To Be Or Not To Be - Hamlet (Andrew Scott Full Soliloquy)

Andrew Scott's version of Hamlet's To Be Or Not To Be.
Couldn't find this anywhere in full on YouTube so decided to upload on my own.
Enjoy!

[actingout]

this is the weirdest TED talk i have ever seen by a lot.

[TheFilmergirl]

Somehow, just in the intonations and the naturalisation of this performance, he's made the language sound modern. It's so much more understandable because, through the way he speaks, the whole soliloquy is suddenly relatable rather than just something we'd watch on stage. Absolutely brilliant!

[niktour]

He really comes off like someone talking as they are thinking. I like that.

[weareallbornmad]

His interpretation is completely different to the traditional one, and I really like it. He's the first Hamlet who _actually_ asks the question, rather than just pondering death and suicide. He would yearn to just _be_ in a meaningful way - I haven't seen that before.

[sanneottenhof]

I don't know how, but he makes Shakespeare's language much less distant.

[sakaya]

First performance I have seen where Hamlet comes across as a real person.

[Laudon]

This is revolutionary. He’s not orating or “performing”. He’s not intimidated by the text, or the lore and history that attends this particular monologue. He’s just a man, talking his way through a problem. I somehow think too, that the Irish have a particular advantage with Shakespeare.

[eme.]

Gorgeous. Here's a man who understands how painful contemplating being or not being is.

[Fawstah]

He doesn’t dramatize it. He makes it real. Shakespearean language wasn’t dramatized in it’s day, the language is gorgeous enough to stand up on it’s own and he recognized the actor must convey meaning first when conveying language not typically used. He didn’t overact, he became. Absolutely spectacular

[valeriepagendarm]

Remarkable and original. Actors often "choose" a sane or insane Hamlet in this scene. Scott keeps the character true. His Hamlet is wrecked by grief over the loss of everything that he loves. This is really brilliant.

[farmgal]

Never understood the infamous “to be or not to be…” before, because it was always so overdramatic that it lost any tone, this is explaining thought processes as they come into his head… it’s bloody fantastic 🙌🏻

[StormKidProductions]

His delivery on "aye there's the rub" sticks with me for some reason. It's just so perfectly said, you truly believe Andrew Scott isn't just performing a script and that just fell out of his mouth based on what he said prior

[chinitowon]

I love this version so much. He is working things out in his mind, heart and soul. Not giving a speech. He is struggling with himself. Absolutely brilliant.

[gabiluch]

It's like it was written to be uttered by an Irish actor... There's something completely grounded about Andrew's delivery of such a famous soliloquy, I love this man so much.

[Kismet]

Andrew Scott is so intense when he acts. There are pain and relief, power and softness. He really is a great actor.

[christiannachel]

I'm Greek and I absolutely adore how easily understandable he made the text for me, it's like he gives a modern speech. It's completely different from all the other deliveries I've been searching through YouTube. He gives me a confident feeling that not only he knows his lines but he understands the meanings behind them 😌

[Dogtagnan]

My old Irish grandad used to say "I don't know what I think until I hear myself saying it." A typically Irish way of being. And it's brought to life by this brilliant Irish actor.

[marsimus]

It’s not grand and grandiloquent and grandiose, it’s just a character thinking and being confused, and it’s so well done oh my god, it’s so realistic, when he asks that question i believe him, i believe he just thought it right then and didn’t learn it from a script. Love love love this man and his rendition of such a brilliant play

[_knny]

No performance before this has allowed me to hear the words in the soliloquy, remarkable performance in every capacity

[margaretjeannemoore]

Wow. First time I've seen a Hamlet who made it actually clear he was talking about actually committing suicide. Amazing. Well done!