Act 1, Scene 2 | Hamlet | Royal Shakespeare Company

[@kxmode]

Wow! Such a fantastic blend of modern and Elizabethan! The delivery is very modern in rhythm and form. And this makes the words very understandable. But wow... these are Shakepeare's words, written hundreds of years ago, word-for-word from his play. What an actor can do with words... amazing! :)

[@aristotle4048]

This is an excellently executed performance, bravo

[@hughsamuel-king1874]

well that is authoritative coming from Aristotle himself.

[@beatricecassic3256]

I've seen his Macbeth, his Prospero and now I'm practically giddy with excitement to see his Hamlet! Slinger's depth and diversity never ceases to captivate.

[@meekoishere]

What a fantastic production. Still can't stop thinking about it. Slinger pulls you in, then makes you shudder away. Breath taking. In awe.

[@dd119ful]

Wow, what an amazing performance. Stunning. Thank you

[@simonrice7137]

Wow. One of the best for sure

[@theRSC]

We declare this week #HamletWeek To start off our week of *Hamlet*, here's Jonathan Slinger performing Act 1, Scene 2

[@marsroverdriver]

I was just thinking about this performance again last night. Simply amazing.

[@matthewp2164]

+Royal Shakespeare Company is this available on dvd

[@takhiacook5017]

Royal Shakespeare Company ii

[@ZoMo463]

This was such an incredible performance! Totally inspiring

[@flogoingforgold]

Cannot wait to see this production!

[@WhiskeyRoger369]

I saw this the other night, AMAZING

[@dawnsoso214]

Love Jonathon.

[@jamesvaughn9323]

OUTSTANDING!

[@paulbali9998]

love it!

[@rociorinaldi2693]

I don't want to offend anyone.. but Alan Rickman was my favourite Hamlet... he could perform it being aged for the character, and you'd believe he was 30, and he was really the Prince of Denmark... His presence on stage, his voice... even his personality was poetic... No one like him...

[@plhinton]

Lovely jubbly. Slinger was born to speak Shakespeare like you were to born to film him doing it. x

[@JoelRogness]

Beautiful.

[@jayronin6893]

Haha I love the comments, the love/hate confliction problem. A rendition is like love or beauty itself, it is in the eye of the beholder 😏👍🙌

[@StevClifSylv]

Amazing

[@felicitytoad]

🤗

[@hezebelbeing]

Eek, pace and meter brother! Not's'much. The crooked glasses DRIVING ME, anyone else? lol but points on acting in general?...he's really very good.

[@SourKittiesxox]

Ngl when that guy walked up to the camera, I thought we would have a ruk

[@masoviper]

too pausy and no drive. Tad too indulgent for me.

[@jmricks73]

I agree Chrissy.

[@harcoo8544]

me when freddos go up by 10 cent

[@CalLadyQED]

I'm confused. Why is this older man doing Hamlet's lines?

[@johnneville-andrews8566]

Yes, a bit old to be a student at Wittenberg.

[@jitko42]

Stratford in Canada was going to be a black woman this year. I think Shakespeare will survive--even thrive--having someone other than young blonde men playing Hamlet.

[@BetterThanSinatra]

Overacting never plays well with Shakespeare.

[@williammann1265]

what is this? a joke? this is so awful

[@dominicgreen5703]

agreed

[@jazztacuandosexteto4442]

id like to see you doing any better

[@CayenneRand]

Frankly Jazztacuando I expect RSC actors to be more than a little bit better at acting than the average person

[@vv-kq4qo]

Jazz, the actor's voice is nice, however, his performance feels very strained and pretentious. His expressions are incredibly exaggerated. You do not need to be a chef to know if a dish tastes bad or not.

[@jimwigler]

Too Old!

[@xasma]

I despise this interpretation.

[@michaelnixon525]

Too old. Hamlet is a very young man , who can't cope because he is a very young man. That's the whole point of the play.

[@ryh5169]

Hamlet is 30 and alopecia is a problem among royals. The actor seems fine to me.

[@Nick-ul2bp]

Yeah. Hamlet is 30, it's part of why it's so insulting for Claudius to say his grief is unmanly. It's doubly insulting because he's nowhere near a child's age. Yes, I know this is two years later.

[@TheGabeCapes]

I was so disappointed by this production! Very underwhelming, flat and uninspiring

[@stevenyourke7901]

Hamlet was not a balding middle aged bespectacled dork!! And he should be screaming and tearing his hair out in this soliloquy, not speaking softly to the camera. No, sorry, this is all wrong! If there is any soliloquy where Hamlet has to go full postal, it’s this one! Here, he has to finally let out all the pent up rage and disgust that’s festering inside him.

[@drymant]

Quite sure of yourself, aren't you? When exactly did the author tell you that this interpretation was wrong?

[@boarbot7829]

Too old for hamlet IMO.

[@drymant]

Good Lord, the play is already four hours long. This does not put the production in a positive light. I'd be asleep before Horatio makes his entrance.