Poll: What is your favourite play by Shakespeare?

[latenightapplepie]

I've read/seen produced many of his plays, but my favourite remains the one I studied in my final year of highschool - Hamlet. Macbeth is a close second.

 

[Cody211282]

The only one I have liked was Macbeth, I did hear Henry V was rather good but then again I can't stand plays so I'm not about to see it.

 

[Crowser]

I've read a fair few of his works and I hate or am indifferent to all of them except Othello. Iago is such an awesome little bastard XD

 

[Aur0ra145]

Taming the Shrew is pretty damn funny

 

[PunkyMcGee]

The only one I have liked was Macbeth, I did hear Henry V was rather good but then again I can't stand plays so I'm not about to see it.

you can get them on video dude

 

[Brain_Cleanser]

Taming of the Shrew. Somthing about it just fills me with joy.
I'm also a big fan of Romeo and Juliet.
Hell, I just love Shakespeare, it's not a big secret.

 

[ryuutchi]

Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night are my two favorites. I've always liked his comedies, those were two that proved that romcoms (which I generally hate with a passion) can be done with wit and pathos.

Also, Macbeth, which is pretty much an Elizabethan slasher flick.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Hamlet is absolutely fantastic.

 

[digipinky75910]

I would pick "Much Ado About Nothing." I think it's honestly the funniest, and the easiest for a regular person to pick up.

I'd also like to recommend the new Funimation anime "Romeo X Juliet" which takes a really refreshing look at a classic tale.

 

[Citrus]

I hated Romeo & Juliet. I hated MacBeth even more (seriously, MacDuff's mom got a C-section and therefore he's not "of woman born"? What the fuck kind of plot twist is that?).

Hamlet, however, I love. It's actually a great story with great characters. I think Shakespeare is vastly, vastly overrated, but all things considered, I'd consider Hamlet the best play ever written.

 

[CounterAttack]

I have a complete collection of Shakespeare's works sitting on my computer desk. I've read Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet thus far, and I might start on a couple of comedies, if anyone has a recommendation.

 

[Cody211282]

The only one I have liked was Macbeth, I did hear Henry V was rather good but then again I can't stand plays so I'm not about to see it.

you can get them on video dude

I tried that once, and let me tell you Hamlet is just as boring with Mel Gibson as it is any other way.

 

[Comma-Kazie]

I was privileged enough to see "Richard II" performed by the Royal Shakespeare Society a few years back, and it remains my favorite.

As for Shakespeare's works themselves, my opinion is that they're wonderful plays, but PAINFUL to read as books.

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

Hamlet. Oh god, the psychology is brilliant.

 

[spacepope22]

I liked the Taming of the Shrew the most.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Macbeth most likely. Henry V was excellent as well.

 

[justnotcricket]

Othello, naturally. It has it all - tragic love, engaging, idealistic, nobly endearing fools of protagonists, and a truly evil-to-the-core villain, who also happens to be a thinking man, subterfuge, intrigue, jealousy, lust, hate...all wrapped up in Shakespeare's poetry. Brilliant.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

The tempest.
Don't ask me why I just do

I second this. I am actually taking a 400 level Shakespeare class: Romances and Comedies. We are currently reading The Tempest. I have had to read it for two other classes before this one.

I'll be taking the Histories and Tragedies class during my last semester next fall.

 

[Naheal]

Taming of the Shrew.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

hamlet is going to be on pbs soon (in a week or two i think) and it's going to star david tenet and patrick stuert. if they don't make you like shakespeare i don't know what will

also i think i butchered there names and i apologize.

That you did, can't wait to see Tennant and Stewart in Hamlet.