romeo and juliet

I've read a lot of them. I LOVE 'Comedy of Errors' the most.

the next would be Much Ado about Nothing

I love Twelfth Night n Macbeth,Hamlet n Julius Caesar.Infact my final yr project is on Characterisation and use of supernatural elements in Macbeth and Hamlet.Advin wat u wrote about Shakespeare's has come in handy 4 my project,thanx

Shakespeare is incomparable!
I started with Lamb's Tales until I read Macbeth.Then it became difficult to stop.I read Romeo and Juliet,Julius Caesar,Merchant of Venice,Hamlet,Othello,Twelfth Night,e.t.c
Its difficult to choose one.Romeo and Juliet stands out for its language and tragic ending,may be more for its subject matter!But Macbeth and Julius CAESAR for brillant analysis of the human nature rank among the best books of the human genius.

pearl2,u must be a good reader!!!

ariba:

pearl2,u must be a good reader!!!

Really? thanks.But I even love to read more,its more difficult for me nowadays because of the cares of this world!

I love the comedies. My favorites are, Much ado about nothing, Comedy of errors and Taming of the shrew.

As you Like It remains my all-time favourite although I love Much Ado About Nothing and Julius Caesar.

Definitely "A Mid-summer Night's dream" - Eat no more, for I must have your food LOL

You're obviously making a mistake. "Eat no more. . ." was from Orlando in As You Like It.

Zahymaka,

Considering the last time I read Shakespeare was around 1985, I will assume you are right and accept your answer

I think so too

U thk so ma

midsummer's night dream and as you like it.

romeo and juliet is cool

romeo and juliet

i can't stand to read his books but i love romeo and juliet 's play

COMEDY OF ERRORS!!!

That's my all-time favourite. I really enjoyed reading Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado about Nothing. I love all the shakespeare books i've read tho.

Funny enough, I just wrote my last final exam for the semester this morning, which was for my Shakespeare class. I had put off reading a good number of the plays until the exam began to encroach, and was forced to "read and digest" them in bulks prior to today. The plays I read were thus:

Merchant of Venice
Taming of the Shrew
Othello
The Tempest
Twelfth Night and
Macbeth

Of the plays, I really enjoyed Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew. By far my favorite was Othello, not just because the protagonist was of African heritage, but the passion and emotion that drove the plot (I mean Othello here). Othello was very visual, and the coversations were almost very real. I prefer the prosey parts of the plays to the verses, and Othello had a lot of these. Othello (the character) was so foolish I wanted to strangle him, but I enjoyed the ride. Nice thread. Not many people I meet would love to have Shakespeare as a friend, much less an author of a book they love (horrid trying to translate early modern English into lay man's language).

BTW, it's funny how one finds the many sexual innuendos and profanities in Shakespeare's plays once they graduate from Charles and Mary Lamb's fairytale edition. And I mean many.

All those who said "A Midsummer Night's Dream" get the thumbs-up from me.

On the innuendos--I still remember my English teacher's embarrassment at explaining why Mercutio compared himself to a "poperin pear".

Hint--pop-her-in.

Whoever said that Shakespeare's plays are similiar to your average dinner theatre is not too far off the mark. Shakespeare wasn't writing for an academic audience or some sophisticated theatre-goers: the people who came to see his plays are the same sort of people who would watch soap operas and reality shows today. His genius is in his inventive language and endless double-entendres--the plots are nothing to write home about, and some of them are even re-workings/plagiarizations of earlier plays. You should think of Shakespeare as a dancehall reggae artist--he might get on the same riddim that ten other guys have used for their song, but if he's good, his lyrics and his delivery are going to make his song unique.

Macbeth

I read them all and they are all nice but the one I love must is twelfth night or as you like it

romeo & juliet that is the only one i liked out of all of them the rest r just rubbish!

i love all shakespear plays but come to think of it, i am thinking of re writting the script of most shakespear plays into african setting.will it be nice?

kennygee:

i love all shakespear plays but come to think of it, i am thinking of re writting the script of most shakespear plays into african setting.will it be nice?

If you get the right cast and crew. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!

The Tempest

othello,the tempest, macbeth ,12th nyte!

Ma fav ones are Macbeth, The Tempest, Hamlet and Othello

I ve read a lot of his books,but i love MERCHANT OF VENICE,really nice novel