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[Anonymous No.1695383]

Do critics have any idea what was Shakespeare's own favourite play or favourite works of others?

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[Anonymous No.1695400]

Montaigne´s Essays he read it avidly. There is references everywhere.

[Anonymous No.1695409]

>>1695400

This is true. Shakespeare also read Ovid a ton.

[Anonymous No.1695456]

>>1695400
>>1695409
Intredasting.

[Anonymous No.1695466]

>>1695409
Shakespeare's version of Ovid is the one on the far left. It's worth a read even if you've read The Metamorphoses in a different translation.

[REI !Ry9.23Wow. No.1695467]

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DID NOT EVEN EXISTED AS A PERSON.

[Anonymous No.1695471]

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[Anonymous No.1695474]

Harold Bloom has an interesting theory on "Hamlet." He argues that the "Ur-Hamlet", which scholars generally treat as a lost text by an unknown author, was actually written by Shakespeare himself, and that "Hamlet", as we have it in its final form, is actually the final product of Shakespeare's extensive process of revision. To support his theory, he also argues that "Hamlet" in its final form is too long and too complex to be performed in a single performance (indeed, modern productions of "Hamlet" are almost always abridged.) For Bloom, this suggests that Hamlet had a special place in Shakespeare's heart, that he continued to revise it throughout his life, and that "Hamlet" in its final form was something between a stage drama and a closet drama. Of course this is for the most part speculation.

[Anonymous No.1695545]

>>1695474
Hot damn! I like this theory.

I remember reading Bloom speculating that Hamlet was written for/about Shakespeare's dead son, Amleth. How it is essentially a play about what Shakespeare wished his son could have been or something like that...it was a while ago.

I really do feel like Hamlet is more novel than it is a play.