[Arikana]

So anyone else here enjoy any of Shakespeare's many plays? >w<

If yes, what are your favourites? If no, why don't you like 'em.


My favourites are Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream. <3
I love 'em both cause they were, and still are, just so darn funny and I could help by love every second during which I studied them in elementary and secondary school, respectively. <3
I just wish Shakespeare had written more romantic comedy plays as those were his only two and my top favourites of all his plays...though I only studied/read a total of six or seven plays. >w<;;;

[Kali_Namir]

I adore Shakespeare! It's one of the few things that calms me down when I'm upset...I've got parts of Romeo & Juliet memorized...

[Arikana]

Mmm. Romeo and Juliet is a classic. Do you plan on memorizing the rest? :0

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I've studied about half a dozen of his plays. I read A Midsummer Night's Dream and part of Macbeth in High School. In Uni we studied Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus (there is debate about whether or not that one is really his), Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Henry V, and Winter's Tale.

Hamlet is generally my favourite as his plays go, but I do like Winter's Tale as well. For Shakespeare in general though, I am more fond of his sonnets. I'd list the numbers if I could ever keep them straight. "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun" is one I've always found cute.

[Kali_Namir]

Maybe one day, I've got my favorite parts memorized at the moment...

[Echo-chan713]

Last time I read Shakespeare was for English class back in Junior high school

[Espy]

MACBETHMACBETHMACBETH.

-is a huge Macbeth fan-

Gotta read/memorize everything else, too. My friend and I once had a humrous yelling bout of the last duel scene between Macduff and Macbeth.

[Alpha]

I have read several, and I found that I most enjoy Macbeth. Although Hamlet is interesting, as is Romeo and Juliet.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I should actually read the whole play of Macbeth. I didn't get through most of it. Henry V I didn't finish either. Kinda felt like my brain was oozing out the side of my head when I was reading it. Watched the Kenneth Brannah movie instead. ;)

I ended up using Hamlet as source material for two papers, specifically the graveyard scene: once for my philosophy of metaphor class, and the other for my term paper for my Shakespeare class which I called "Alas, Poor Hamlet!" My copy of Hamlet is covered with pencil, pen, and three different colours of highlighter.

[Rem]

Midsummer's Night's Dream is my absolute favorite of all his works, I find that one appeals just right to what I enjoy
I am a fan of MacBeth though

I kind of loathe Romeo and Juliet xD;; probably could blame that on the instructor I had that seemed to love it so much and made us study it for like nearly two months
for god's sake x_x
But I also dislike it for personal reasons

.....I also really really like Titus Andronicus |D;;; it's so freaking bloody and violent and over the top, like the 1600s version of a splattergore horror film lmao. Also the 1999 film adaption is like one of my favorite films ever

[Quiet Man Cometh]

We watched part of Titus in class. Specifically, the killing of the two sons and dinner afterwards. The sudden jazz music definately throws one for a loop. ;). Judy Taymor as director. She also did Across the Universe.

[Yokuutsu]

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was my favorite personally .-.

[Lost_Ninja9213]

I like most of those that ive read/seen, especially Macbeth, Henry V, Titus, Caesar, and Hamlet. I cant stand R & J though..-_-

[Yokuutsu]

I liked Romeo and Juliet, though I thought they were stupid. OH NOES THE PERSON IS DEAD! -offs self- -other wakes up- OH NOES MY LOVE IS DEAD! -kills self-

Too dramatic for me but I'm bitter about love too >> <<

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I still laugh that the first line of the modern adaptation is said by the wrong family. ;).

Not fond of the movie. The whole, "drink poison and be surprised as lover wakes up" moment was kind of excessive in my opinion. Also, most people I know tend to spit stuff when surprised or shocked, not swallow it. I suppose it was one of those, 'let's make this as tragic as we can' moments. Blah. Hated it.

[Alpha]

It was a movie from what I lovingly call "Holly-weird". They like taking books and twisting the story to something that either doesn't resemble the original, or is just overly dramatic/weird.