Shakespear

[domingo]

Wow that would be so cool to see ...... I too am 18 and I have read his complete works .... so I agree that you don't have to be older to be able to enjoy it .... (but it probably helps sometimes)....

[Tancred]

Huzzah! Shakespeare! I studied Macbeth in school, fabulous work. Studied King Lear too, didn't like it as much but still brill. I got to play Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing in a school play, fantastic feeling.

[Kaz]

I've never read Shakespeare but I think we will read a book by him in 11th grade English class (that is ASSUMING we ever get done with last years book). I'm looking forward to it

[Melusine]

I agree, Domingo and Starkiller. Old Age isn't necessarily a prerequisite to like Shakespeare
Though I do wonder what new insights into his works the years will grant me

My favourite plays....that's really difficult. King Lear is definitely one, as are Macbeth, a Midsummernight's Dream and The Tempest. I also loved Titus Andronicus ( really, I did...though it was also very shocking), The Taming of the Shrew (again, pretty shocking to me), A Winter's Tale, Two Gentlemen, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet (in top three list I guess), The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, and this one is also one of my absolute favourites: Richard III



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[Starkiller]

Ah, Richard III, who could forget lines like "A horse a horse, my kingdom for a horse!"...although it was rather strange when shouted about a broken jeep in the relatively recent "modern" version...anyone else think that was strange? Anyway, it is tough to pick favourites among Shakespeare, everything is so good. Julius Caesar is one of the greats in my opinion, and of course A midsummer-nights dream is up there. But I believe I still have to defer to my previous post: Macbeth is the best. It is simply so thought provoking, and deals with so many issues concerning destiny and life which you would not nesessarily notice if you simply read the book once, and this is one of the issues I love to debate about the most. For example, at the end of the book, his General's name is Satan, I mean stuff like that alone...it is certainly a loaded book to say the least. I have read it about 15 times now, acted out most of the parts in various productions (I intend to be an actor when I finish school), and seen about 5 productions, but it just keeps getting better. I must reccomend it for all of you who have not read it, and if you have, and tossed it aside as one of his simpler, more straight forward books, (easy to do), I urge you to take another look. But then again, this is just one humble fanatic's opinion


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