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What is your favorite Shakespeare play and why is it Henry V?

>> No.5912809

because it's Hamlet. next thread, please.

>> No.5912815

>>5912804
King Lear

>> No.5912820

Because Henry V is fantastic in every way, we really need another war with France.

>> No.5912824
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>>5912809
>>5912815

Both better than Henry V.

Fuck, Henry IV Part 1 is better than Henry V.

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>>5912809
>>5912815
>>5912824

>> No.5912829
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Five Kings

>> No.5912830

Richard II > Henry IV.2 > Henry IV.1 > Henry V

And Othello is better than all of them.

>> No.5912832

>>5912829
He's a big guy.

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>>5912824
>Henry IV Part 1 is better than Henry V.

U WOT PAL

>> No.5912837

>>5912804

Richard III

a) I've seen it like four times, I think
b) Richard is best girl
c) He's a very interesting character. I have yet to see a better portrayal of narcissism, internal conflict, etc.
d) Plus it's not Hamlet so i get hipster points, I suppose

>> No.5912841

>>5912830
You must be the only person in history who thinks henry 4 part two is better than henry 4 part one.

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>>5912841

>pic related.

>> No.5912897

>>5912832
for you

>> No.5913840

>>5912841

At least he place Richard II above all of them, so he can't be so bad.

Seriously, R2 is stunningly awesome and after reading it I became surprised it's not one of the more stereotypical "one everyone has heard about." Is it because it's too patrician, being completely in verse with nary a low class character in sight? Even the gardeners and groom spoke like they were high class shit. Maybe because Bolingbroke is too ambiguous a foil for the scene stealing Richard?

>> No.5913843

henry v is jingoistic crap

>> No.5913850

nah, nvm, i cant bring myself to troll about shakespeare.

>> No.5914503

>>5913843
>henry v is jingoistic
Looks like you didn't get it.

>> No.5914506

>>5912804
Nope.
Midsummer. Funny.

>> No.5914508

>>5914503
Looks like you didn't read it.

>> No.5914519

>>5914508
Looks like you didn't get it.

>> No.5914537

>>5914506
This guys gets it.

>> No.5914556

>>5913843
cry harder pierre

>> No.5914563
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The Tempest

>> No.5914921

Titus Andronicus, you absolute twats.

Captcha:titut

>> No.5914926

>>5914556
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my English class at Harvard, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret reads on James Joyce, and I have read over 300 confirmed books. I am trained in speed reading and I’m the top reader in the entire US library forces. You are nothing to me but just another illiterate. I will wipe you the fuck out with speed the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of authors across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can read anywhere, anytime, and I can read in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare eyes. Not only am I extensively trained in Shakespearean prose, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the Library of Congress and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

>> No.5914929

>>5912804

No love for The Tempest? It's his only play he didn't rip off from a historical source or old myth.

>>5914921

This anon knows the score.

>> No.5914935

The only correct answer is Timon of Athens.

>> No.5914942

Shakespeare is bad. I wish people would stop forcing him.

>> No.5914944

>>5914926
> I graduated top of my English class at Harvard,

>not Oxford or Yale

le dropped

>> No.5914945

I always enjoyed his comedies more than his dramas, although I think the latter have more literary merit.

It's probably between Midsummer Night's Dream, Taming of the Shrew, or Twelfth Night.

>> No.5914955

>>5914942
Yeah, he's just a fad. Give it a few more centuries and people will have lost interest entirely.

>> No.5914964

>>5914945
Maybe it's just me, but except for Act V, I didn't think Midsummer Night's Dream was that funny. Act V was hilarious, but excepting some minor shenanigans with Bottom, I didn't much care for the rest of them.

Twelfth Night had me laughing throughout though.

>> No.5914966

>>5914964
I like it overall, and not just as a comedy, but I do agree.

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>>5914945
>literary merit

>> No.5916178

>>5914970
fuck off

>> No.5916207

>>5914942
>>5914955
Who is good then?

>> No.5916256

Titus Andronicus and Much Ado About Nothing. Favorite history is Henry V for sure.

>> No.5916260

>>5914964
Twelfth Night is based. Good pick, anon.

>> No.5916272

Coriolanus

>> No.5916310

>>5912804
My favorite is The Merchant of Venice, because it's so complex. It can be read in completely different ways. It's commonly considered a comedy, but if you read it from the point of view that Shylock is the victim rather than Antonio, the entire play becomes a rather disturbing tragedy.
Coming in second place is probably either Titus or Hamlet.
Also you faggots need to check out The Hollow Crown series.

>> No.5916321

>>5914921
I saw a production of Titus as a groundling in The Globe theater this summer. It was fucking intense. Got sprayed with blood.
Would recommend.
Also, The Globe serves excellent hot dogs during intermission.

>> No.5916330

>>5914942
Please just go fucking die in a fire and take all of your irrelevant and objectively wrong opinions with you.

>> No.5916344

Othello, maybe. The Winter's Tale.

Nah, Julius Caesar actually.

>> No.5916363

>>5916344
I just read the Winter's Tale for the first time actually. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't say it was one of his best plays. Do you mind sharing why it's your favorite?

>> No.5916373

rec me some good films of milkshake plays bros

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>>5916373

>> No.5916441

>>5916394
AH, DAMNIT. Now I want a milkshake.

>> No.5916530

>>5916363
I like the romances. I read a bunch of analysis on The Tempest, "The Tempest as Mystery Play" stuck out, and gained an appreciation for the pastoral nature of his plays. The Tempest, Cymbeline, and The Winter's Tale being the three most identifiable with this type of play.

The Winter's Tale was simple but satisfying, the most satisfying of the three. The romances are unique in that they play like tragedy but with positive "happy" endings. The characters are appealing, Hermione especially in her grace in the face of the accusations of Leontes, and then his redemption is sweet indeed.

The first time I read the play, the ending jarred me, I thought it was silly. Then I saw a tremendous production of it that showed me the ending plays much better on stage than page. Christopher Reeves plays Bohemia in that production, I recommend finding it, it's great.

>> No.5917420

>>5916321
I'd love to see anything at the Globe, but Titus especially.

>> No.5917424

>>5916373
chimes at midnight is super amazing (all the orson welles ones are good but chimes at midnight is like my favorite film period)

>> No.5917426

>>5916321
i heard like 3 people fainted

>> No.5917502

Julia's Caesar. There is no other answer.

>> No.5917880

>>5917502
I do hear Julia makes a mean salad.

>> No.5917925

>>5916310
>Also you faggots need to check out The Hollow Crown series.

Hiddleston can't act. Terribly shot, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHia1zu_YNI

>that delivery
>close-up for an epic speech

>> No.5917932

>>5912827
>If it's considered the best it's plebeian
Perhaps it's considered the best because it's the best.

>> No.5917952

I rather enjoyed The Merchant of Venice. Granted, I haven't read Henry V or any of Shakespeare's more historical plays, but I just like how The Merchant of Venice was written.

MoV = Hamlet > Macbeth > A Midsummer Night's Dream

>> No.5918042

>>5912804
A Midsummer Night's Dream.

>> No.5918103

>>5917426
Yeah 3 people fainted from a combination of the summer heat and the gore. The staff anticipated it though and had an ambulance waiting nearby as well as several staff members standing in the crowd watching for anyone that fell unconscious.
I mean that's pretty fucking awesome.

>> No.5918142

>>5912804
Hamlet>MaaN>MacBeth

The movie version of MaaN by the guy who did Firefly is the best version

>> No.5918829

>>5918142
I'd heard it was good but I never got a chance to look it up myself. You liked it?

>> No.5918861

Timon of Athens, but that might just be because I'm poor as fuck at the moment