/lit/ - Literature

>>13382490
>Of course I haven't read/seen as many plays as many of you have
You've read at least one, that's more than most people here.
On another note, what are some essential non-Shakespeare plays? If not in English I would appreciate a translation being recommended.

>>13383800
I've always been a fan of Ibsen. Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder are both very good. For a translation, I've only read the ones by Rolf Fjelde, which seemed fine to me.

>>13383800
Bump
Also, what does /lit/ think of Waiting for Godot? And which collection/editions/whatever should I get for Greek tragedies?

>>13382490
TAMBURLAINE. And ride in triumph through Persepolis!—
Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles?—
Usumcasane and Theridamas,
Is it not passing brave to be a king,
And ride in triumph through Persepolis?

TECHELLES. O, my lord, it is sweet and full of pomp!

USUMCASANE. To be a king is half to be a god.

THERIDAMAS. A god is not so glorious as a king:
I think the pleasure they enjoy in heaven,
Cannot compare with kingly joys in earth;—
To wear a crown enchas'd with pearl and gold,
Whose virtues carry with it life and death;
To ask and have, command and be obey'd;
When looks breed love, with looks to gain the prize,—
Such power attractive shines in princes' eyes.

>>13382490
I agree. Hamlet might be my favorite work of literature to be (or not to be) honest famalam. Tfw played the ghost in a production in college.

>>13384548
I read the Lattimore (and Greene?) translation iirc. Seemed a little basic to me but it was a good time. Tfw played Aegisthus in another production in college.

Holy shit I was so gay.

Hamlet's obviously god tier, but for me, it's King Lear. Instead of one really good character you have like seven, and it fits together as a play better. The ending also has more of an emotional impact.

>>13384689
Who is your favorite character (aesthetically) if you had to choose one? I think Edmund is one of the best characters ever written.

>>13383800
Ibsen, Chekov, Miller, The Greek Tragedians

>>13382490
julius caesar and coriolanus. i like bill's plays set in ancient rome

>>13382490
Sure Hamlet is good. But the best play of all time is of course Schiller's Die Räuber