henry v : the speech before the battle - kenneth branagh - video

in honor of william shakespeare's birthday i post this stirring speech from the kenneth branagh's film version of the play, 'henry v.' i almost know it by heart. (if you look closely near the end of the speech, you can see ian holm cheering.)

willing

yes, its william shakespeare's birthday, but really its tim curry that seems to be benefitting from that here on planetcool. since there are no photographs of 'the real' great william shakespeare, i went with the obvious next choice; tim curry playing will shakespeare! he made a british tv thing in the late 70's? early 80's? where he starred as the man himself. and i'm a little tired tonight, otherwise i'm sure i'd give william a more worthy verbal tribute or whatever, but man, i dost feel drained from sleeping in the middle of the day. so tim curry lucked out here... he had a birthday several days ago, so he got double the wild exposure here. hey, take away the little beard, and he's basically got frank's makeup on. well, more or less. happy birthday william. there are several guys i would never have gone to bed with had it not been for what you wrote. and come to think of it, thanks for nothing when it comes to a couple of those guys.