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23rd Sep 2014

Video: Actor hilariously falls off his chair whilst making a dramatic Shakespearean speech

To laugh or not to laugh...

Paul Moore

To laugh or not to laugh…

It must require a certain amount of courage and confidence for actors to stand up in front of a room full of strangers and perform on cue. It probably requires even more though after making a complete tit of yourself by falling off a chair whilst performing a dramatic scene from Hamlet.

We’re fairly certain that great thespians of the acting craft, or actoooors as we like to call them, like Sir Laurence Olivier or Kennet Brannagh never did this on stage.

We think that this clip is best summarised by one of the  most famous quotes from Hamlet, “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.”

A Shakespearean tragedy for the poor lad but there is just so much to love about this clip.

Clip via – Wilz

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