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Postby rocklobster » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:21 pm

What are your favorite Shakespeare plays?
I like
  • Hamlet
  • Midsummer Night's Dream
  • The Tempest
  • Macbeth
  • Othello
  • The Comedy of Errors
  • Romeo amd Juliet
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Postby mitsuki lover » Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:09 pm

*Macbeth...Hey whatya think someone of Scots descent and descended from
King Duncan would put down first? :lol: :thumb:
*Hamlet...Olivier was the best though you have to watch Jack Benny in the
comedy To Be Or Not To Be to really appreciate it.
*The Merry Wives Of Windsor...one of Shakespeare's funniest.
*The Tempest...gave Huxley the title for his novel Brave New World.
*Henry V...one of the greatest of Shakespeare's historical plays.Tom Baker
spoofs the famous 'St.Crispian Speech' in the Doctor Who ep.The Androids of Tara.
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Postby Debitt » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:33 pm

Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. ^^

Oddly, the only Shakespeare play that I've read and didn't 100% enjoy was Romeo and Juliet.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:40 pm

Romeo and Juliet is a bit overdone these days.
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Postby TallasLint » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:28 pm

I liked Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet...the only other Shakespeare I've read though is Romeo and Juliet, which I didn't like, because it has become so cliched.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:11 pm

MAcbeth is underrated in my opinion because it competes with Hamlet and ROmeo And Juliet for attention,and there's that silly superstitution about the name of the play.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:18 pm

Of the ones I've seen/read, Julius Caesar takes the top of my list. However, I have a feeling that Hamlet may top that, if I ever get to see it. XD
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Postby USSRGirl » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:50 pm

You may not know this...but communists are rather fond of Shakespeare. I've read a lot of his tragedies.

My fav? Oh-oh Pericles King of Tyre!!!!!! Hands down. Cleo and Mark Antony is a close second. ^_^ Gotta admire her ruling skills.
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Postby USSRGirl » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:52 pm

Radical Dreamer wrote:Of the ones I've seen/read, Julius Caesar takes the top of my list. However, I have a feeling that Hamlet may top that, if I ever get to see it. XD


Ooooh. I played the Soothsayer in my school's Julius Caesar Christmas play/reading thing!! :sweat: I should have got an Oscar!!
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Postby rocklobster » Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:11 am

What I like best about Shakespeare is that even though his playes are several centuries old, they still resonate with us today. Does anyone have havorite lines from the plays too?
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:03 pm

Other than "Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar!" I can't think of any. XD
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Postby Debitt » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:21 pm

"There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come', if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all."
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Postby rocklobster » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:23 am

"What fools these mortals be"--My man Puck
"There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamed of in your philosophy"--Hamlet
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:02 pm

"Once more into the breach.."Henry V
"This day is called St.Crispian Day..."Henry V
"To Be or Not to be,That is the question.."Hamlet
"Out,out da..spot!"Macbeth
"Toil,toil,trouble and boil."Macbeth
"A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet."Romeo And Juliet
"Friends,Romans,countrymen lend me your ears,I have come
not to praise Caesar but to bury him,the good men do oft
dies with them.."Julius Caesar
"...'til Brinane wood come.."Macbeth
"What brave new world that hath such men in it!"The Tempest
"We are such things as dreams are made of."A Midsummer's Night Dream(I think)
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Postby ClosetOtaku » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:53 pm

Just saw a wonderful adaptation of the otherwise forgettable "Love's Labours Lost" at the National Shakespeare Theater. Far more hilarious than the Bard intended, I'm sure.

But my favorite Shakespeare remains Hamlet, if for no other reason the wordplay is fabulous.
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Postby Rachel » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:40 pm

First would be Macbeth, because Scottish people are awesome and because I really like the symbolism of the witches and Lady Macbeth. hehe, you should have seen the essay I wrote about that for English, it was really good if I do say so myself.

And second would be Hamlet, for the same reason ClosetOtaku likes it.
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Postby Phantom_Sorano » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:52 pm

Go Shakespeare!!!! I love Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet is alright. I do have favorite lines....Hamlet 2.2...I memorized it!!!! Actually, I did a study on Shakespeare in my English class where I had to do my own version of Romeo and Juliet....I set it during the Holocaust, wrote a script and produced it in front of my class...it was pretty cool...I got to play Romeo's dad who was a Nazi general...who goes insane at the end and hangs himself...it was very fun to do!
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Postby Rachel » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:43 pm

Wow, that sounds awesome. do you still have the script?
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Postby mitsuki lover » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:22 pm

The real Lady MacBeth was named Grouh(sp?)her son Lulach was briefly king between the death of MacBeth and the ascension of Malcom III.Lulach was MacBeth's stepson.The real MacBeth was nothing like the ficitonal Thane in Shakespeare's play and reigned popularly for about 17 years.It is said that during the time of his reign he made at least one pilgrimage to Rome and also that he
strewn the streets with gold while there.
MacBeth's claim to the kingship was indeed valid as he was cousin to Duncan I.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:45 pm

The Tempest is fun.
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Postby Sai » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:23 pm

My fav is "much ado" and i also like "as you like it".
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Postby mitsuki lover » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:37 pm

Aside from all that magic and fantasy the Tempest is based on an actual shipwreck in the Bahamas.
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:30 am

How can you top the brilliance of Hamlet ? It is endlessly quotable, with profound insight into human nature and the struggle with the ultimate purpose in life, wonderful dramaticism - you name it, it's here.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:48 pm

My bad I should have said Bermuda.

As far as Hamlet goes,Hamlet was the original dweeb.He's not as interesting as any of the other characters and has to be a little bit mentally disturbed to believe the story of the 'ghost'.This is why I like MacBeth better.MacBeth was a more interesting character and also a lot more sympathetic to boot.
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:41 pm

mitsuki lover wrote:As far as Hamlet goes,Hamlet was the original dweeb.He's not as interesting as any of the other characters and has to be a little bit mentally disturbed to believe the story of the 'ghost'.This is why I like MacBeth better.MacBeth was a more interesting character and also a lot more sympathetic to boot.


I would agree that MacBeth is pretty awesome. There are some incredible lines in it, the storyline draws the reader in. And yeah, Hamlet is surely a little mentally disturbed. He's definitely got issues, but I still think his character has a lot to say to the general human experience - so I think he's pretty interesting.

But I definitely can see where your opinion comes from.
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Postby mechana2015 » Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:47 pm

Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest and Midsummers Night Dream
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Postby HisaishiFan » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:01 pm

My favorite would be Henry V; Kenneth Brannagh's version is heart wrenching.

MacBeth Trivia:

Best "sampled" Shakespeare: Double Trouble from HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Best borrowed title: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.
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