What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba? - ANDREW SCOTT as Hamlet

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
  • Act Two, Scene Two. Lines 421-606. The arrival of the players. Priam's slaughter at the hands of Pyrrhus. What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba? The play's the thing in which I'll catch the conscience of the king.

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  • @MeetLeAnne
    @MeetLeAnne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    First time I’ve truly believed the Hamlet onstage. A raw, authentic performance that encapsulated Shakespeare’s story from Andrew and his entire supporting cast. AND I want to throw up a middle finger to all the ‘prestigious’ acting schools who say it’s impossible to play Hamlet without proper training. HOGWASH. Andrew Scott doesn’t have Shakespeare training and LOOK what he did : he disrupted the stage as Hamlet in a way I’ve never seen before, I understood EVERY word, his thought processes, and for the first time, as well, this Hamlet was supported by a cast who, also, were not ‘Shakespeare-y’ but all were living breathing human beings telling a story. THIS is how you approach Hamlet. Thank you Andrew, and THANK YOU Robert Icke *Standing Ovation*

  • @jdulrich
    @jdulrich ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Andrew Scott literally takes my breath away. I'm hanging on every word of a soliloquy I've heard 1000 times.

  • @Tekeisha
    @Tekeisha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Oh my god! This scene is so powerful, and the deliverance is absolutely amazing! Andrew, oh gosh phenomenal!!

  • @Malcolmthebold
    @Malcolmthebold ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This was my audition piece for years, and I have never seen it done so well. Thank you Andrew Scott.

    • @meadbook999
      @meadbook999  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree! I 😀have never seen it done so well, either!

  • @luciliascarcass
    @luciliascarcass 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love this. I’ve never felt that I understood Shakespeare, never mind felt truly moved by it, but I feel like I can just get what is happening here instinctively, the emotions, the character motivations, etc, no English class level analysis needed. I guess this is what everyone means when they say that Shakespeare is best watched and not read. It’s really beautiful. And a little funny at points, which I did not expect. The grief being cut off by sudden humor lightens things, but also keeps you on guard, like you don’t know whether Hamlet will snap or crack a joke at any given moment.

  • @Aloizza
    @Aloizza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Oh boy, does Andrew Scott take you on a journey with his performance. And you'd better fasten your seatbelts, because it's going to be one hell of a ride. Seriously though, he's amazing, I'm in constant awe of him.

  • @neptunestardust
    @neptunestardust 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow, this scene! Andrew is fully committed

  • @archieleach9697
    @archieleach9697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fantastic! Such a fresh take on the character and the speeches.

  • @TheSummersgill
    @TheSummersgill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i don't think there has been or will there ever be a better Hamlet. period.

  • @josephgomes1735
    @josephgomes1735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love this man. Sheer brilliance.

  • @BlueTangerine-xx4vk
    @BlueTangerine-xx4vk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Andrew Scott is crazy and that's why we love him!

  • @sheilahmercer1637
    @sheilahmercer1637 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Best version ever

  • @someangel-shape6797
    @someangel-shape6797 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Christ I love this performance.

  • @striverfor7628
    @striverfor7628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    6:26 Monologue

  • @agoddard9156
    @agoddard9156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No one comes close to this man.

  • @ria-zul-zannah7100
    @ria-zul-zannah7100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Andrew was brilliant in this scene!❤

  • @claytonfordsanderson
    @claytonfordsanderson หลายเดือนก่อน

    The soliloquy begins around 6:27.

  • @sillyboy2223
    @sillyboy2223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What’s Hecuba to him? 🤔

    • @jaxtonbrenner6098
      @jaxtonbrenner6098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Or he to Hecuba, that he would weep for her?

  • @charlespeterson3798
    @charlespeterson3798 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unfortunately, I like this above all the performances
    I have seen, read or heard. ... .

  • @striverfor7628
    @striverfor7628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    8:40. He unintentionally made it sound funny?

    • @MeetLeAnne
      @MeetLeAnne 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn’t think so.

  • @rhiannontalbot1
    @rhiannontalbot1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love andrew and he is my favourite hamlet, but at 9.00 he misses a line, on purpose? Misses out 'promted to my revenge by heaven and hell'. As a shakespeare nerd i dont understand the omission.

    • @ramakrishnankumaran847
      @ramakrishnankumaran847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There are other strange edits, throughout the play. Mostly individual words, "stallion" for "scullion", "fie/fie" for "fie/foh" in this particular soliloquy.

    • @ramakrishnankumaran847
      @ramakrishnankumaran847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I figure he's just being cavalier with the scripted language, which is an attitude I personally like.

    • @ramakrishnankumaran847
      @ramakrishnankumaran847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Uit "The End of Early Music: A Period Performer's History of Music for the Twenty-First Century" van Bruce Haynes -
      "Literacy has created a preoccupation with the “repertoire” or Canon of great works, and a text-fetishism that does not allow performers to change any detail of the “masterpieces” of the past."

    • @Ruddigore
      @Ruddigore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He misses quite a few lines out. - Plucks my beard, and blows it in my face - For Murder though it have no tongue, speaks with miraculous organ - being two examples. I understand that time is precious and a four hour Hamlet play needs to be trimmed down, but it annoys me the most when lines are left out of the soliloquies, I do wish that they at least should be presented uncut. Still, that being said, I find Andrew Scott's 'Hamlet' performance sublime.

  • @michaelexman5474
    @michaelexman5474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i like it
    good direction.

  • @Rosyandguildy
    @Rosyandguildy ปีที่แล้ว

    BRILLIANT

  • @cankandemir6655
    @cankandemir6655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:02

  • @mitchellyoung8561
    @mitchellyoung8561 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Throw a mick in there...they generally do pretty good.

  • @mannymarc24
    @mannymarc24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Magnificent ❤️

  • @School-zx1kf
    @School-zx1kf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what a slay

  • @BetterThanSinatra
    @BetterThanSinatra 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This actor should take another acting class and learn how not to act with his arms and hands. To me it is astounding how most anyone today can trick so many people just because they have the lines in their brains. By far the worst Hamlet I have ever seen.

    • @paulnugent9937
      @paulnugent9937 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Totally agree!

  • @ft.aafu07
    @ft.aafu07 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    6:26