Favourite Shakespeare work?
The blessed Chris
10-09-2005, 13:38
In response to the escalation in jingoistic, pro-British sentiment, I have elcted to discover which of Shakespeare's esteemed works any who care to reply prefer.
Gymoor II The Return
10-09-2005, 13:39
Much Ado About Nothing.
I always prefeered Mackbeth, damn scots killing each other, jolly good laugh, wot?
The Abomination
10-09-2005, 13:39
The Tempest. Awesomely good play.
Celtlund
10-09-2005, 13:41
In response to the escalation in jingoistic, pro-British sentiment, I have elcted to discover which of Shakespeare's esteemed works any who care to reply prefer.
I never could get into Shakespear or Chaucer. I prefer more modern literature.
E Blackadder
10-09-2005, 13:41
i never really liked shakespear much, i didnt dislike him..i just prefer kippling
The blessed Chris
10-09-2005, 13:44
Macbeth
Falhaar2
10-09-2005, 13:46
Hamlet all the way baby!
The Mindset
10-09-2005, 13:50
Romeo and Juliet. Easily my favourite play of all time.
Daistallia 2104
10-09-2005, 13:51
The Scottish Play (those of you who said the name, go outside, turn around 3x, and spit. Then knock and ask if you can come back into the thread...)
Daistallia 2104
10-09-2005, 13:55
i never really liked shakespear much, i didnt dislike him..i just prefer kippling
Hehe... you obviously didn't like Kipling well enough to learn how to spell his name correctly... ;)
Gymoor II The Return
10-09-2005, 13:55
The Scottish Play (those of you who said the name, go outside, turn around 3x, and spit. Then knock and ask if you can come back into the thread...)
No need, unless one is using a computer located in a theater.
Steveoville
10-09-2005, 13:59
caeser ftw!
I'm not going to be original at all. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
ProMonkians
10-09-2005, 14:46
That one set in space, you know the one where the bad guy is the good guys father - I forget it's name, that's Shakespere right?
E Blackadder
10-09-2005, 14:47
Hehe... you obviously didn't like Kipling well enough to learn how to spell his name correctly... ;)
.... well ther is tha- hey! :mad: :p
MadmCurie
10-09-2005, 14:48
Much Ado About Nothing.
Have to agree with you on this one. And the production of it with Kenneth Brannaugh was amazingly hilarious. I could read that play over and over and over again.....
I'm quite partial to MacBeth...and the Merchant of Venice I always found that funny for some reason...a pound of flesh.... :D
Billesley
10-09-2005, 14:52
king lear, thats some dark shizzle right there, probably Shakey's most emotionally hard-hitting play along with Othello/romeo and j!
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Gymoor II The Return
10-09-2005, 14:55
Have to agree with you on this one. And the production of it with Kenneth Brannaugh was amazingly hilarious. I could read that play over and over and over again.....
I agree. I have an inkling of a feeling that Brannaugh's performance in that movie was ever-so-slightly influenced by John Cleese. Oh, and Michael Keaton was hilarious.
I still don't understand the casting of Keanu though...sigh.
Jeruselem
10-09-2005, 14:56
That Roman-based one, you know ...
MadmCurie
10-09-2005, 14:59
Oh, and Michael Keaton was hilarious.
I still don't understand the casting of Keanu though...sigh.
Keanu, well.....we all make mistakes- I just kept expecting him to pop out with "Excellent, Dude...." at the end of a solioquoy....
Werteswandel
10-09-2005, 15:54
Branagh's Much Ado... - truly awful. I can't stand it. It's a weak play anyway, I think.
For me, Titus Andronicus, Othello, King Lear, Richard III and Measure for Measure stand out. The former has a remarkable 'fuck the lot of you' of a final speech from the villain, Aaron:
Ah, why should wrath be mute and fury dumb?
I am no baby, I, that with base prayers
I would repent the evils I have done.
Ten thousand worse than ever yet I did
Would I perform if I might have my will.
If one good deed in all my life I did,
I do repent it from my very soul.
That's from memory, so might not be word perfect.
Smunkeeville
10-09-2005, 16:45
I am teetering between "the tempest" which is awesome and "the taming of the shrew" which I thought was really good too.
least favorite has to be "king lear" boring boring boring
Drunk commies deleted
10-09-2005, 17:01
That Roman-based one, you know ...
What, the one about that boxer, Julio Cesar Chavez?
Squirrel Nuts
10-09-2005, 17:17
I'm going to go with Othello. MacBeth comes in a close 2nd.
Midsummer Nights Dream, what the hell was he smoking when he came up with that one?
Cabra West
10-09-2005, 17:20
Midsummernight's Dream. Closely followed by the Scottish play... I like the witches.
Suzopolis
10-09-2005, 17:20
As You Like It will always be my favorite because it was the first shakespeare play i ever performed in. i was the most mind-blowing Celia ever.
GOLDDIRK
10-09-2005, 17:24
I love Shakespeare's Deepthroat.
It was so Deep and so Throaty!
Daistallia 2104
10-09-2005, 17:30
No need, unless one is using a computer located in a theater.
Ummm... this is a form of theater...
Any way, I though Brannaugh's casting of Keanu was a smoothg move - get a big name actor to pull in the teeny boppers and put him in a role where he can't do too much damage...
Florida Oranges
10-09-2005, 17:36
There's quite a few of them that I enjoy thoroughly, but Julius Caesar is my absolute favorite. Close seconds would be The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and MacBeth.