Below are a few of Shakespeare’s finest speeches performed simply by one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the century. It ranges from the youth of Jaques’ introduction alive, ‘All the world’s a stage!’ in ‘As You Like It’ to the aged Prospero’s goodbye to Ariel and Shakespeare’s own farewell to his muse in ‘The Tempest’: ‘Right now my charms are all o’erthrown!’ Sir John’s masterful reading brings pleasure to the hearing and joy towards the heart.