Mountainish Inhumanity: Shakespeare’s 400-Year-Old Warning
Thursday, February 5, 2026
I’m not someone who goes to plays or was ever considered a theater kid, but this act on a late night show almost had me in tears. A heartbreaking speech that was written by Shakespeare and performed by Sir Ian McKellen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has really hit me. It’s wild that 400 years can pass and the same issues are still harassing human beings. The setup for the speech starts about 20 minutes into the show -linked here.