Joseph Fiennes
Annie Lennox
Sir John Gielgud
Alan Rickman
Diana Rigg
Richard Attenborough
Paul Rhys
Juliet Stevenson
Rufus Wainwright
Janet McTeer
Alan Bates
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
David Warner
Siân Phillips
John Hurt
John Potter
Ralph Fiennes
Matthew Rhys
Imelda Staunton
Kenneth Branagh
Fiona Shaw
Henry Goodman
Keb’ Mo’
Susannah York
Timothy Spall
Peter Barkworth
Gemma Jones
Sylvia Syms
Bryan Ferry
Joseph Fiennes
As an unperfect actor on the stage
Who with his fear is put besides his part
Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage
Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart;
So I, for fear of trust, forget to say
The perfect ceremony of love's rite
And in mine own love's strength seem to decay
O'ercharg'd with burden of mine own love's might
O let my books be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast
Who plead for love and look for recompense
More than that tongue that more hath more express'd
O, learn to read what silent love hath writ:
To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit
As an unperfect actor on the stage was written by William Shakespeare.