Celebrities Are Doing 15-Second-Shakespeare Spoofs And They Are The Funniest Thing You'll See All Day

Shakespeare is that guy who lived a few hundreds years ago and taught actors a whole lot about comedy, tragedy, and delivering lines with a brooding intensity only suitable to roles such as Hamlet's Ophelia, or A Midsummer Night's Dream's Oberon, or Macbeth's...Macbeth. So how would it look to deliver today's top 40 tunes with the same dramatic flair? Hilarious, that's how.

Summary

· Amanda Abbington
· Jamie Wilkes
· Michael Shaeffer
· Minnie Driver
· Stephen Moyer
· Kari Wahlgren
· Solo
· Ben Platt
· Ben Stott
· Mary E. McGlynn

Much like the Ice Bucket Challenge, actors are challenging their friends and family's to join in with the 15-second-Shakespeare movement, and some of the results have been absolutely AMAZING. Here are our absolute favourites:

1. Amanda Abbington

@FisayoAkinade @rebeccacallard nominate: @RalfLittle Martin Freeman and @daisy_haggard #15secondshakespeare pic.twitter.com/oOCubQG6J4
— amanda abbington (@CHIMPSINSOCKS) September 20, 2015

2. Jamie Wilkes

Thank you @jaammmesss for my #15secondshakespeare nom for @amyhubcast. I nominate @johnjheffernan and @DavidYoungest pic.twitter.com/rmzANYuMOI
— Jamie Wilkes (@jamwilkes) September 23, 2015

3. Michael Shaeffer

My #15secondshakespeare thanks to @amyhubcast @davidfynn & @valetudocage next @IanConningham @TuiteDaniel @padoir pic.twitter.com/c0jxoEpTp1
— Michael Shaeffer (@MPShaeffer) September 19, 2015

4. Minnie Driver

@davidfynn #kanye made me go full Staurt. #15secondshakespeare I also nominate @SirPatStew pic.twitter.com/j23c4vfDIs
— Minnie Driver (@driverminnie) September 19, 2015

5. Stephen Moyer

it's over 15 but U can't rush The Bard Of Woking. I nominate @alistairpetrie & @IAmJohnAles #15secondshakespeare pic.twitter.com/XX7LF4GcwE
— Stephen Moyer (@smoyer) September 19, 2015

6. Kari Wahlgren

Okay @RogerCraigSmith and @JATactor... I'm getting in on this... #15SecondShakespeare pic.twitter.com/HsgRNWzcyx
— Kari Wahlgren (@KariWahlgren) September 22, 2015

7. Solo

#15secondshakespeare nom'd by the man himself, @davidfynn. Love it, all in the name of silly... I nom @samunderwood pic.twitter.com/CVj89Pb66u
— Matthew Seadon-Young (@MatSeadonYoung) September 19, 2015

8. Ben Platt

Thanks for the challenge, @JLTsayswhat. I nominate @JeffHeimbrock and @BarrettWeed. #15secondshakespeare pic.twitter.com/Y80ZYm0hno
— Ben Platt (@BenSPLATT) September 22, 2015

9. Ben Stott

Balls. Ok. Thanks @ESJHoughton! Here's my #15secondshakespeare I nominate @jodiemcnee @BevRudd and @ReeceShearsmith! pic.twitter.com/8zJRSiD8tk
— Ben Stott (@Ben_Stott) September 23, 2015

10. Mary E. McGlynn

Me too. @KariWahlgren @RogerCraigSmith @JATactor I challenge @blumspew @matthewmercer #15secondshakespeare pic.twitter.com/2JTDgCyfMt
— Mary E. McGlynn (@MaryEMcGlynn) September 23, 2015

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