Richard II - Ben Whishaw from The Hollow Crown - A Study in Vedantic Thought

[@Medusa0999]

Ben Whishaw is such an incredible actor

[@lprimavera1875]

My favorite Richard II performance. Very well done

[@morganamarvel7075]

My first, one & only Richard II. Don't want any other. Magnifico, Maestro Ben! 😘😘😘😘😘

[@Bellmere]

Superb! Sets the standard for performances of Richard II for this generation.

[@nicolakunz231]

This man's voice, his whole Ability, its extraordinary.

[@xharrisonevans]

Few times have I seen a performance of someone that doesnt stick to verse where it actually works. And although there are times where it doesnt work, Wishaw does a marvellous job at this role. Simply marvellous.

[@johannepoirier7111]

the finest actor.

[@Monklane79]

Beautifully done, Ben.

[@BuckleyDiaz]

He desreved an oscar for this performance . My fav !!

[@rd3ster]

Well done Whishaw. Pace, breaths, and pauses all timed right.

[@PraeytoGod]

This was so brilliantly acted and scene directed- I can’t understand why it wasn’t a bigger hit than it was.❤

[@spaceghost996]

Ben Wishaw is an incredible actor. His speech and delivery are exquisite. Best Richard II performance I've ever seen.

[@susandiana4172]

So Brilliant. Both Wishaw and the comparison with the Gita.

[@adrianacayetano]

La mejor actuación de Richard II

[@jamesbrown1176]

This is really a wonderful performance.

[@isammolina4842]

Increible actor.Hara'epoca.👀👏👏🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🌟🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🌟

[@watchmedo635]

Incredible

[@wfat]

Wow.

[@jeanninesantoriello7972]

Formidable acteur ❤

[@SandraRadziejowski]

An amazing actor

[@johnnyjohnny2650]

They should have let him live and set him up in a temple somewhere. After he lost the crown he began turning into a Buddhist guru hundreds of years before England even knew what that was.

[@17hollydog]

Fantastic

[@helmurtgonzalez1703]

Donde puedo ver a la temporada de Ricardo 2 completa por fa 😮😢😢😢😢

[@robnewman6101]

Ben Whishaw as the voice of Young Mr Paddington Brown Bear.

[@syrozhyk]

Unfortunately the soliloquy is abridged

[@walterzamalis4846]

Low key remind me of gollum

[@johnnyjohnny2650]

or a zen master.. meditating, examining his thoughts, trying to find out how the mind works..

[@adolforodolfo6929]

I love this production, and Ben Whishaw is superb, but (the director's fault, not Ben's) this soliloquy is butchered. It is crucial to understanding the impact that the events of the play have made on Richard, how his earlier arrogance has changed to a humility tinged with self-pity, the extent to which he blames himself for his downfall, yet the director chose to cut over half of it. I suppose that if you don't know the play, you wouldn't notice, but it would have been better for all sorts of reasons to have left more of it in.

[@adolforodolfo6929]

@P H I'm not sure about the PC thing - they left a lot of the Christian stuff in over the play as a whole. They probably cut this soliloquy a lot (a) because it's long and (b) because the second half is pretty difficult for people not that familiar with Shakespeare's English. I might be wrong, but those are what seem to me the most likely explanations.

[@perniciouspete4986]

Bah. "Vedantic thought" isn't what Shakespeare had in mind when he was writing this.

[@jonpon-r6w]

Regardless of intent one can make comparisons and find analogies between phenomena and texts. It is the basic exercise of intellect.