Morgan Freeman Reads Shakespeare "All The World's A Stage"

[@ChickenGeorgeClooney]

I needed to memorize this for school. I decided having it play over and over again, trying to remember it would be good. Thank you, Morgan freeman

[@BroverseGaming1]

That’s what I’m doing, trying to remember it for a school audition

[@richiethais8442]

I need it but it’s not working lol rip it’s due tomorrow Friday January 29 2021 OOOOOFF Edit: somehow I managed to memorize it in two hours lol

[@lightskinjay3323]

just put my AirPods in then repeated what he said lmao

[@thelittlepianist7026]

Same

[@cafepoem189]

'All the world's a stage' is a monologue of Jaques from Shakespeare's play As You Like It, a five-act pastoral comedy (cherishing country life). The speaker talks about seven stages (from infancy to death) people go through as they age and different roles they play in each stage.

[@LSSYLondon]

Morgan Freeman has one of the best voices ever!

[@nelson6702]

He does, but somehow it doesn't bring out what's in this speech. Maybe noone could. It reads more seriously. Freeman's recitation here sounds too much just like that, a recitation. An excellent recitation to be sure. A display of recitation rather than a good translator's conveyance of meaning.

[@ColinJoseph5154]

Such clear story telling and what a voice built for the bard’s most philosophical phrases 😍

[@stevena3333]

There are very, very few times that Morgan Freeman’s perfect voice isn’t the only thing required to sound amazing, Shakespeare is one of those times.

[@BobbyMakepeace]

Do you mean that he didn't do this very well

[@mikelepera1520]

@@BobbyMakepeace he sucked actually.

[@OurFantasyLife]

Jesus even Morgan Freeman gets nervous performing Shakespeare.

[@nicetomeetyou363]

thats Shakespear...every Actor/Actress gets nervous performing this difficult kind of art!

[@jaze0187]

all the world's a stage. Is not Freeman an actor by trade.

[@mikelepera1520]

because he's not good at it...

[@MrNintendowiifan]

Thank you for helping me, Morgan Freeman.

[@bigcladwolfdetecting6017]

0:03 he started to say "women and men" but caught himself just in time

[@Yakuso]

Same here. Glad I'm not the only one who thought of this.

[@joa8593]

The 7th act is strangely similar to the Heart Sutra. In emptiness there are no eyes, no sight, no lack of sight. All things are empty, emptiness is form.

[@nataliechance2838]

ok so i’m gonna do this calmer version of it when i perform this because i don’t wanna freak my class out on the second day of school

[@rathinamjollyreetha8292]

Its "shining morning face" but he said "morning shining face". (@ 00.24 s)

[@ДенисКривенков-г1д]

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything

[@jackmclean3210]

+Денис Кривенков ^we just watched this

[@mikelepera1520]

You just did it better than he did!

[@groussac]

I like this version better than the more histrionic versions. I can focus on the words, not the emotions an actor projects into them.

[@KeyKay]

thank you morgan

[@alastairjinks6966]

wonderful diction

[@shacktron8448]

Wait a minute this isn't furinas ost

[@verballyconstipated]

I cant believe shakespear made a furina reference ! (I love being an absolutely despicable Genshin fan)

[@richardsantanna5398]

"second childishness" Yes!

[@rinarae917]

I had to memorize it as well! :)

[@sachabarber2934]

Anyone know at the end what he means by songs... Or is it somms. Im assuming it means without or empty off?

[@JodyFidelis]

sans = without (without teeth, without eyes, without taste, without everything)

[@arshiaq]

Good work

[@rochellewarren5008]

💜

[@chrisjones8137]

Ms.freeman wifey 💕🤞🏾

[@volksdeutschemadel2094]

If all the world's a stage, where does the audience sit.?

[@carolinedavis752]

Haha That is the best part, you decide where they sit within your universe and your own world

[@harryh875]

We're the audience, while the media stages everything lol

[@jaze0187]

Voters line deciding if blue or red is prettier

[@PakRT48]

"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" - Steven Wright

[@papajackson5509]

MORGAN FREE MAN AHGDHFSGHDFHGSJFDGHFGHJHS he is a free man, adn his voice is cool

[@Alex-lb6cl]

Sadly most interpretations don't include the most important part of this speech, the stage direction right after that disprove, in four words, all of it: "Enter ORLANDO bearing ADAM". This speech that reduces the human condition to that of an animal, stuck in the unchanging stage of life is disproven by the humanity of Orlando, ready in his youth to sacrifice all he has to save an old man who had left a good life and abandoned all he had worked for to be with Orlando. Shakespeare never meant for All the World's a Stage to be taken out of context from his piece, the whole speech is to mock those who think like Jaques.

[@jaze0187]

I'm quite sure Shakespeare's pronoun is They/them. They wrote extravagant works and knew exactly what a quote was.

[@TroyLad]

I'm quite sure Shakespeare was a man. He wrote extravagant work, indeed.

[@iDubno]

Interesting perspective! I haven’t seen any other source interpret it this way.. If you know of any, please share.

[@ruzickaw]

What is he doing with his fingers? Is he not concentrating on what he is saying? Orjust the moouth is moving?

[@SalteeMAN]

Man looks like Michael Jordan here.

[@chrismcmavicvids7085]

sully he is actually Jimi Hendrix

[@jaze0187]

All the world's a stage is probably the most important part of my social existence. I've been taking peoples confidence away from them ever since! Check down that attitude dear

[@iancollins4320]

So that's where Jimi Hendrix went.

[@godsson9406]

Definitely

[@spoonfullofsalt8889]

gotta memorize this for my eurolit class, it’s due in a week. wish me luck.

[@MrRENEGADE911]

I had to do the same thing in high school. Just remember he changed the words a bit so make sure you practice the correct wording. Good luck in class 👍

[@crystallaw3116]

sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. :)

[@hybrid5132]

Who’s here from school?

[@hidekiryuga2432]

As you like it.

[@godduh1103]

huh my teach made us listen to this and sounds pretty deep idk what it means tho, its the life of a guy?

[@Cody_02]

Amazing bruh

[@Gravitating]

Sans Everything..

[@takeoutthetrash6925]

Can i use this in a youtube video? The beginning

[@harker24601]

Same!

[@ramses6892]

Holy shit it feels weird to see Morgan Freedman so young

[@BobbyMakepeace]

Doesn't matter how good Morgan freeman's voice is, it's not how you do Shakespeare

[@mikelepera1520]

he's lousy at it

[@harker24601]

And all I hear is "Andy Dufresne..."

[@kristinapaolillo2268]

chaostrich why would you hear Andy? He played red... Get your shit together.

[@missycandy2850]

mayb

[@jaze0187]

"Andy Dufresne..." not all I hear is: Andy Dufresne... who's doing what meow? Those quotes are Morgan's Red talking the words "Andy Dufresne..." Shine on all who dare be golden and unturned

[@LisaRothstein]

No accounting for taste -- i thought it was beautiful

[@jarronhaleysorrell]

5th age atm

[@mamul1968]

Awesome actor Morgan Freeman. I like the way he plays this with melancholy. Its interesting to see a different take here, by Catherine Tate.: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGLdY5mGdrSlbsk

[@elwichbyas7430]

urban pathways

[@farhanalam1128]

66k views, 35 subs...

[@MrRENEGADE911]

ExSpeLLZioN And...

[@farhanalam1128]

idk, i just... I can't, i dont know any comebacks :(

[@farhanalam1128]

@@MrRENEGADE911 im back after two years and ive learnt a few comebacks

[@MrRENEGADE911]

@@farhanalam1128 And...?

[@farhanalam1128]

@@MrRENEGADE911 the most common comeback rn is 'no you' or 'your mum'

[@brnsilkysmooth]

Luv it. : ) ******Dj Smooth : )

[@mikelepera1520]

absolutely horrible. someone please tell mr freeman that shakespeare's characters don't just "stand and deliver". They are real people who are going through something or have something to say. They do not "speechify", they talk and explain and react, just like you and me. He even flubbed one of the lines in the beginning. You know why? because he doesn't know what he is saying. He did not make it his own. Shakespeare is not some mystified elevation of text, it is life and just what acting should be which is...NOT acting.

[@ruzickaw]

what is he doing with his hands? Playing with his ring. Empty recitation.

[@mikelepera1520]

sans intention...

[@cloroxbleach6742]

He got some lines wrong…

[@urosjovanovic808]

He did not.

[@miraratchev2259]

all i could catch was that he said "morning shining face" instead of "shining morning face"

[@missycandy2850]

maybe

[@jaze0187]

@@missycandy2850 Candy is always better than bleach

[@tifilix8095]

damien lpb

[@spongeben1073]

the fuck's a pard.

[@eriklomeli5208]

Leopard

[@mortschubert3909]

Pretty dull. Shakespeare would probably puke if he could hear this.

[@mikelepera1520]

Sans intention, . Absolutely terrible. Morgan Freeman is very good but not at this.

[@mdrob8011]

lacking emotions

[@mikelepera1520]

...sans intention

[@caydenm1989]

Terrible expression, messed up some of his lines, playing with his ring...

[@yoyoliu6240]

Morning shining face...

[@Lucifer_morningstar570]

This is the worst reading ever!! There was zero emotion behind it! Shakespeare just rolled over in his grave

[@missycandy2850]

don't be so mean

[@mikelepera1520]

@@missycandy2850 it really was terrible...

[@mikelepera1520]

...twice

[@mikelepera1520]

that sucked