Matthew MacFadyen reciting Shakespeare's Sonnet 29.
MacFadyen is a RADA trained, British actor who has worked widely in film and on television and stage portraying classic and contemporary characters.
Watch him give this recital of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 and see if it invites you to enjoy more classic literature through this modern, virtual medium.
SONNET 29
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
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4 comments:
I love this and really enjoy MMacfadyen's acting abilities. Thanks for posting.
I too admire this man; both as an actor and as a gent.
Thanks for commenting
I don't really like Shakespeare's poems; although I really like most of his plays. This guy's interpretation, however, was really... empathic. I could feel sympathy (not pity) for him.
Yup, good point Vlado; the way he tells a whole story and the way he makes it so easy to understand the poetry.
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