acting that I wish was more common, because now I wont be able to look at the kind of acting I usually see and think its actually good. 😔
Yes!
I like this interpretation with a set design that brings it into a contemporary experience. My goodness, did you notice the actor is weeping? And this soliloquy occurs at the beginning of the Act. (Way to set the tone. Well done.) T.S. Eliot observed of "Hamlet" that it is "the Mona Lisa of literature." It's probably the most well-known of Shakespeare's plays for the general audience. Another scholar describes Hamlet's depression and anger at what happened in his family as 'manic.' This interpretation reveals a lot about the character. It's also not distracting from the words. There's just the right amount of body movements and facial expressions. Hamlet would have been going through what we now call the five stages of grief so his emotions can be all over the place. And I guess throughout the play, they are. I can't say enough good things about this performance. I appreciate its inclusion on UA-cam.
For me personally, that is the best interpretation so far..
Nicely done. I think my students in my English classes will appreciate this version.
this is utterly amazing! the emotions and work put into this is truly amazing. best performance, hands down!
Ah, this rocks my world. Thank you for the inspiration!
Hi buddy
Very VERY good. Accents and passion in all the right places.
This one and Andrew Scott’s are the best interpretations ever
Miro y miro este video muchas veces. No puedo creer lo que veo. Es una de las interpretaciones de este soliloquio, más increíbles que ví. Si no la mas buena de todas ellas. Una bestia Pappa!!! Genio total!
WOW. Best version yet. I am lucky to have been able to witness siuch talented artistry. Beautiful. Bravo.
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover’d country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.-Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember’d.
Thank you very much
Researching his acting chops since he’s rumored to be playing Snape in the new Harry Potter show. He has the chops for sure.
Nope.
Not everyone who has acting chops is a good choice for portraying Severus Snape.
Oh that was so good! I love the emphasis placed on "is" rather than "that" in "that is the question"... Cumberbatch rendered it that way as well. Yes, I think I may have to agree with Demais - best ever! He nailed it!!
I've only seen the play once, way back in (I think) 1968, Nicol Williamson played Hamlet. I don’t remember enjoying that performance greatly, I certainly wasn’t gripped by it in the same way as by this powerful, original and compelling soliloquy by Paapa Essiedu.
That’s definitely way back
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die-to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream-ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause-there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
Showed this to a stage actor in my family
I was made to cut it 3 seconds into the soliloquy
This is amazing. The best I have seen and heard. It has the WOW factor 💐🌟
Wonderful 👏
Here to see what this actor can do concerning the Snape rumors, as I'm not familiar with him.
What did you decide?
my boi paapa is talented
Amazing performance 🥰
He neither plays nor recites, he lives in this role. I share all feelings, emotions he conveys. No literature, but life. Shakespeare would be pleased. After all, Hamlet was a guy rather than Seneca. He expressed himself rather than moralized.
Wow this may just be my favorite rendition of hamlets soliloquy holy shit
Such a brilliant actor, I see this and I just saw him as Kwame in “I May Destroy You”
Holy shit that was BEAUTIFUL.
Bravo,bravissimo
I really can't see him as Snape. Maybe it's just the stage acting thing, but I'm worried he might lay it on a bit too thick during the emotional scenes later in the story.
Don’t worry. That is 9 ish years from now. This wonderful actor will be able to do it. He will develop as snape and he will feel the character.
Because he's gonna use the same acting style for a totally different story to Harry Potter. Have you not heard about directors?
They played this in my class yesterday and confused all of us 😂
Mind Blowing. Wow
He is amazing!!
Yep, phew, wonderful, best interpretation
Excellent
this version is PHENOMENAL I'm obsessed omg
This is awesome.
Holy shit this was awesome!
Shakespeare is finally stepping into 2022 ..... he has become friendly n speak like us. Great one!
This is gorgeous!
As far as art written in cursive goes, this is it.
"Death, the un-chartered and unknown land from which no man returns"
bravo ı feel everything thank you !
Possibly the best version I've seen. But I've never sen a perfect version. Maybe it can't be done?
Listen to Paul Scofield!!!!
what's perfect?
fantastic
really very osm . i liked it
Based asf
This man could make a great doctor who, he has such a great presence
nice😊
🙏
good af
👏👏👏
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Give me Olivier. Or Gielgud. Or Burton. This is too emotional. This soliloquy is a meditation on death. Hamlet is not hysterical. He’s a scholar. A philosopher.
Papa smashed it. Great actor! why is Dull Hiddleston a star and this guy ain't? Makes no sense to me
They are both exceptionally talented! But Hiddleston dull?? Have you seen him as Loki?
Be Severus Snape!
Very believable. Actually sounds like a distraught young man with jumbled thoughts. Disbelief suspended.
You are my bae right now
he seems drunk
great actor
Ahahahahaha😂😂🤡
Fr fr
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
I came here to hear if he sounded like a potential snape. No.
Melodramatic Africa!
kultural approposhion!
You're speaking a European language.
it sounds like a rap. maybe Shakespeare is kind of good at rhyme. indeed lime, sweet and sour.
😂