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jaret
May 9th, 2020, 09:44 PM
How many of these William Shakespeare's plays have you read?
1. Hamlet
2. Macbeth
3. Midsummers Night's Dream
4. Much Ado About Nothing
5. King Lear
6. Othello
7. Twelfth Night
8. The Tempest
9. Romeo and Juliet
10. The Merchant of Venice

* You may list any other plays of his that you have read.
Katie06
May 10th, 2020, 06:49 AM
Just a midsummer nights dream
Bluebyrd
May 10th, 2020, 09:15 AM
I read Romeo and Juliet for GCSE and Othello for A-level and I loved them both (Othello was my favourite). I think Shakespeare's great. A lot of people write him off because the language is a bit tough but his plots are great and once you understand the language it's beautiful. I'd read more Shakespeare but I just can't read a play by myself.
triton
May 10th, 2020, 09:49 AM
Romero and Juliet
ska8er
May 10th, 2020, 12:05 PM
I am one who loved not wisely but too well. Othello
Karalectric
May 12th, 2020, 05:57 AM
Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet

Also there is a novel called Fool by Chistopher Moore that is a parody of King Lear. It is hilarious and many times inappropriate, but I can't recommend it enough!
Falcons_11
June 7th, 2020, 11:35 PM
How many of these William Shakespeare's plays have you read?
1. Hamlet
2. Macbeth
3. Midsummers Night's Dream
4. Much Ado About Nothing
5. King Lear
6. Othello
7. Twelfth Night
8. The Tempest
9. Romeo and Juliet
10. The Merchant of Venice

* You may list any other plays of his that you have read.

Jaret,

You failed to list some of Shakespeare's best plays.

Julius Caesar
The 7 Henrys
The 2 Richards
Love's Labour Lost
The Taming Of The Shrew
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
Titus Andronicus

My favorite is Macbeth, followed by Julius Caesar and King Lear.

My favorite line in Macbeth is from Act II.

"I go, and it is done, the bell invites me.
Hear it not, Duncan, for it is the knell,
That summons thee to heaven or to hell."

Chilling!
Macbeth then ascends the stairs to Duncan's room where Duncan sleeps and commits "murder, most fowl".
Sailor Mars
June 7th, 2020, 11:39 PM
We read Othello in my AP Lit class. Never had much interest in reading any of his stuff, if im being honest. I prefer other genres and things to read
RayneCloud
June 9th, 2020, 01:26 PM
Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, and Midsummer Night's Dream