Early in Friday night’s London Olympics opening ceremonies, actor Kenneth Branagh opened by reading a passage from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” The lines, which are sure to warm the cockles of any true Englishman, are below.
Kenneth Branagh Quotes ‘The Tempest,’ Is Not Holding ‘The Tempest’
Hello, I am Kenneth Branagh,
And they handed me this book to hold as a prop while I was up here.
It is almost definitely the kind of book you would read on the shitter.
It’s too big to be a regular book that you would just read in the living room or something.
Maybe an Onion anthology. Could even be a guide to how to identify leaves.
I don’t know, something light and easy-to-read. That’s important when you’re crapping.
Bye, guys.
Have as many Olympics as you can.
- William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”
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