Act 1, Scene 2 | Hamlet | Royal Shakespeare Company 

Wow! Such a fantastic blend of modern and Elizabethan! The delivery is very modern in rhythm and form. And this makes the words very understandable. But wow... these are Shakepeare's words, written hundreds of years ago, word-for-word from his play. What an actor can do with words... amazing! :)

I've seen his Macbeth, his Prospero and now I'm practically giddy with excitement to see his Hamlet! Slinger's depth and diversity never ceases to captivate.

Wow. One of the best for sure

This is an excellently executed performance, bravo

What a fantastic production. Still can't stop thinking about it. Slinger pulls you in, then makes you shudder away. Breath taking. In awe.

Wow, what an amazing performance. Stunning. Thank you

We declare this week #HamletWeek To start off our week of *Hamlet*, here's Jonathan Slinger performing Act 1, Scene 2

Cannot wait to see this production!

This was such an incredible performance! Totally inspiring

I saw this the other night, AMAZING

love it!

Love Jonathon.

Beautiful.

OUTSTANDING!

Amazing

Lovely jubbly. Slinger was born to speak Shakespeare like you were to born to film him doing it. x

I don't want to offend anyone.. but Alan Rickman was my favourite Hamlet... he could perform it being aged for the character, and you'd believe he was 30, and he was really the Prince of Denmark... His presence on stage, his voice... even his personality was poetic... No one like him...

Haha I love the comments, the love/hate confliction problem. A rendition is like love or beauty itself, it is in the eye of the beholder 😏👍🙌

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Eek, pace and meter brother! Not's'much. The crooked glasses DRIVING ME, anyone else? lol but points on acting in general?...he's really very good.

Ngl when that guy walked up to the camera, I thought we would have a ruk

I'm confused. Why is this older man doing Hamlet's lines?

me when freddos go up by 10 cent

too pausy and no drive. Tad too indulgent for me.

Too Old!

I despise this interpretation.

what is this? a joke? this is so awful

Too old. Hamlet is a very young man , who can't cope because he is a very young man. That's the whole point of the play.

I was so disappointed by this production! Very underwhelming, flat and uninspiring

Overacting never plays well with Shakespeare.

Hamlet was not a balding middle aged bespectacled dork!! And he should be screaming and tearing his hair out in this soliloquy, not speaking softly to the camera. No, sorry, this is all wrong! If there is any soliloquy where Hamlet has to go full postal, it’s this one! Here, he has to finally let out all the pent up rage and disgust that’s festering inside him.

Too old for hamlet IMO.

Good Lord, the play is already four hours long. This does not put the production in a positive light. I'd be asleep before Horatio makes his entrance.