To Lead or Not to Lead: Changing the World with Shakespeare | Guy Roberts | TEDxYouth@ISPrague

Shakespeare understood that leadership is a performance art and he believed that great leaders are made not born. His plays constantly focus on the pitfalls and rewards of leadership. By examining Shakespeare’s greatest and worst leaders, we gain new insight and can prepare for the challenges and possibilities of leadership in the 21st Century.
Guy Roberts is the Founder, CEO and Artistic Director of the Prague Shakespeare Company. His work as actor, director and producer has been seen in the United States, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and Poland. Guy lives in Prague, Czech Republic and is the proud father of Isabella.
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[@claudinehennessey5551]

All youth should see this!!!

[@johnwarner3968]

Some great insight into why Shakespeare is the very Invention of the Human as Bloom surmised and why I myself have this continuing love for the Works and on every rereading, on every listening, I learn something new about plays and about myself. There is always that Ah ha moment that Eureka of joy of discovering a great insight of interiority that it’s always more than just words, words, words.

[@fawwazjumean3005]

Awesome. Totally new perspective, at least for me.

[@patrickflick5735]

Nice, Guy!

[@oldswordlady12]

Wow! Perfect

[@ryansutter9434]

BLOOD AND BLOODY ASHES ITS UNO!!

[@MustafaBiggun]

when he starts using shakespeare's words he starts shouting... why is he doing this?

[@MustafaBiggun]

@Makenna Vanmeter Passion is more nuanced than you give it credit. Shouting is what you do in a noisy bar

[@christopherreynolds4446]

MustafaBiggun Actually he is not shouting so much as projecting the way actors tend to do onstage Watch Burton’s Hamlet on KZbin for a fine example of this

[@jamesulmer249]

@@MustafaBiggun Very perceptive comment, Mustafa. I do think you're right, this went beyond projecting and is more a function of invested ego in his attempting to woo the audience. I didn't mind it so much as this was spoken presentation and not an fully acted piece 'in character,' but I perhaps would have minded it in actual performance.

[@jakenoll6331]

Shakespeare would be better without High School teachers.