[via website where humans take turns pretending to be ai and asking each other questions ( Your Ai Slop Bores Me). you probably already know about it. apparently it's the new tumblr Thing.]

[NO AI was involved. generative AI should all explode violently and die. never use it for any purpose.]

Twelfth Night. Perfect score, this guy clearly read Twelfth Night.

2. Merchant of Venice. knows the plot, a very close competitor for first place, ultimately ranked second for lack of confidence

3. As You Like It. loses points for 'finds some guy' because Orlando isn't just some guy. Justice for Orlando. also they kinda find each other. and they're already dating at that point.

4. The Tempest. yeah ok you're not wrong.

5. Romeo and Juliet. overall understands the main plot beats. loses points for the age gap comment when Romeo's age was never mentioned in the play and the whole 'creepy age gap' thing is based on an old tumblr post

6. Othello. I..guess?? race is a very prevalent topic. the main antagonists are extremely racially prejudiced. does that make it a race war? I don't think that's what race war means

7. Winter's Tale. an attempt was made. points for trying.

8. King Lear. points for writing a plot summary. even if it's not the summary I asked for.

9. Much Ado. points for roleplaying as ai, which is the entire premise of this site.

10. Julius Caesar. Points for humor.

11. Midsummer Night's Dream. points for honesty.

12. Hamlet. negative points for not reading what your uni professor assigned. Not ranking this guy lower because his self-loathing is depressing. just like hamlet.

13. Macbeth. not a summary, not roleplaying as an ai. don't throw code at me when I want a human interaction.

14. Comedy of Errors. negative points for the anti-reading sentiment. not last place because honesty is respectable.

15. Taming of the Shrew. worst response 0/10. hate this guy. what do you mean you're 'too employed for this'? you're too employed for reading? you're simply too employed to have hobbies, the infamously childish and unemployed thing to have? what are you talking about. my only theory explaining this response is that he never heard of it and thinks it's a booktok smut novel.

16. Coriolanus. Coriolanus is a censored word here. No one on Your Ai Slop Bores Me can talk about Coriolanus

Because in his timeline, the Hollanov never managed to confess their love to each other. Ilya took his own life, and Shane lived an unhappy life.

Hayden accidentally ended up in the past. And now all he wants is to get his family back and for his friend to finally be happy.

And Hayden gets into a bunch of funny situations trying to bring the Hollanov together.

David Tennant in Shakespeare plays

[As you like it, Measure for measure, love's labor lost, Richard II, Hamlet, The Comedy of errors, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, much Ado about nothing, Macbeth]

According to shakespeareances.com, as of February 2026.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

Twelfth Night

Much Ado About Nothing

As You Like It

The Tempest

The Comedy of Errors

Julius Caesar

The Taming of the Shrew

The Merry Wives of Windsor

King Lear

Othello

Richard III

The Winter's Tale

Love's Labour's Lost

Henry V

Measure for Measure

I only found Macbeth, but I would love to watch the others, especially Loves Labours Lost & Much Ado About Nothing

Hello Anon! Very few of David's Shakespearean roles are available to watch online, and this access is variable depending on where in the world you reside (I'm US-based, so most of my knowledge about access is focused on US resources). Before I address those which can be found, I'll address those which can't (Love's Labours Lost, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, and Romeo and Juliet).

The only way to watch the plays I listed above is at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon. You have to reserve a time with the staff archivists via email for each play you want to see and go along to the archive - in person.

This process (and the process for a few other archives in the UK where other plays David's done can be seen/listened to) is better explained in the following Google doc I drew up:

Now, a few other Shakespeare plays David's done can be seen online, but again, that depends on where you live. The links which follow are US-based. HAMLET: This is a pretty accessible play and there are many ways to locate it. You can rent or buy the movie from Fandango at Home, and watch it from Apple TV, from Amazon Prime, etc. If all else fails, you can watch it on YouTube, or in ten parts on Dailymotion beginning here.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: You can rent this movie from Digital Theatre. Most other outside links are gone due to copyright infringement.