Riz Ahmed as Edmund in King Lear: 'Now, gods, stand up for bastards' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John, Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund's soliloquy from the start of Act I, Scene 2 in King Lear. Edmund reflects upon being an illegitimate son and plots against his half-brother, EdgarRead the full text for this speech Riz Ahmed: This is a speech for outsidersRiz Ahmed stars in the HBO series The Night OfVie…

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