Favourite Shakespeare

[BetaKitten]

Othello and Hamlet are some of my favourites...

Off the list is The Winter's Tale for the most amazing stage direction 'Exit pursued by bear'

<3

 

[Nic]

I've not been exposed to a wide range of Shakespeare if I'm honest. I've read Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and Merchant of Venice. Oh, and that war speech poem thing from one of the king ones. I've seen adaptations of Macbeth, R&J and Midsomer Night's Dream at the theatre. Only film I've watched is the Baz Luhrmann R+J. Unless, of course, you also count Westside Story, 10 Things I Hate About You, and The Lion King on film, and Return to the Forbidden Planet on the stage... but somehow I doubt it.

But yeah, I think my favourite is still Romeo & Juliet

 

[furie]

Personally, I refuse to read such blatant Tudor propaganda. Richard the Third a hump backed child murderer indeed... Henry Tudor was a half breed Welsh usurper and I don't wish to be subjected to rubbish spouted by somebody in payment of his (illegitimate) Grand daughter.

I do however, have a rare link to some pictures of Shakespeare's tackle!!!
http://alturl.com/ibvge

 

[Nic]

^ <3

 

[Ben]

Macbeth's clearly the best. It's dark and awesome.

And then Merchant of Venice cause Portia is <3 Except the fifth act is rubbish.

 

[furie]

And then Merchant of Venice cause Portia is <3 Except the fifth act is rubbish.

There's a girl in Maxi-minor_furie's class called Portia...

Well, I suspect it's actually Porche...

the woman is one of those people who makes up for her single digit IQ by having a volume knob set permanently to 11 so everyone can know just how thick she is.

I don't think she's clever enough to read "Hello Magazine", never mind Shakespeare... I suspect she heard somebody else call their "posh" child Portia, and assumed that the upper classes and clever people were now naming children after super cars.

She's not quite got the hang of it with her other two kids, Fiesta and Saxo... Though that might be where they were conceived - both have the second names "McDonalds" and "carpark"....

 

[Patrick]

I don't like Shakespeare as it's literally forced down peoples throats when in school which means it's hard to enjoy it. Especially when they try and make you annotate it and look far deeper into it then he actually did when he was writing it.

This.

If I had to choose I'd say Romeo and Juliet because I played Mercutio in my school play Macbeth is really good too but English ruined it.