Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come for a visit. Hamlet. Branagh. I never tire of watching this. “If you love me, hold not off.” For the first three minutes Hamlet is convinced that his friends are there for a purpose and he is intent to get them to be honest. “There is a kind of confession in your look that your modesty has not craft enough to color.” What a piece of work is a man.
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Death of a Salesman, Scene 12. One room, 3 characters, 2 doors. The universe is established and then blown apart. Just brilliant.
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Angels in America. Al Pacino as Roy Cohn – the diagnosis scene. Roy Cohn arguing his most important case. Brilliant.
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Put that coffee down. Coffee is for closers. Always Be Closing. Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Put money in thy purse. Iago – always there with good advice.
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Excerpt from Peter Hall’s 1973 film of Pinter’s play The Homecoming. “Glass of Water.”
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