The Poel Event - Sonnet 136 by William Shakespeare; 400th anniversary celebrations
The Poel Event is an organisation providing FREE Shakespeare training to professional actors - led by top industry professionals - in memory of actor William Poel 1852-1934.
In this first series of Sonnet releases, Poel Event actors read their favourite sonnet to mark 400 years since the death of Shakespeare (and 452 years since his birth!)
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http://www.poelevent.co.uk/
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Sonnet 136
If thy soul check thee that I come so near,
Swear to thy blind soul that I was thy 'Will',
And will thy soul knows is admitted there,
Thus far for love, my love-suit sweet fulfil.
'Will', will fulfil the treasure of thy love,
Ay, fill it full with wills, and my will one,
In things of great receipt with case we prove,
Among a number one is reckoned none.
Then in the number let me pass untold,
Though in thy store's account I one must be,
For nothing hold me, so it please thee hold,
That nothing me, a something sweet to thee.
Make but my name thy love, and love that still,
And then thou lov'st me for my name is Will.
Read by: Andrew Venning
Director: Emily Jenkins
Filming and editing: Oscar Blustin photography