When King Charles performed the best Hamlet | Gregory Doran Remembers... Shakespeare Live! - BBC

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Gregory Doran, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, looks back on the challenges he faced bringing together a cast of acclaimed actors and even members of the royal family for his 2016 live BBC extravaganza marking 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare.
Gregory explains how he managed to pull off the project and recalls the journey that transformed early ideas into to a huge popular success that resonated with critics and television viewers alike. He also shares his memories of working with the likes of David Tennant, Catherine Tate and a host of acclaimed Shakespeareans, and explains why he thinks the Bard remains so relevant even today.
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[@JackieStarSister]

That sketch sounds like a great way to teach kids or aspiring actors how a single line in a play can have so many different possible deliveries.

[@Elheru42]

I'm a drama teacher and that is exactly what I use the clip for.

[@LeftiusMaximus]

The look of surprise on Dame Judi Dench’s face is priceless

[@user-gv2vv5vy5z]

She can act.

[@sibionic]

To be or not to be a horse. That is equestrian.

[@annoyed707]

The laughter would leave me horse indeed.

[@32shumble]

Yay or neigh - that is the question.

[@einstein9901]

To neigh or not to neigh?

[@32shumble]

@@einstein9901 even better!

[@joeyfitz9]

To bee or not to bee. That is entomology.

[@caroline6544]

I will always go with David Tennants "that" is the question. 😁

[@aaronleverton4221]

While the Doctor does, indeed, command much respect, it seems His Majesty commands more.

[@CreativoErratico]

Dench throwing Yorick to Ian at the end 😆

[@alexanderc.4654]

Yeah, I just caught that, lol

[@RFC3514]

That's actually Maggie Smith playing Ian.

[@petesmith9472]

He should have said “To be or not to be…..what was the question?”

[@user-lp3cf5yn5b]

Nah, that would be if they invited Biden

[@JavertRA]

That was such a great sketch, the way it built up and up with the different actors.

[@Nunov103]

This is one of the reasons why I will always have sort of soft spot for the UK, despite recent events that have somehow shown a side of the country that perhaps many weren’t expecting, I feel that the UK’s soft power, its literature, its music, its history are its greatest asset.

[@marial870]

And their ability to make subtly fun of themselves.

[@Nunov103]

@@marial870 indeed :)

[@JK-br1mu]

and which events would those be, extremist?

[@Nunov103]

@@JK-br1mu the ones that perhaps someone who calls others extremists was probably asleep when they were taking place or maybe didn’t understand them … or a bit of both, unlike beggars, ignorants can be choosers :)

[@MrRufusRToyota]

Hey Putin!

[@ballparkjebusite]

Haha Dame Judy throwing the skull at Sir Ian 😅

[@marial870]

That was the best part. Those two together are great.

[@aaronleverton4221]

Remind me who they played compared to each other in Jack and Sarah.

[@chickenitsa]

In fact - I hadn't noticed it before, but - King Charles has a *wonderful* voice!

[@tonysmith5566]

His mother did too

[@el7284]

His children have not inherited it, sadly

[@harpiareports]

@@el7284 Prince William had, in my opinion.

[@Voodoomaria]

Her majesty always had a mischievous sense of humour, and I'm pleased to know King Chuck is carrying on the tradition.

[@petergraves2085]

Charles loved The Goons. Nuff said !

[@MitchRuth]

So it’s ’King Chuck’? I’m down

[@Voodoomaria]

@@MitchRuth I've always referred to him as "Prince Chuck" Now he's King.

[@VeracityLH]

They both had/have a great sense of the absurd.

[@Voodoomaria]

@@VeracityLH Two of my favorite memories of her were the James Bond sequence from the opening of the olympics, And her jubilee tea with Paddington Bear. That one answered after decades the question; "What does she keep in her purse?" Of course, it was so obvious, MARMALADE SANDWICHES!

[@jolkrey6598]

Pleaseee give us the full version!! We watched this at school in our english class 2 years ago and I even asked our teacher if he could send it to me but neither of us could find it anymore!!

[@caroline6544]

The full version of the whole evening is on Apple TV for 2€ or 3€ :) I bought it, and it's definitely worth it.

[@zahraabedinzadeh9116]

What is it called? What should I search? ​@@caroline6544

[@robhardingpoetry]

@@caroline6544 It's also all for free up on iPlayer.

[@TonyCrenshawsLatte]

So pray tell, where is the full version of this sketch? We all would love to watch the whole thing, not just bits and pieces of it. Make it happen, BBC!!!

[@GrandiaKnight]

It's on the BBC KZbin channel.

[@PsychCaptain]

@@GrandiaKnight Sadly, I think it's limited to the UK audience only.

[@ChannelUmptyThree]

That must be 200 years of acting experience on the stage

[@stukay2803]

Oh no, it's _much_ more, Judi Dench, Harriet Walter and Ian McKellen have 170 years between them.

[@luisinhocuenta9496]

As a Belgian I am proud of beeing so close to a nation like the UK.

[@uncled39]

Hercule, is that you?

[@JacobyJ56]

Doctor who doctor Strange and the king of england walk in to a bar...

[@karlkarlos3545]

Gandalf: "You shall not path!"

[@Ljethan]

@@karlkarlos3545 Okay, that one made me laugh out loud

[@user-lp3cf5yn5b]

I gotta say if it was truly those characters and not just actors some serious shit would be about to go down.

[@jasontemlett]

And Magneto says to M ...

[@bloemundude]

I think it's safe to say that that ending was the one and only time Ian McKellan got some head from Judy Dench.

[@sjtimmer7]

Can you please upload the full sketch, and make it available for everyone? Making it British property and ONLY british property is just sad.

[@BonnieDragonKat]

Please!

[@kattoneycliffe6715]

… and unfair! Like having a teaser! 😂

[@1258-Eckhart]

I genuinely liked the Paapa Essiedu version because it HAS no unnatural word emphasis. But the sketch was nonetheless brilliant. Presumably only the RSC can pull off the casting.

[@jasonwalters6329]

Beautifully done!!👌🇦🇺

[@stephencarter744]

Yeah, that was pretty good !👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@grace-the-poet]

Love this!💗👑👏

[@user-it3gp4vm1z]

Shoutout to inviting famous people out of nowhere, gotta be my favorite gag of all time

[@veselgana]

I love that so much!

[@ifigeniath]

Didn’t know he was chill like that

[@Jacob_._Roberts]

I go to 2B or not 2B when I am using Excel on my computer.

[@gemmel3197]

Fantastic!

Kenneth Branagh should´ve come next and corrected the Prince, hehe.

[@llchapman1234]

He does have good comedic timing 😊

[@matswessling6600]

😂 no...

[@twpsy634]

A great Goons fan .He knows his comedy.

[@judithstrachan9399]

DOOR: Knock, knock, knock. MAJOR DENNIS BLOODNOCK: I surrender!

[@johannparedes8359]

Full video? Of that scene?

[@shamrock4500]

Well done King Charles, he has his Mum's sense of humor.

[@retrometalguy]

Comic Relief should have King Charles III guest appear in a sketch

[@naomiweaver1855]

Brilliant! He nailed that!

[@Rambam1776]

Try to imagine certain American politicians having the grace and sense of fun to do something like this.

[@dzatochnik]

One American politician called Arnold Schwarzenegger has already done it in Last Action Hero.

[@graemewallace8868]

That would be the Washington Correspondents Dinner. It's less subtle, but it's the same idea.

[@sreshtavulla6927]

Where can I find the full version of this???

[@nancycronin551]

OMG! This is precious! I hadn't realized how deep and sonorous Charles' voice is - compared to Ian's, no less!

[@archluke6099]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@sebastianmacduck2222]

Man darf nicht vergessen das Onkel Karl seit seiner frühen Jugend Schauspieler ist. Nicht nur dass die Rolle in der Monarchie ein ewiges Theaterstück ist... Er hat auch als Jugendlicher beim Theater mitgespielt.

[@stevephlyer]

Long live the King!

[@HasanAslan]

is there any way we can watch the whole sketch anywhere on the webs ?

[@KatieAMinor]

Genial

[@ShingenNolaan]

And for that I do love British.

[@jamestiburon443]

Brilliant

[@novianovioTV]

Good on him

[@staxmantim]

King of ‘em all y’all

[@AmiNa-nw5ld]

It was brilliant

[@sohailajaved3278]

Wow

[@Luvacanuck]

Lovely!!🇨🇦❤️🇬🇧

[@NiceShotStudio]

❤

[@NiceShotStudio]

I appreciate seeing our leaders and people we love and highly respect in high places spending time to engage with us to see their humanity and character outside of being a public figure because it feels relatable and as if we are hanging out like friends having a good time in the same moment or passively if watched on KZbin or something.

[@madolite]

"To be or not to be? Not to be!" - Arnold Schwarzenegger

[@NK73080]

Lmao what a movie that was

[@kyking9588]

where can I watch this sketch?

[@almasyapologist]

Have this sketch and not have the ONLY Tony Award winning Hamlet that is Mr. Ralph Fiennes is a crime, I fear 😩

[@chenlim2165]

LOL, it’s completely unironic that the King’s English is excellent. Like I would want all my AI’s with that voice.

[@w.urlitzer1869]

you should not have put the spoiler in the title.

[@voraciousreader3341]

Charles obviously has a rich, plummy, lovely voice….a voice for the stage, actually. And his French is so amazingly good, I’d love to hear him do Molière, obviously on an audiobook format since he’d never seriously be on the stage and I’ld never get to London to see it if he did!

[@hellothere9161]

I like “toby? Or no toby?”

[@harryc1971]

Sort of waiting for William to call him 'Daddy' now as he used to call our late Queen!!

[@jamesthurber4730]

My Hero!

[@pacificostudios]

Who better to play a royal prince than Prince Charles? He had the role down cold!

[@amanymeriam8930]

Yorick has been THROWN!

[@Problematicarsehole2728]

Good for our King! ❤

[@Scraggledust]

💛💛💛🏆💛💛💛

[@The_New_IKB]

2B or not 2B, that is the pencil!

[@ThankfulQue]

This is so funny, but where's Branagh?

[@shakti8550]

Awesome King Charles!!!❤

[@Aaqe]

Awesome Santa Clause ceremony in November. LMAO

[@nickhockings443]

The punch line could have been " You lot are just acting! "

[@MiniPerseus]

To see or not see(that vid) that is the question😅

[@Astroponicist]

God save the king.

[@Dr.UldenWascht]

Yes. That's what the whole world needs. We need actors to rule us all.

[@garwood.5993]

They are all actors who play many characters already

[@ER-uy7ct]

This was hilarious.

[@degalan2656]

Question the question fools… always first question the question

[@MarinaR-nb8vi]

Great. So many different approaches to pronouncing this sentence.

[@jeremybartlett1706]

The king's a pauper!!

[@godfrey_of_america]

Undignified for a King.

[@jasontemlett]

It would have been great if he came out... looked confused, and just said... 'Sorry, what was the question?' And walked off.

[@dianegarciaprieto2118]

Bravo Ki ng Charles .💯👏

[@Veronicat-of4nz]

When he was younger he didn’t gave a king like impression but as an older man he does. It doesn’t do harm to that image that he can play a little joke like this.

[@jeremybartlett1706]

Hiss!!

[@matthewlo55]

some of that on the stage are no longer with us.

[@NB-lx6gz]

Who?

[@janel342]

Check your dates mate! Dabulamanzi was 19th century

[@moboutmen]

God Save the King.

[@rosasmecca7519]

👶🌹🧡

[@Slug99]

To be, or not to be. What is the question?

[@azamzain24]

acted with the King....what a resume

[@dougyt92]

Why is Minchin there?

[@sureshot8399]

Cos' they needed someone with the charisma of a recently deceased Yorick.

[@pauldockree9915]

The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied over with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.-Soft you now! The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remember'd. 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B Now. 6B or knot 6B? That is the or A NY Question. Shakespeare in Love Antony Sher. Actor: Shakespeare in Love. Sir Antony Sher KBE was a British actor, writer and theatre director of South African origin. A two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and a four-time nominee. Rest in peace.❤ How? Ward? Kirk! Hysteria Ladies. The History Man Sher Richard III. 12 WINTERS OF DISCOTEQUES. King Charles III. As always, Sire❤ Yes a grandmother awaited. Check Palace Records. Still my favourite pix. Calvert Road and Black Boy all behind us all now. Companions of honours. TUCKER CARLSON. Hei Sir Gregory Doran.❤

[@scbtripwire]

I was kind of hoping the first Hamlet would then apply every recommendation given him to one final hilariously-nonsense expression of the famous phrase, so I was kind of disappointed at the ending. :/

[@bulman07]

I'm imagining that would be like a Dalek performing the line

[@PrinceValiance]

Too bad they all got it wrong. Kenneth Branagh is the best Hamlet and nails it.

[@matthewr6572]

King Charles III is the best

[@paulsolon6229]

The king hamlet, the king’s to blame

[@pauldockree9915]

Oh. Several at that school in that the B stream "school reports" copies held. Stop the hysterics. One Funny thing. Occasional visits to 5A or was it 6A stream to gain British Constitution "O" Level qualification.

[@menashesone6562]

Write MORE sketches 😂

[@hr6334]

😂😂😂

[@chrisandersen5635]

DT, of course, seems unimpressed.

[@gt-scrola1889]

It is a hamlet with a none end story

[@gt-scrola1889]

An my lyrics got to sound, Toby or not to be 😎

[@martufello6352]

King 👑 Charles is just a king😊

[@mcdev6868]

If in doubt, McKellen is alwas right.

[@yuchen5662]

The idea of having a king is a joke and a shame for the entire people.

[@Peachurka]

Super king

[@Aaqe]

Super indeed. Excuse me, super in what?

[@judithstrachan9399]

Super trained. 70 years worth of training…..

[@JJONNYREPP]

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