And why?
2007-01-07 17:12:16 · 11 answers · asked by haiku_katie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
The Tempest is my favorite. There is a ship wreck acted out onstage, there is a wild forest full of fairies and beasts and even a drunken clown. Does it really get any better than that?
2007-01-12 15:48:08 · answer #1 · answered by Laura 1900 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa, just one? I really love Hamlet. Very intense. It also has a great "woman going mad" scene.
I also loved "A Midsummer Night's Dream". A really crazy, mixed up farce about love and magic. The Bard really had a twisted sense of humor (in a good way). Even my 12 and 13 year old kids loved the opera by Benjamin Britten based on Shakespeare's play.
One of my favorite classes in college was on Shakespeare. If you get a good text or teacher that can explain Shakespere well, you will find it amazingly entertaining and you'll be a fan for life.
2007-01-08 09:42:51 · answer #2 · answered by comet girl...DUCK! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My personal favorite will always be "Romeo and Juliet" but "Hamlet" has to be Will Shakespeare's best hands down because it encompasses so much drama and complexity. You've got love, anger, revenge, and incest all in one package. It's like a Freudian soap opera.
And you can't get more Shakespearean than Laurence Olivier. Rent or buy his version of Hamlet; you will not be disappointed.
2007-01-08 01:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Othello.
It is absolutaly genius, considering the means of manipulation the takes place, and the effectiveness. I believe that nobody understood people more than Shakespeare.
2007-01-08 14:27:21 · answer #4 · answered by Fran 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always like Much Ado About Nothing. Granted, it's not considered one of his best plays, but the interactions between the characters always fascinated me. Benedick and Beatrice are my favorites. I love how they reject society's norms only to be caught by them in the end. And it has a happy ending.
2007-01-08 16:56:37 · answer #5 · answered by seeme1995 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd say in order:
1. taming of the shrew
[my favorite, because the entire thing is pure genius]
2. romeo & juliet [its the most influencial]
3. much ado about nothing
4. twelfth night
5. everything else
...which do you like?
2007-01-11 01:15:23 · answer #6 · answered by Veritesirum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Macbeth" (fun to act out, great themes, great characters), "Taming..." (hilarious, witty, themes again), "R+J" (classic, basis for most of what I like to read and write, romantic).
I like most of Shakespeare's stuff, though. Hamlet is quite brilliant, as well.
2007-01-08 02:50:25 · answer #7 · answered by The Lady of Shallot 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet, because of how he deals with death. I also love how he explains how a king can pass through the body of a worm, and that we fatten other animals to fatten ourselves and we fatten ourselves for worms.
2007-01-08 01:21:27 · answer #8 · answered by cassandra 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A mids summer night dream was my favorite i loved it beacuse it was a mixed up love story
2007-01-13 09:15:28 · answer #9 · answered by zozo da konkoer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I happen to like Othello the most. It is all about jealousy and envy.
2007-01-08 01:18:27 · answer #10 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋