Watch: Ian McKellen Analyzes the ‘Macbeth’ Speech, “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” ‘(1979)

By Chris McKittrick December 19, 2014 No Comments

Since this website is named Daily Actor, I am sure I don’t have to explain that in addition to playing everyone’s favorite Middle-Earth wizard Gandalf and everyone’s favorite X-Men villain Magneto, Ian McKellen is an accomplished stage actor. He has appeared in numerous Shakespeare productions, including Henry IV, Richard II, Othello, King Lear, and perhaps his most acclaimed stage role, Macbeth. Shortly after portraying Macbeth on stage in the late 1970s, McKellen appeared on a BBC program to analyze the play’s most famous soliloquy, “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.”

Hearing an actor of McKellen’s caliber speak about what these words mean to him and how that informed his performance is remarkable. Check out the clip below!

About Author

Chris McKittrick

In college, overachiever Christopher McKittrick double-majored in Film and English because he loves to read, write, and watch movies. Since then Chris – who was born and raised on Long Island, New York and currently lives in Queens – has become a published author of fiction and non-fiction, a contributor to entertainment websites, and has spoken about literature, film, and comic books at various conferences across the country when he’s not getting into trouble in New York City (apparently it’s illegal to sleep on street corners...)For more information about Chris, visit his website here!