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Sir Ian McKellen performs 400-year-old pro-immigrant Shakespeare monologue live on Stephen Colbert

https://www.nme.com/news/tv/ian-mckellen-performs-400-year-old-pro-immigrant-shakespeare-monologue-live-on-stephen-colbert-3927710

And from over a decade ago in London, with the text:

https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ianmckellenshakespearethomasmoore.htm

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Ian McKellen performs 400-year-old pro-immigrant Shakespeare monologue live on Stephen Colbert

Sir Ian McKellen delivered a pro-immigration speech written by Shakespeare during an appearance on Stephen Colbert's talk show

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Feb 5 at 3:56pmIvory for Mac
Show threadJon SullivanFeb 6
@mmalc I just watched Ian McKellen's performance of that Shakespeare speech. It's powerful stuff and alarmingly relevant to today. Have we learned so little in 400 years?