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Postby Jaltus-bot » Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:40 am

Hi,

Hamlet was one of my favorite things that Shakespeare wrote. does anyone else have any favorites?

I've never read Julius Caesar. I've read MacBeth, Romeo and Juliey, A Midsummer Night's Dream, king Lear, Othello, and Hamlet which is the first I ever read of Shakespeare. I've alse read a few sonnets by him. I've seen Othello performed at school and it was well done. I've seen an old video version of Romeo and Juliet and or Taming of the Shrew. I saw Hamlet from PBS when it was on a while back. I also saw Ten Things I Hate About You based on Taming of the Shrew.
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Postby SManBeyond » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:07 am

Even though King Lear is said to be the best of the four tragedies, my favorite Shakespeare play is Othello. Even though you kind of have to buy the whole package for the play to work, I love it because of the villain Iago. Even though the end is unsatisfactory to me, he is such a fascinating character.

My favorites also include King Lear, Hamlet, As You Like It (I saw a GREAT production at Oxford University) and Antony and Cleopatra.
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Postby Golden_Griff » Sat Sep 04, 2004 1:23 pm

Hamlet is among my favorites too. Others I like include Othello, MacBeth, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Comedy of Errors.
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Postby Staci » Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:36 pm

Favorite Tragedy/Drama - Hamlet
Favorite Comedy - The Comedy of Errors

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Postby c.t.,girl » Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:45 pm

hamlet and romeo and juliet
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Sat Sep 04, 2004 3:08 pm

to be honest, the only one I can remember anything about is Romeo and Juliet. I like it a lot, and I also like the movie version that Baz Luhrmann did a few years back.
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Postby c.t.,girl » Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:20 pm

Zane wrote:Julius Caesar is not bad either.


oh yah i forgot about that one. i loved that one.
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Postby Scribs » Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:24 pm

I saw Twelfth Night this summer and enjoyed it greatly.

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Postby ClosetOtaku » Tue Sep 07, 2004 9:46 pm

Hamlet is my favorite by far. I've taken a liking to King Lear. Also up there is Romeo and Juliet. I've also wanted to see Richard III on stage for some time, but haven't gotten the chance. Have seen Twelfth Night and Two Gentlemen of Verona by professional troupes, good but not the best plays out there.

I did see an outstanding production of The Merchant of Venice with Hal Holbrook as Shylock. Although a somewhat controversial play in this politically correct age, Holbrook played the role in such a way that defused any accusations of anti-Semitism on Shakespeare's part. It's too bad it hasn't always been played that way.
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Postby EireWolf » Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:31 pm

I haven't seen much Shakespeare performed, but I do like A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet.
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Postby Jaltus-bot » Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:38 pm

Hamlet is great. :)
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Postby Banana-chan » Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:12 am

Hamlet , Macbeth, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and Romeo and Juliet were the ones ive enjoyed out of the ones ive gone through or seen. Shakespeare is great. As You Like It was pretty good. I found a monologue to do from there. The monologue was for an audition. Man was it confusing lol :lol:
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:35 am

I'm actually in a Shakespeare class right now in college. Surprised also am I that it took this long to get a Shakespeare thread up. I have a little bit of background with Shakespeare. I've read: Julius Ceaser, MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, and Much Ado About Nothing, that one about a hundred times. I was in the play in high school, so there's the explanation.

Some scholar was saying that Shakespeare has developed the human psyche. Or, that Shakespeare has taught us to be human, through his presentation and development of deep, internal, psychologically charged characters. Being a Christian, I know this to be untrue, but it still is interesting to think about...
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Postby SnowLeopard » Thu Sep 09, 2004 4:15 pm

My alltime favorite has to be Twelvth Night, but Julius Caeser and Taming of the Shrew are pretty up there too. I think the reason that Shakespere has stuck around for so long is the fact that the way people act doesn't change, even though customs might.
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Postby Jaltus-bot » Thu Sep 09, 2004 4:16 pm

Shakespeare did do a wonderful job capturing human nature in writing.
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Postby AsterlonKnight » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:59 am

GAH@Hamlet. I'd never encountered a story that could put me to sleep exactly every two pages before this. I literally would fall asleep.

I liked Macbeth, Othello (I think I was the only girl in my class who did...the others prefered Wuthering Heights. Bleck.), Julius Caesar, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew and a couple others. My mum got me a book of his comedies. ^_^

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Postby Kaligraphic » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:51 am

I think Romeo and Juliet was my least favourite of Shakespeare's plays. Of course, it was basically a remake of older material with a little anglicisation (Cappelletti->Capulet and such).
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Postby agasfas » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:19 pm

though i'm not into shakespeare much, I would say Hamlet is one of the few i like.
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Postby Technomancer » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:20 pm

Hamlet and King Lear are definately my two favourites. I've only seen 'Taming of the Shrew', 'Midsummer's Night Dream' and 'Macbeth' actually performed on stage though (rather than on film).

Out of curiosity, has any one seen 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'? If not, you really should, it's hilarious. As the name implies it involves the same two minor characters from Hamlet, and dips in and out of the play. It's kind of like 'Waiting for Godot' on happy pills.
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Postby Ingemar » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:25 pm

I have read the beginning part of R&G are Dead. When I did, I was in the middle of AP testing so I didn't have time to get into it. I found that game they were playing odd, but ironic.
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Postby Jaltus-bot » Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:53 pm

I saw 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' years ago of PBS. I don't really remember it, but it was really good.
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Postby greyscale42 » Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:20 am

I havent read Hamlet. :/ but so far out of all ive read Id say a Midsummer Nights Dream is my favorite.
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Postby starfire » Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:24 pm

sheherazade wrote:Hi,

Hamlet was one of my favorite things that Shakespeare wrote. does anyone else have any favorites?

I've never read Julius Caesar. I've read MacBeth, Romeo and Juliey, A Midsummer Night's Dream, king Lear, Othello, and Hamlet which is the first I ever read of Shakespeare. I've alse read a few sonnets by him. I've seen Othello performed at school and it was well done. I've seen an old video version of Romeo and Juliet and or Taming of the Shrew. I saw Hamlet from PBS when it was on a while back. I also saw Ten Things I Hate About You based on Taming of the Shrew.



I am a Hamlet fan as well. Anyone like Les Miserables? Get the musical! It is the best! Also... EPONINE ROCKS!
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Postby Jasdero » Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:33 am

Shakespeare's Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream are my favorite. Romeo and Juliet didn't get much appreciation from me. It just completely annoyed me. Yes, the lesson learned is good, but it was pain to read it, and then watch two versions of the movie [in class].

starfire wrote:I am a Hamlet fan as well. Anyone like Les Miserables? Get the musical! It is the best! Also... EPONINE ROCKS!

Les Miserables was good. I don't think I've seen the musical, but I did see one movie rendition of it when I was about 8, and again only a few months ago.
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Postby Lady Arianrod » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:31 pm

My favorites are Hamlet and Macbeth. Othello is decent and so is The Tempest. I've also read Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet, both of which are good.

What I really want to read, however, is A Midsummer Night's Dream. ^__^
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Postby EvilSporkofDoom » Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:25 pm

Hamlet is definitely my favourite. I also quite like Macbeth, Richard III, Much Ado about Nothing, Julius Caesar, and A Winter's Tale. I'm ashamed to say I haven't read/seen the play of A Midsummer's Night Dream yet, though I've been wanting to for years, and I also especially want to read/see King Lear.
I'm pretty much sick of Romeo and Juliet, though.
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Postby Lady Arianrod » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:28 pm

EvilSporkofDoom wrote:Hamlet is definitely my favourite. I also quite like Macbeth, Richard III, Much Ado about Nothing, Julius Caesar, and A Winter's Tale. I'm ashamed to say I haven't read/seen the play of A Midsummer's Night Dream yet, though I've been wanting to for years, and I also especially want to read/see King Lear.
I'm pretty much sick of Romeo and Juliet, though.



King Lear! I wanted to read that and and A Winter's Tale.

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Postby Jaltus-bot » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:01 am

Wow, people are still posting here. :P

AsterlonKnight wrote:Please, to the person who said they saw 10 Things, please please please read The Taming of the Shrew!!!! 10 Things is very loosely based on it, and really does it no justice. :( Besides, Taming is a fun story. :) Unless you end up disliking it for the reason someone I know does....she missed the point completely...

I saw Ten Things I Hate About You. I also saw an older video of Taming of the Shrew, so I know the basic story even if I didn't read it yet. Yes, it is a great story.

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Postby Lady Arianrod » Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:03 pm

sheherazade wrote:Wow, people are still posting here. :P


I saw Ten Things I Hate About You. I also saw an older video of Taming of the Shrew, so I know the basic story even if I didn't read it yet. Yes, it is a great story.

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yes! Make a Les miserables thread! I like the book and musical, but not the movie...
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