Shakespeare, Sonnets, & Heart | Ben Crystal | PiXL talk

Keynote talk by Shakespearean actor, author, producer, director, & educator Ben Crystal, at the PiXL English Conference at Central Hall Westminster, London, on National Poetry Day, 4th October 2018. Ben speaks to 1000 teachers in the middle of their conference day, beginning his talk with e.e. cummings' silently, if out of not knowable / night's utmost nothing..., and ending with Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 in Original Pronunciation. In between, he reflects on his first experiences with Shakespeare, his later