This is the Question
This is SO wonderful – for the brilliance of the idea, the cleverness of how it builds, the participants they got (all of them major actors who’ve played Hamlet in the West End), and finally being able to payoff the joke with a great punchline and a huge surprise. It’s from eight years ago, and I’m not exactly sure what it was for, but it seems like perhaps a benefit for the Royal Shakespeare Company, or a TV special called “Shakespeare Live.”
I wish I could find the full sketch, but the BBC hasn't posted it yet, despite many commenters begging for it). However, I’ll keep looking -- and I do have a bonus video below -- but this suffices nicely, and a joy to have, with the writer who came up with the idea, Gregory Doran, explaining how it all came together.
I wish the freeze frame doesn't give away the joke at the end, but that's how it goes. I'll just note that it's not the full joke, since what's specifically said is the final punch line.
And this is the bonus. Still not the full sketch, but it's the surprise at the end when then-Sir Charles appears and comes on stage to correct them all. So, you at least get the full audience reaction of the payoff. Why the BBC hasn’t posted the full sketch…well, that is the question.
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