Synopsis
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in a sketch, ‘Ignore’, in which Hugh Laurie is an earnest ‘modern’ lecturer standing in front of a inert audience which ignores him throughout. He is attempting to teach Romeo and Juliet and reads the parts of both Romeo and Juliet from Act III v ‘Wilt thou be gone’ and then challenges the audience to assess its relevance to modern-day Britain.
Further Information
Similar plays, poems and sonnets
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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S1E4: Romeo and Juliet
An animated version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.