Katharine Hepburn as Rosalind/Ganymede from ‘As You Like It’, 1950
Here, have Cumberbatch reading (an abbreviated version of) Shakespeare’s As You Like It monologue, “All The World’s A Stage”, without the distraction of the Google ad.
I hate the soundtrack in this. Completely unnecessary and I don’t feel it fits the mood of the piece at all. But I love Benedict Cumberbatch reading some Shakespeare.
The first use of the name Jessica is found in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
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Romeo and Juliet poster by Beetroot Design Group: Every “Romeo” and “Juliet” throughout the entire text of the play is connected to form a star-shaped web of 55,440 red lines
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I wanted to buy the acting Shakespeare book that the teacher at our Shakespeare workshop recommended, but it’s obscenely expensive. Luckily, I’ve found that the school library has it! Huzzah!
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