Mine's Midsummer Night's Dream - I played Titania in a gorgeous dress, and my wings were lovely and the script was fab.
2006-11-09 01:08:01 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Much Ado About Nothing is mine!
Hilarity between Beatrice and Benedick! Romance, treachery, tragedy! It honestly has it all!
I was also one of the first Shakespeare plays that I read that I truly understood and "got"!
2006-11-09 22:20:19 · answer #1 · answered by Huckleberry Finn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Much Ado about Nothing.
A modern staging (or Kenneth Branagh's brilliant movie) can show you that the "oh so modern" battle of the sexes was alive and well in 16th century England. But like all Shakespeare there is as much dark as there is light. Hero's chilling "Kill Claudio" is a bleak comment on human nature. Even the sweet and lovely can be bitter and even homicidal if crossed. How many Beatrices and Benedicts do you know in your school, or college or workplace? When a couple express strong indifference about each other that is a fair sign that they are consumed with passion for each other!
2006-11-09 01:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mine's probably Midsummer too- it was my first Shakespearian play, both in reading and acting, and also the first play in which I got leading part(s) (my school did this stupid switch-the-parts-every-scene thing because too many parents were like WHY DOESN'T MY CHILD HAVE A GOOD PART!?)... I also saw a production of it and was in it again in high school/upper school (grades 8-12). Coincidentally, it was also my first good role in high school, which I didn't expect to get at ALL 'cause I was a freshman. I got to play Bottom, whom also happened to be my favorite character. So I'd say I hold it in kind of a special place in my heart.
2006-11-09 04:27:16 · answer #3 · answered by Lonelily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the Taming of the Shrew. It's very witty and funny. Pretty slapstick too.
Romeo and Juliet is terrible. Thinly constructed plot, 2-dimensional characters. And let's face it- they're two teenagers who fall in "love" (aka lust) at first sight, and make stupid, rash decisions. Really not one of his better works. He actually mocks it in "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Pyramus and Thisby :P
2006-11-09 15:54:13 · answer #4 · answered by Purplepossum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Paddy B & Huckleberry Finn. Much Ado About Nothing.
This is the opening line in the movie.
Sigh No More
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever;
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blith and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.
Sing no more ditties, sing no mo
Of dumps so dull and heavy;
The fraud of men was ever so,
Since summer first was leavy.
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blith and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.
William Shakespeare
2006-11-11 15:12:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Scottish play the name is never mentioned apparently as it is thought to bring bad luck and has a curse lionked to it!
I was fortunate enough to play Hecate in a school production and to this day can recite all the words.
The play has everything in it, betrayal,greed,death,love,and magic.
Also it gave me a crack at being horrible.
2006-11-09 20:58:34 · answer #6 · answered by rachelsweet2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine is also midsummer night's dream, it's such a creative play and it has everything, from romance to comedy!
I also enjoy 9but not as much as the first one) romeo and Juliet, it's a memorable story that passes from generation to generation showing that love can beat it all.
2006-11-09 01:14:49 · answer #7 · answered by natalia k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Lear-an amazing piece of theatre. It addresses the question of our humaness in a way which still rings true for us today.
A Winter's Tale is also often overlooked and is a wonderful play-comic and tragic in equal measure.
2006-11-09 05:16:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ohh it has to be Othello i adore this play as i studied it for alevel, i also have a very big love hate relationship with the taming of the shrew!
2006-11-09 02:46:34 · answer #9 · answered by ebex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would have to be one of the History plays - they are all so different unlike the comedies which are the same plot with different character names.
2006-11-09 19:59:44 · answer #10 · answered by HB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋