Hamlet clip

[snowgrouse]

The South Yorkshire Star has a clip of Hamlet from the scene where he's plotting to stab Claudius during his prayers. The audio quality isn't great, but it's a nice clip. Sod the reviewers, I'm really liking his clean and pure diction.

Comments

[scruby]

Thank you so much for this! It looks pretty good.

[snowgrouse]

It's great to see a clip with close-ups!:q *happysigh* He angsts so beautifully.

[chamekke]

*restrains self from shouting, "Do eet, Hamlet! DOOO EEEET!!!"*

That was a lovely choice of clip :-)

[rogerpittman]

I'd say John is carrying himself well in this role. It's interesting to see him in something other than television.

[sandsdream]

That was lovely. I don't understand what the reviewers' complaint was, either. Thanks for sharing! I wish the site had an option for downloading it. :3

[qthewetsprocket]

I think it does, but you might have to be a subscriber to access it. I was scouring the page source info trying to find a way to download it, and there was code for a "download video" button which wasn't visible on the actual page.

*gives the site a jolly good kick for itself for being stingy*

[sandsdream]

Aww, really? D: I'd almost be tempted to subscribe just for that (sad, I know), if someone could confirm that it actually works that way.

[freyja]

I saw the play on Tuesday and can confirm he was excellent. Everyone was, especially Hugh Ross (the gravedigger scene was amazing).

Simm's voice was a little higher than I thought it would be but it worked very well for Hamlet and didn't sound off at all. All the soliloquies felt fresh, and that's hard to do with such a well-known, over-quoted piece of work.

Sometimes he *did* sound a little like Sam Tyler, with his careful enunciation at key points in his rants, but that just made me smile. <3<3

And there was quite a bit of Master in there too :D

[snowgrouse]

That's good to hear:).