What is your favorite play by Shakespeare?

damla · Post by **damla** » 22 Apr 2014, 15:24

twelfth night definitely...

dina77 · Post by **dina77** » 22 Apr 2014, 18:52

got to be MacBeth - its THE play

saviolo · Post by **saviolo** » 23 Apr 2014, 14:58

Bibliophile97 wrote: Thought the Romeo and Juliet was overrated, though that's mainly because I thought that the characters were too weak and too ruled by their emotions.

I know what you mean, but that's the beauty of it - he perfectly captures that time in a relationship when you would walk through a brick wall for your partner, when love and reason part company. Its a play for young people (which is why it's so rare to see a very good production of it because usually anyone young enough to fit the role is normally too young to have the professional experience to act it well).

The other thing that strikes me about it is that he had just finished Richard II which is an utterly different play. Its like someone saying 'I've just written The English Patient, whats next? I know, I'll knock out something like 'Twilight'. That'll keep the bank happy."

Williamz · Post by **Williamz** » 24 Apr 2014, 07:14

My personal favorite is probably A Midsummer Night's Dream. It's the kind of fantasy fairy land I would love to live in. But I also love Much Ado About Nothing - Beatrice and Benedict especially. But in reality, I love them all.

PashaRu · Post by **PashaRu** » 24 Apr 2014, 13:37

Hard to choose between Hamlet and Macbeth. I guess I'd have to say Hamlet. I also like Much Ado About Nothing, but I think his tragedies are generally better.

xoxoci · Post by **xoxoci** » 03 May 2014, 23:49

Macbeth

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Macbeth

RobertM · Post by **RobertM** » 04 May 2014, 00:52

Only two I've actually seen are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. I have to say Hamlet just because I'm a sucker for some of the lines in it.

Poofle · Post by **Poofle** » 04 May 2014, 10:51

Midsummer Night's Dream, that's the one I read and re-read as a child because it was so fantastic. XD Also Twelfth Night; it's such a comedy of errors (ha ha ha, bad joke) and I especially love Viola.

Of those I've seen, I'd say As You Like It

not sure if it's because of the story or the staging though; love Macbeth but the one I watched did it no justice.

Gotta re-read so much Shakespeare though. Read a few as a child but I'm sure my understanding will be much deeper now.

Tianarenee3 · Post by **Tianarenee3** » 05 May 2014, 19:30

Hamlet. Can't get enough hamlet.

CuriousJorgi · Post by **CuriousJorgi** » 06 May 2014, 11:50

I have read all of Shakespeare's comedies for a college English class! My favorite is Much Ado About Nothing! I just love the "merry war" of wit between Beatrice and Benedick. My favorite of his non-comedies, I love Henry V because I love the quote "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,"

karlymichele · Post by **karlymichele** » 08 May 2014, 21:32

Everyone was force-fed Romeo and Juliet sometime in their junior high career, but come on: R&J includes comedy in the form of Mercutio and the Nurse, action between the young men of the two houses, an intense and brief romance in Romeo and Juliet themselves, tragedy, and irony (of course she looks as if she's breathing! She's still alive, Romeo! Pull yourself together!). This blend of genres is what makes Romeo and Juliet unique for me. I also enjoy the existentialism and darkness of Hamlet.

maddieee_lynnn · Post by **maddieee_lynnn** » 08 May 2014, 21:52

I never really enjoyed the romance of the Shakespearean language until just recently. We began reading Macbeth in class and i immediately was hooked. At first the language was a hurdle, but as time progressed i looked forward to unraveling the puzzle of Shakespeare's dialect with each scene to come. I have since then been avidly reading all i can of his ,but unfortunately have had to cut back as my schedule has been made so much more demanding with the end of the school year fast approaching.

Nimbus Wolfsbane · Post by **Nimbus Wolfsbane** » 09 May 2014, 13:32

Macbeth and Midsummer Night Dream

David Dawson · Post by **David Dawson** » 09 May 2014, 14:28

As well as the ones that have been mentioned a lot (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing), I have a massive soft spot for Measure for Measure. As far as the histories go, I think the first three acts or so of Richard II are brilliant and really like Henry VI part III and Richard III, but can take or leave most of the plays in between.