A beloved Mr. Ed Brown once had me perform Act 1, Scene 5 of Hamlet.

"I am thy father’s spirit,
Doomed for a certain term to walk the night
And for the day confined to fast in fires
My hour is almost come
When I to sulf’rous and tormenting flames
Must render up myself.
Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing
To what I shall unfold.
List, list, O list!
If thou didst ever thy dear father love—
But…