A arte de atuar

Estava lendo o capitulo sobre Laurence Olivier do livro de que já falei de Kenneth Tynan, "A Vida como Performance", e fui atrás de algo dele no Youtube. Acabei revendo o discurso Saint Crispin's Day da obra de Shakespeare "Henrique V", que ele dirigiu e atuou em 1944, como uma espécie de peça de propaganda para levantar o moral britânico em pleno calor da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Aproveitei e revi também o mesmo discurso na versão de Kenneth Branagh para o mesmo texto, em filme de 1989. Ao menos no cinema, Branagh nunca mais atingiu um patamar tão elevado de atuação, chegando a superar Olivier em muitos pontos. Postei as duas interpretações e o texto original aqui para que vocês possam comparar.

Henry V:-

"This day is called the feast of Crispian:

He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,

Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,

And rouse him at the name of Crispian.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,

Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,

And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'

Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.

And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'

Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,

But he'll remember with advantages

What feats he did that day: then shall our names.

Familiar in his mouth as household words

Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,

Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,

Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.

This story shall the good man teach his son;

And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remember'd;

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition:

And gentlemen in England now a-bed

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day"