From Bard to Verse. Episode 5

Synopsis: Television eight-part series in which on consecutive evenings actors perform extracts from Shakespeare’s plays and poems. Episode 5 - Fraser James performs ‘Once more unto the breach friends, once more’ from Henry V (III i), Daniela Nardini performs ‘Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts’ from Macbeth (V v), Benedict Wong performs ‘This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle’ from Richard II (II i), Leo Gregory performs ‘Cowards die many times before their deaths’ from Julius Caesar’ (II ii), David Walliams performs ‘For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings’ from Richard II (III ii). Simon Pegg performs ‘I have almost forgot the taste of fears’ from Macbeth (V v), Mark Gatiss performs ‘I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live’ from Richard III (V v) and Stephen Tompkinson performs ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’ from Hamlet (III i).
Series: From Bard to Verse
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Subjects: Drama; English language and literature
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

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