What's your fav play by the Bard and why. Just curious, was having an argument with my mate about it!!
2006-10-12 10:32:18 · 14 answers · asked by Travellin Bry 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It's hard to choose a favorite from so much genius but if I had to choose it would be "King Lear".
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2006-10-13 07:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by Bugsy Groucho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you arguing between?
I would say I like the comedies best: Midsummer Night's Dream is whacky and whimsical, while Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew are always fun reads.
2006-10-12 17:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by Red Sonja 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Taming of the Shrew"
But only if it is performed with the entire "play-within-a-play" motif. My girlfriend played Kate a couple years ago and the director cut the opening scene in which the drunkard is made to believe that he is a nobleman. Sort of undermined the entire irony of the rest of the story.
2006-10-14 01:22:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Othello and Hamlet are both awesome, while Macbeth, Much Ado, Romeo, Julius Caeser, and Henry V are all awesome, too.
2006-10-12 18:14:47 · answer #4 · answered by Skop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Othello
2006-10-12 17:36:53 · answer #5 · answered by pinkbeagle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Much Ado About Nothing
It's just so darn funny! I love how they trick Beatrice and Benedick into falling in love. Classic!
2006-10-12 18:45:01 · answer #6 · answered by musicaangelica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romeo and Juliet
2006-10-12 17:34:56 · answer #7 · answered by noonee333 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say all. But since there're only two of which I could still remember details (years after reading them), I guess they're my time-tested favourites: "Taming of the Shrew,", and "Timon of Athens".
2006-10-12 17:42:39 · answer #8 · answered by Lily 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an impossible question to answer. There are about a dozen that I love with equal vigor.
Generally, when I'm asked this question, I respond with: "Whichever one I read most recently."
2006-10-13 11:09:00 · answer #9 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Othello for sure. It is such a good example of how destructive jealousy can be.
2006-10-12 17:40:53 · answer #10 · answered by Wasting Time 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋