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Poll Question: pick your favorite Shakspear play from this list of the most popular.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2016 at 12:32
Shakespeare seems to be a thing of the past for many educational systems these days....my kids who are in their early 30's know little about any of the plays other than one or two like Julius Ceaser and Romeo and Juliet..that were required reading in English senior year.
I have not seen nor read  all 36 plays and only know about half of them. I have only seen or read 6 of the ten above. Some one should redo  them all for a cable channel but keep them in the original style and period as of course intended.

Now anyone want to get into the old argument/controversy about who Shakespeare was and did he really write all those plays alone..?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2016 at 12:52
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Now anyone want to get into the old argument/controversy about who Shakespeare was and did he really write all those plays alone..?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2016 at 13:42
I believe that old controversy actually. Shakespeare wrote one or two highly acclaimed stories, but most were just random guys/gals that wanted to get their stories recognized. I won't go into why because I hate arguments.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2016 at 13:51
Originally posted by sublime220 sublime220 wrote:

I believe that old controversy actually. Shakespeare wrote one or two highly acclaimed stories, but most were just random guys/gals that wanted to get their stories recognized. I won't go into why because I hate arguments.

I'm basically on the same page in that I think there are some good reasons why 'Shakespeare' (the person whom the plays are accredited to) may not have written them all (or even any) ,but  arguing with others about it who haven't read the various ideas is not often fruitful. Like politics and religion it often brings out animosity from the hard core on both sides.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2016 at 14:25
I just don't think it matters, as no one is being cheated of royalties in any case.  Who cares who wrote the plays, as long as we get to enjoy them?
 
At one point, I really immersed myself in Shakespeare's drama, and (if I could be bothered) I would argue for a single author, as there is too much communality of style across the various plays for multiple authors to be involved.  Some of the minor ones, perhaps, but then again it may just be that we have early and unpolished versions of those.
 
But it doesn't seem worth the effort to make a big deal about it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2016 at 15:56
Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

I just don't think it matters, as no one is being cheated of royalties in any case.  Who cares who wrote the plays, as long as we get to enjoy them?
 
At one point, I really immersed myself in Shakespeare's drama, and (if I could be bothered) I would argue for a single author, as there is too much communality of style across the various plays for multiple authors to be involved.  Some of the minor ones, perhaps, but then again it may just be that we have early and unpolished versions of those.
 
But it doesn't seem worth the effort to make a big deal about it.

I agree with you in that they are still great pieces of literature no matter who wrote them.
But it is a big deal to scholars, historians, writers, etc....who specialize in various eras and writing in general.
For me some  mysteries and enigmas in general are simply fun to discuss and speculate about.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2016 at 16:02
That particular mystery doesn't interest me much.  Now if you want to get started on whether Richard III killed his nephews or not, I'm in.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2016 at 09:44
Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

That particular mystery doesn't interest me much.  Now if you want to get started on whether Richard III killed his nephews or not, I'm in.
 
I don't know anything about Richard lll and his nephews...but knowing how royalty always seems to fight among themselves for control of a throne... it doesn't surprise me if that happened.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2016 at 14:01
I think that Richard III question was answered in the first episode of Black Adder. ;)

Nice to see the film Titus mentioned in this thread, love it.

My favourite Shakey plays are probably Othello and King Lear.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2016 at 16:19
Macbeth. I loved reading as disguised Malcolm in highschool. Purrrr... the cat is grey.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2016 at 19:37
Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

That particular mystery doesn't interest me much.  Now if you want to get started on whether Richard III killed his nephews or not, I'm in.
 
He either killed them personally, or, more likely, had them killed. They found their skeletons in 1674 during some remodeling in the Tower. Once they were imprisoned in the Tower, they died there. Much like Richard II never escaped incarceration by the usurper Henry IV.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2016 at 03:37
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Taming of the shrew (though I haven't read them all)... But that one had at least a bit of humour in it
 
That's also why I preferred Molière to Racine or Corneille... he had some really fun moments (Fourberies de Scapin is awesome)
 
 
BTW, no Much Ado 'bout Nothing?? Confused

There is humour in all Shakespeare plays, even in "Macbeth" (which is the shortest but has the most characters dying in it, even more than "Hamlet").


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2016 at 07:18
King Lear by a long way.


But to pick one from the list - Macbeth  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2016 at 07:28
There are so many great ones, and it could change at any given time, but the old-fashioned romantic in me chose Romeo and Juliet. Placing second would probably be Macbeth.


Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Now anyone want to get into the old argument/controversy about who Shakespeare was and did he really write all those plays alone..?
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Who was it supposedly, Sir Francis Drake?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2016 at 08:21
Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

You all do know that it's bad luck to call the Scottish play by its correct name, right?

That only applies to actors, who have acted or might possibly act in it.....innit? ;)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2016 at 08:32
Originally posted by Prog Snob Prog Snob wrote:

There are so many great ones, and it could change at any given time, but the old-fashioned romantic in me chose Romeo and Juliet. Placing second would probably be Macbeth.


Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Now anyone want to get into the old argument/controversy about who Shakespeare was and did he really write all those plays alone..?
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Who was it supposedly, Sir Francis Drake?
 
There are many theories and many suggestions have been put forward as to who the "true" author is.  A google search will probably help out.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2016 at 08:32
Originally posted by Piffol_Four_Times Piffol_Four_Times wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

You all do know that it's bad luck to call the Scottish play by its correct name, right?

That only applies to actors, who have acted or might possibly act in it.....innit? ;)
 
are you sure you want to risk it?
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