Shakespeare Solos

Damian Lewis performs Antony’s lines from act III, scene 2 of Julius Caesar. Speaking at Caesar’s funeral, Antony turns the crowd against the conspirators

Laura Carmichael speaks Portia’s lines from act IV, scene 1. Disguised as the lawyer Balthasar, she tells the moneylender Shylock to be merciful.

Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund’s soliloquy from act I, scene 2 in King Lear. Edmund reflects upon being an illegitimate son and plots against his half-brother, Edgar.

Zawe Ashton speaks Jaques’s lines on the seven ages of man from act II, scene 7 of As You Like It.

Paterson Joseph speaks Shylock’s lines from act I, scene 3, in which the moneylender reminds his adversary, Antonio, of the times he has insulted him.