To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jaques's lines on the seven ages of man from Act II, Scene 7 of As You Like ItRead the full text for this speech Zawe Ashton: 'I wanted to connect to a more sombre tone'Jonathan Bate: the writers who shaped the world's greatest playwrightZawe Ashton stars in Jamie Lloyd's pro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM on May 11, 2016