Kenneth Branagh At 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Was Branagh Dressed ...

I tilted my head at all the Abraham Lincolns (then I read that Sir Kenneth Branagh was dressed as Isambard Kingdom Brunel reading Caliban's speech from “The Tempest,” got that?) and laughed at delight at Mr. Bean (or Rowan Atkinson). It was a show fitThis wasn't the 1600s, when William Shakespeare wrote the words. This was actor Kenneth Branagh reciting the words to the world at the Olympic opening ceremony. For Shakesepeare expert James Shapiro, an English professor at Columbia University,Kenneth Branagh appeared at the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympics in inimitable

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