Sir Laurence Olivier recites Sonnet 116 by #William_Shakespeare The Dick Cavett Show 24 January 1973

Sir Laurence Olivier recites Sonnet 116 by #William_Shakespeare The Dick Cavett Show 24 January 1973

[mtelectrical]

A Genius reciting the work of another Genius.. A rare double.

[zookuki]

This is the MOST beautiful rendition I've ever found.

[karlakor]

How does a mortal man invent such prose? It is beyond belief that a single man could put words together in such a way as to enoble and touch every heart that hears it.

[jlyeh]

Miss you, prince, even to this date.

[brianparton]

That man had Soul and it's pouring out right here, is it not?

[SiuTung]

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.

[jeffhrsn]

Lovely...in spite of bungling two of the words.

[rockbassrules]

Olivier would have made Shakespeare weep with pride & joy ❤

[avoidbeing]

even the best actor is absolutely blind to the rhythm of the iambs

[francoisbessing]

Nope. So much guessing in the intonation. Meaning is simply not there.