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points by maxcan 10 hours ago | 0 comments

One thing that doesn't get enough attention - when COVID lockdowns started, he just made reels reading Shakespeare's sonnets. It was such a lovely break from everything else on social media. Really loved those.

[–] shagie 9 hours ago

Remember the ice bucket challenges? https://youtu.be/Ty6-Ug1wk-0

Incidentally, this is one of those times when the comment section of YouTube becomes the most wholesome place on the net.

[–] lopsotronic 8 hours ago

Stewart's 2010 Macbeth is one of my favorites ever put to the big screen, for "The Scottish Play" anyway.

Nothing, and I do mean nothing, touches McKellan's 1995 Richard III in my eyes, for Shakespeare in cinema. Although calling it Richard III is a bit of a stretch. How about Richard III: The Greatest Hits?

[–] pge 6 hours ago

I had the pleasure of seeing mckellen play Richard III live, the show that became the film. Absolutely incredible!

Not in the same category of greatness, but apropos of this thread, I also saw Patrick Stewart playing Othello (in a reverse-race production), and that’s when I realized how good an actor he actually was.

[–] nchmy 6 hours ago

a few years ago i watched all the versions of Macbeth that I could find. His was by far the best, with most of the others being awful (and Denzel's being by far the worst, though quite beautiful).

Everyone has to watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZnaXDRwu84

[–] adzm 10 hours ago

He did all of the sonnets!

[–] sergiotapia 10 hours ago

Incredible actor. Watch him Excalibur (1981), he's so good.

https://youtu.be/tSukMQHQLIs?t=172

To be an actor of that level, yet still have so much fun in American Dad! is so cool. He will be greatly missed.

[–] CSSer 10 hours ago

Hey, anyone who has YouTube Premium can watch this! I hope this doesn't come across as an ad or anything. I just got excited by your clip and noticed, so I thought I'd share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBRQ-jBqk8I

[–] morsch 10 hours ago

* availability subject to regional or other limitations: The uploader has not made this video available in your country

[–] meta-level 10 hours ago

So it's free for everyone, who paid for it! :)

[–] CSSer 10 hours ago

Trueee, I just rephrased. Marketing is powerful!

[–] eecks 9 hours ago

I have YouTube Premium and can't watch anything on YouTube movies

[–] system2 10 hours ago

It works with an ad blocker just fine. Also, torrent and Yandex links are perfectly fine as well.

[–] colechristensen 9 hours ago

This was recently published as an audiobook (may have been re-recorded)

https://www.audible.com/pd/Patrick-Stewart-Performs-the-Comp...