Shakespeare Live! | To be, or not to be | Royal Shakespeare Company

"To be, or not to be..."
Performance by Paapa Essiedu, Tim Minchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Rory Kinnear, Sir Ian McKellen, Harriet Walter, Dame Judi Dench and HRH the Prince of Wales.
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC was aired on BBC Two on 23 April 2016, and is currently available to watch on BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/i...

[@retnavybrat]

RSC, you need to post the entire skit for this bit to have any impact. It skips all the best bits. I still bust out laughing when Tim Minchin and Sir Ian "mistake" Benedict Cumberbatch for another actor. : D

[@karenpatton9675]

retnavybrat vimeo.com/164153824

[@cerosaroset2263]

Karen Patton You are fantastic.

[@DravenGal]

Karen Patton Did they take it off TH-cam?

[@ausplus]

@@karenpatton9675 Thankyou

[@kathleenclark5877]

They keep calling him Eddie Redmayne, a contemporary of Benedict’s. I wish I. Outdoor find the full version. It is hilarious!

[@DravenGal]

Talk about the “Royal” Shakespeare Company!

[@Jfk3434]

Adorable and good fun brilliant idea

[@isabelletiselius3635]

Well done, Your Majesty.

[@zoefang4563]

For the record, when I worked behind the scenes in my high school's production of Hamlet some seventeen years back--our Hamlet WAS indeed a female. She was absolutely brilliant. I still remember congratulating her on such a brilliant portrayal after the play. Our Guildenstern was a female too.
Where's Andrew Scott and Tom Hiddleston??? You ask all the past Hamlets to come together and leave out MORIARTY AND LOKI??? Really?
LMAOO @ "To Be or Not to be that ISSSSS the question" xDDDDDD I was dying.

[@DavidLarsonCDNIS]

Without the first six minutes, this is such a disappointment.

[@steamflunky8744]

Thanks

[@gwendolynsheperd9011]

Thanks!

[@reign8428]

You are a blessing!

[@alan5496]

@@karenpatton9675 MVP

[@arm_613]

I knew about - and had seen the first bit - but had no idea about the last bit. Thank you so much!

[@ledichang9708]

Gandalf, Doctor Who and Sherlock. To find two better actors would be a wild goose chase.

[@xSheTalksToTheTrees]

*the doctor

[@kissanna5579]

and M

[@princenathan3941]

The some asian girls

[@zenburns3138]

We watched this in ELA... I saw Benedict Cumberbatch and starting quietly freaking out in my seat 😂

[@rebeccacahill1000]

Well damn...just saw this...it's the funniest thing ever...and all I can find on it is the punch line....I want it all!!!!

[@MichaelAres]

I just watched this yesterday in California, and this bit was hilarious! I need to brush up on my Shakespeare!

[@thebathuman]

th-cam.com/video/bPduoU826ew/w-d-xo.html

[@OIRARevenge]

Tim Minchin -super!!!

[@klafrance7401]

I. LOVE. THIS!!!

[@ozziecomedian1786]

I’m liking this Dr Strange and Magneto crossover

[@classicambo9781]

I definitely stand with Ben on this one, the stress should be on 'Not'.

[@KatieT97]

Kate Simpson agreed

[@michaelmayoh656]

No charles is right as all the great actors have played it

[@AvaT42]

Haha. That is fabulous

[@dailynagi]

wheres the full video?? plsss

[@SashaLaurenAuthor]

Please post the whole skit

[@jtobin13]

Fun

[@xanthus32]

Hilarious! I just wish you could show the lot. :-(

[@Shaden0040]

Tryingto find a good version of the full skit.

[@momocat14]

You forgot to mention that the fabulous Harriet Walter's in this too.

[@loyolaleveroni5061]

One of the highlights of the "Shakespeare Show!" When will the show in its entirety be made available to American audiences?

[@retnavybrat]

It's available on iTunes in the Movies (I believe) section. I forgot how much it costs or if it can be rented.

[@Pecosinger]

It's on Amazon, too. PBS used to stream it, and maybe they will again.

[@politicalscientist8880]

Why us the full video suddenly so hard to find?

[@bookwoman53]

I wonder where I can see the whole thing.

[@FrankEstevez]

Sherlock!

[@tanupesoa]

Can anyone PLEASE give me the link of the full video?

[@princenathan3941]

The Grandfather of Archie Jesus Harrison

[@julienlavoie6908]

Is there a full version of this available somewhere?

[@theRSC]

It's currently on iPlayer. This scene is at 01:27:00
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0791mqd/shakespeare-live-from-the-rsc

[@julienlavoie6908]

@@theRSC Thanks!

[@lieke9516]

can people not in the uk also watch it? i can’t access iplayer

[@franticzenster8140]

Not bad, Prince.

[@CelineNader]

The whole clip can also be found on Vimeo: vimeo.com/174434551

[@zoefang4563]

On facebook too. :P

[@danielgraham7122]

And Harriet Walter.

[@tracy2919]

This sucks. I was going to cite this video in a paper I'm writing on the original text vs.delivery of lines in movie and stage adaptations but I can't cite what isn't there xC

[@Noelito40]

Who is the lady who stresses the "be"?

[@Noelito40]

Found it, it's Harriet Walter! The full cast is, (in order); Paapa Essiedu, Tim Minchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Harriet Walter, David Tennant, Rory Kinnear, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, and Prince Charles. See www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/23/prince-charles-plays-hamlet-in-brilliant-bbc-sketch/

[@LucyAndTikki]

Andrew Scott did it best

[@arandolph826tube]

The whole thing is on Vimeo: vimeo.com/174434551

[@solidoperative]

Er no...

[@Antidote2211]

vimeo.com/174434551
to watch the whole skit.

[@alba5502]

Great, thank you. It's much more satisfying to see how they've built up to this point.

[@nicolasgallardo4866]

I only recognize the dumbo who ruined the life of lady di, dr strange and the lady who had a fish and chip shop in the simpsons
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[@schatzienz]

What fawning sycophants clapping, screaming and raving over old chucky. Mind you looking at all the luvvies in that group of actors I am not surprised. Disappointed in David Tennant though he looked just as fruity as the rest of them and simpering over his proximity to the heir to the throne.

[@poughkeepsies5363]

its
its a joke

[@shaunbarbee2087]

marian hunter you understand that this is a bit, right?

[@samsignorelli]

The irony of an ACTUAL prince closing the skit out is lost on Marian.
I thought the skit was very funny even though I didn't know some of the players.

[@frizzlethecat2084]

Probably pointless, three years later, but: What did you watch? David Tennant steps back and goes to grab Dame Judy Dench to walk off stage. There's no "simpering". (from anyone, really) Apart from that: I'm pretty sure everything was scripted.