My first experience of Chekov's work. Opened a whole new world of thought and action for me.

Very well done! Thank you

Best film ever. I have never seen a better historical production than this.

It's been many years since seeing the film, but it was an absolute masterpiece.

58:43 😂SE VOLETE CAPIRE la grandezza della comicità ligure , ecco un esempio In tutto il film, ma questo è il punto 🔝 A PARTE Villaggio, che si sa, è un mito a parte E Mariangela Giordano ( che qui è la moglie di Montagnani) alla fine recita in ligure stretto xché era di Bordighera ( Imperia). BRAVISSIMA

Here are the ones keeping the great Shakespeare alive! Amazing performance!

STEPHANO: 1.) 37:55 2.) 1:00:30 3.) 1:15:03 4.) 1:22:45 5.) 1:37:34

The actress for Desdemona singing the Willow song has forever changed my brain chemistry <3

Shakespeare is the goat

@32:39 love this extended conversation segment, how Welles re-stages part of the conversation and captures appropriate facial reactions in doing so

My favorite play

Superb!

Thank you so much for the restoration and putting this up there. It's simply a magnificent performance and production. One correction, this is Lyric Opera of Chicago's production which premiered in 1991/92 season, not in 1975. Nonethless, so wonderful to see this again!

Kent is truly the best character in this play.

Beautiful movie ❤

The meaning of life ART ❤

The best version of any Chekhov I've seen or heard! I came for the Ashcroft, but I think Dorothy Tutin stole the show. Then there's Patience Collier!-don't get me started. Thank you so much for making this available.

Help understand the book

The best 2 hours I’ve spent on KZbin by far, wonderful🤗

Outstanding performance!

I'm using this to study for my Shakespeare class and its helped me a ton!

Yes ❤ in 4k HD many thanks for that, love this movie ❤❤❤ much thanks. Charlton Heston 🙏

Marvelous.

WILD CAST! I cannot wait to watch this.

My theatre. A fascinating watch, wonderful to see many heroes, colleagues, and friends.

Laurence Olivier was so gorgeous 😍

Easily the best ‘Hamlet’ on film… Certainly the most dynamic (and cinematic!). I’ve seen the other ones - they’re too anemic and/or uninspired.

I didn't learn about this story in school, but instead, found out about it through the band A Perfect Circle. On the Mer de Noms album, the 5th track is called "Orestes". I always liked that song, and I wanted to learn all the words to it. I had gone to the library and used the computer so I could get online and look up the lyrics to the song. The results of my search are how I learned about Aeschylus and The Oresteia. That day, I figured I would check the directory and see if my library had a copy available to lend. At that time, it had been checked out, but I reserved it to check out the next time it was there. Every time I would go to the public library, I would search for this book and if it was available, I would check it out. Every year from middle school until I graduated, I would have another read-through. This is the first time I have ever seen the play, and I am absolutely impressed by this performance. The notes that play when the Furies gather together in their anger, is very similar to the tune that plays in the A Perfect Circle song, which is awesome. Also, I love the masks. Even though the character's faces don't change, I find them to be very expressive. I find it amazing, as well, that the rhythm and cadence of the lines are delivered in a way very close to what I had imagined when I would read them in the book.

It's good they didn't suck at dubbing audio back then.

I always thought Olivier was over rated. Never cared for his Henry the V, thought his Hamlet was a pale production. But! This totally completely blew me away. His performance was brilliant, and natural, and tore my heart out of my chest at the end. I saw this performance a week ago. Never seen King Lear in my life. My friends asked me if I was crazy and I said NO!! I love this, I found a great new appreciation of Olivier I've never had before. Thank you KZbin 😊

I have seen this film so many times, once on the big screen in a museum theatre presentation in the 1980's. At the end of the film, the audience gave a standing ovation.

One of my favourite films of all time. I love the transition to medieval manuscript like scenes, inspired by beautiful illuminations of the Duc de Berry.

great film wonderful performances all around

What tangled webs we weave ....... excellent & thank you.

It took many attempts for this play to catch me (I'm working purely off the audio) but it's become a favorite.

Brilliant. The pain of hearing more brilliance than he is capable of. Schofield captures Salieri’s inadequacy in his masterful register. RIP Paul you brought honour on being an actor.

Best ever. Gustaf Gründgens!

Christian Bale is not even mentioned in the verbal credits.

That was the best version I’ve heard. Thank you.

Verdi’s opera is a towering masterpiece, but the condensed nature of opera plots means that Othello’s doubt has to come more quickly. Watching it creep in gradually in Shakespeare’s original is far more insidious and devastating, even without the power of Verdi’s music.

Thank you.Watching from Alaska. 🕊 Chekov at his finest. Watch Uncle Vanya next.

Outstanding. Tks!

SO GOOD AND PRETTY

The price to be paid is high indeed, the Furies demand and Human kind must submit.

Listened to this while I read the physical text for my Shakespeare college class! The emotion in the actors’ voices, the sound effects (like the throwing of the gages) and the music - it really added to the reading experience! Thank you! 👏🏽

What a powerful voice. Godspeed, sir. It could very well be written about you.

Gielgud. A legend in the theatre.

🥹❤ how perfect.

I played the sister in a college performance, one of my favourite roles ever!

Thank you for having this. I was looking a theater version so I could talk about the tempest on a podcast and this was GOLD. A most valuable thing to have accessible. ✨✨✨