The Shakespeare Thread

[MisterDrBob]

Couldn't find an already existing thread like this, so I figured I'd make it!

Basically, just a place for fans of the works of William Shakespeare to discuss. What's your favorite play? Favorite character? Favorite line? Favorite poem? Performed any? Seen any lately? etc.

I'd have to say my favorite is A Midsummer Night's Dream. Probably the funniest one I've read so far (although my Senior Comp class is reading Taming of the Shrew, which is catching up). I also love the Puck character. Especially his end monologue. It's one of the only Shakespeare passages I've memorized. The others are all from Julius Caesar because I'm going to be in it later this month.

 

[StinkomanFan]

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that."

Just reading that made me cry

 

[Attila_]

nah man, that's a misquote. it's supposed to read:

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, IN AMERICA!"

 

[MisterDrBob]

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that."

Just reading that made me cry

I tried reading Hamlet last summer, but I didn't have time to keep at it and lost interest. It's still on my list to read though.

 

[Pikaville]

To post or not to post,that is the question.

 

[XFadingNirvanaX]

Taming of the Shrew was pretty good. IIRC the ending is left to interpretation.

 

[Moozle]

I have a shirt that says

"Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed."

It's epic. 10 points to the first person who knows what play it's from

 

[Pikaville]

Macbeth right?

We were forced to learn it.

 

[Lythium]

Macbeth is correct.

I used to like Shakespeare. And then I took a really terrible class in uni. And all's well that ends well.

 

[Sizzle]

I've read a few of his works, and seen a few performed. I don't memorize them or anything, but I appreciate them.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream were read for school Freshman and Sophomore year respectively. I thought both were alright.

As a Junior I'm reading Hamlet now. That's alright too.

-Terywj

 

[Jimmyfosho]

I had to read A midsummer night's dream in 8th grade and had to read Romeo and Juliet freshman year...

i hated midsummer but Romeo and Juliet was alright

 

[MisterDrBob]

I had to read A midsummer night's dream in 8th grade and had to read Romeo and Juliet freshman year...

i hated midsummer but Romeo and Juliet was alright

Really? I hated Romeo and Juliet, and Midsummer is my favorite.

 

[jamlosingthegame]

I'm not really into Shakespeare, but this really surprised me. I knew he made up a lot of words, but these really surprised me.
http://www.cracked.com/article_15859_10-words-phrases-you-wont-believe-shakespeare-invented.html

 

[D20]

I've read six of his plays and a number of his poems. From a technical perspective, he has no peers when it comes to the use of language. However, I feel that other authors are often superior when it comes to plot execution and character interactions. Shakespeare truly requires the reader/viewer to suspend his disbelief.

My favorite Shakespearean character? Iago.

My favorite line? "There is nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Shakespeare invented eyeball...? That's awesome.

-Terywj

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

After my class finishes our unit on Austen's Pride and Prejudice, we're doing a unit on Macbeth <3
So excited! Macbeth is probably my favorite of Shakespeare's works

 

[MisterDrBob]

I like that one too. That was the first one I read.
Performing Julius Caesar tomorrow! wish me luck!

EDIT: Julius Caesar was a big success, just in case anyone was wondering.