. >> charlie: when you look at the great actors, whether olivier or richard burton, barrymore or all those who have taken a shot at this, i mean, it's almost a coming of age for a good actor. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> charlie: you have to do this. >> yeah. and what's been fascinating is i have been in this job or at least been going to the theater long enough now so that i can see actors progress through the generations of, you know, it's romeo, hamlet, macbeth, and then now everyone's doing king lear! >> charlie: we have clips throughout the conversation. i begin with john gillgood who nod only played hamlet but directed richard burton in hamlet here on broadway. >> that's right. >> charlie: here is john gillgood as hamlet. >> two months dead. not so much, not two. so excellent a king it was to this. i peer into a satire, so loving to my mother that he may not beckon the winds of heaven to visit her too roughly. heaven and earth i must remember why she would hang on him with increasing appetite that grown on what it fed on and jet within a month let me not think on -- frailty! they name

conflictwas also this within richard burton.he had been a great actor and he chose a different style. >> as john barrymore did. >> exactly. >> hamlet was the peak and after that, it was down. he was a glamorous hamlet. i grew up time, thinking of hamlet as a glamorous figure. >> here is another insert from kenneth brenna -- branagh. it has been more about shakespeare than anyone over the life of his career. >> henry the fifth is still so much fun. >> take a look at this. >> i knew him. jest, mostnfinite awesome fancy. he has borne me on his back 1000 times. and now what imagination it is. lips that i have kissed i know not how often. your son was your fleshest of merriment. one now to mock your own grinning, quite chock full. chamberyou to my ladies . to this favor she must come. tell me one thing. >> what is that? alexanderey'll think did this fashion on the earth? >> i want to talk about mark one more time. there is a story that you touch on -- because he plays enormously deranged. of an audiencent that is legitimately people.

>> you look at the great actors, olivier, richard burton, barrymore, it is a most a coming-of-age for good actor. you have to do this. >> what has been fascinating is that i have been in this job or going to the theater so that i can see actors progress through the generations of -- you know, it is romeo, hamlet, macbeth. everyone is doing king lear. >> we have some clips to show you throughout this conversation. john gilgood, who both played and directed hamlet. >> i do not understand so excellent a king that was to this. i peer into a satire so loving to my mother that the winds of heaven is at her face. she would hang on him and what it said on. yet, within a month, the unthinkable. frailty, thy name is woman. >> he is still widely regarded as the most musical of hamlets. olivier did his hamlet a couple of years later with a more virile, gutsier, swashbuckling hamlet. >> a bit freudian? >> oh yes. the name of the man he consulted in lengths -- >> i know the name of the man. let's listen to what he said. >> once you have played it, it will devour you and upset you for the rest of yo

richard burton, fred astaire, all these people.come down with the little camera. then before you know it, the place was saturated with people. >> seth: with the first year, go ahead, sorry. >> but, you know, i haven't seen you in a long time. >> seth: no, we haven't seen each other for a while. >> not since my daughter married one of your dearest friends. >> seth: mike schur, yes. that's right. >> i want to talk to you about that. >> seth: okay. good. [ laughter ] >> so we have this wedding at pierre hotel. >> seth: beautiful wedding. >> beautiful wedding. and i ask tony bennett to come and sing for us. which he did, you know. and neil sedaka came and he sang for us. and then he got up and he gave a speech about his best friend who had just gotten married to my daughter. and nobody wanted to hear any more from tony bennett. [ laughter ] you were so good with that speech. >> seth: oh my goodness, thank you. >> you really were. >> seth: thank you. >> as a matter of fact -- [ applause ] >> seth: that's so kind of you to say. >> i'm ki

successful, the product really of the hard work of not only george washington raines and richard tyler, and james h. burton, john mal let and george washington cunningham and frederick c. humphries, and isaac m. st. john, and a host of others, while that capacity to produce war materiel had reached such a point that between july 1, 1864, and january 21 of 1865, it could issue more than 200,000 complete suits of uniforms to its soldiers in the field just in that time period. i do have to note a few qualifications. it was not always the most perfect system. the southern railroad network as it deteriorated often meant that raw materials and finished products would be delayed in either reaching the factories or reaching the destination points. it also meant that some alternate materials had to be used. instead of the preferred all woolen outer garments, jackets, coats and trousers of the military uniform of the time, the confederates had to rely very extensively all on what was commonly called jean cloth, a mixture of wool and cotton. a cotton warp and a wool weft. what was often called negro cloth. in the ant

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james burton, elvis' guitar player, one of the greatest guitar players of all time will be our musical guest. >> elvis' guitar player? >> he was everybody's guitar player. he's the guy that keith richards to see you. >> thanks. good to be with you. >>> some other stories making headlines on your saturday morning, the hunt is on for the person who killed 6-year-old jenise wright. investigators have ruled her death a homicide after finding her body in the woods near her home in washington state. police believe her killer most likely left the crime scene covered in mud and are asking neighbors if they saw anyone wearing or discarding muddy clothing last weekend when she was first reported missing. last night hundreds of people turned out for a vigil to remember her. >>> while you were sleeping, the israeli military obliterating targets in gaza. this blast happening earlier this morning. 20 other targets also hit in the gaza strip. the palestinians reporting at least five casualties. this as hamas militants continue a barrage of rockets into israel, six just this morning. the up tick in violence comes 24 hours after the collapse of a three-day truce between the warring sides. >>> the ameri