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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Things have got a bit heated in other threads, let’s have a bit of culture. Name your favourite Shakespeare plays. You can divide them into comedies, tragedies and histories of you wish. I’ll start.
Comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Comedy Of Errors.
Tragedies: Macbeth, Titus Andronicus and Coriolanus
Histories: Henry V and Richard III |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
Ironheart666, perhaps you could concisely explain to me and the other fabbers the literary significance of The Great Bard and his repertoire of work?
I studied many of them, principally the most commonly known at school, but the VAST majority went over my head?
Thanks.
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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in Co. Down |
I really enjoyed macbeth and the merchant of Venice when I did them in school many many years ago. So much so I actually bought a book with all his plays. I've also seen a few of his plays on stage and they were great especially a midsummers night's dream. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Ironheart666, perhaps you could concisely explain to me and the other fabbers the literary significance of The Great Bard and his repertoire of work?
I studied many of them, principally the most commonly known at school, but the VAST majority went over my head?
Through the characters in the plays, the human condition and human emotions are explored and in that way we can relate to them. He was a poet and he wrote his plays based on his view of life in the context of a fictional story. The fact that people find it hard to understand is maybe because they aren’t allowing their artistic mind to let loose. Either that or they haven’t seen a good production of it lol once you get around some of the flowery language, the stories are actually quite entertaining.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Recently read The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson which is a modern retelling of A Winter's Tale.. So creative to imagine the premise of these plays in a contemporary, relatable setting. Highly recommend  |
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Hilary Mantel’s books on Thomas Cromwell are really something (not the lad who burned his away across Ireland, he came later)
Worth checking out the bbc tv series if the books don’t do it for you. |
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By *dfabMan
over a year ago
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Actually went to see Macbeth in the RSC years ago when doing Leaving Cert. Alan Rickman was in it and it had never made sense until I saw it.
Got an honour in English.
Cheers Alan, for that and all the movies you were excellent in too
Gone but never forgotten.
Great actor |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"”Exit pursued by a bear” is my favorite it’s much beyond it’s time for something like that "
That would be A Winter’s Tale. One of the few comedies where somebody dies. Bonus point if you know the other one lol |
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I saw Richard III in the round at the Tower of London quite a few years ago, fantastic production.
I still have my copy of Macbeth from school, definitely a favourite.
Taming of the Shrew & the profusion of modern adaptations/versions sneakily feeding you Shakespeare
I recently read Margaret Atwood's Hag-Seed which inspired me to read The Tempest.
The tales are timeless - love, death, ambition, betrayal, jealousy, false assumptions - all of life spread before us |
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