Comments on: Top 10 Greatest Shakespeare Plays http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:40:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dawood http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-225590 Dawood Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:35:42 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-225590 Oscar Wilde: "We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students." ..check other notable tributes and quotes on William Shakespeare from famous peers: http://www.tributespaid.com/quotes-on/william-shakespeare Oscar Wilde: “We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students.”

..check other notable tributes and quotes on William Shakespeare from famous peers: http://www.tributespaid.com/quotes-on/william-shakespeare

]]> By: jelly tot http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-221224 jelly tot Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:49:49 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-221224 great u helped me with my homework great u helped me with my homework

]]> By: kweng http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-218024 kweng Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:03:53 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-218024 we're studying Shakespeare for my english class and we should choose a play as our project. our group chose midsummer-night's dream, and i portrayed helena. ;) we’re studying Shakespeare for my english class and we should choose a play as our project. our group chose midsummer-night’s dream, and i portrayed helena. ;)

]]> By: Chris http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-216563 Chris Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:59:24 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-216563 But yes, it's all opinion. Thanks for at least initiating the list. It leads to a good discussion. It's like trying to rank Mozart's 5 best works...out of 626, it's impossible. But yes, it’s all opinion. Thanks for at least initiating the list. It leads to a good discussion. It’s like trying to rank Mozart’s 5 best works…out of 626, it’s impossible.

]]> By: Chris http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-216562 Chris Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:57:18 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-216562 The Branagh film version doesn't match the power of Olivier's film, for me. Some of the fencing scenes in the Branagh film seem ludicrous. The finale of the Olivier film is SO MUCH better. I disagree that Shakespeare's plays are necessarily better watched than read. Who can appreciate the density of his poetry in one sitting? Plus when we read it we are allowing our own imaginations to fill in the details, I find it a better first step than watching a play that may be mediocre on stage(since doing Shakespeare well on stage is so difficult, as Harold Bloom points out). The Branagh film version doesn’t match the power of Olivier’s film, for me. Some of the fencing scenes in the Branagh film seem ludicrous. The finale of the Olivier film is SO MUCH better.
I disagree that Shakespeare’s plays are necessarily better watched than read. Who can appreciate the density of his poetry in one sitting? Plus when we read it we are allowing our own imaginations to fill in the details, I find it a better first step than watching a play that may be mediocre on stage(since doing Shakespeare well on stage is so difficult, as Harold Bloom points out).

]]> By: Chris http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-216560 Chris Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:47:01 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-216560 King Lear is immortal! Far tighter and more intense than Hamlet. A mucher richer cast...Lear, Edmund, Edgar, Gloucester, Kent. Antony and Cleopatra is amazing...written after the other major tradegies, incredibly grand, ridiculously good. As You Like It is my favorite comedy. MacBeth is my all-time favorite. So much tigher than Hamlet. Hamlet is a fantastically memorable character, but the play itself feels more long-winded to me than Lear, MacBeth, Othello, others. Richard the 3rd has lackluster characters besides Richard. Measure for Measure over Shrew. King Lear is immortal! Far tighter and more intense than Hamlet. A mucher richer cast…Lear, Edmund, Edgar, Gloucester, Kent.
Antony and Cleopatra is amazing…written after the other major tradegies, incredibly grand, ridiculously good.
As You Like It is my favorite comedy.
MacBeth is my all-time favorite. So much tigher than Hamlet.
Hamlet is a fantastically memorable character, but the play itself feels more long-winded to me than Lear, MacBeth, Othello, others.
Richard the 3rd has lackluster characters besides Richard.
Measure for Measure over Shrew.

]]> By: mrsjoker101 http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-214572 mrsjoker101 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:10:18 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-214572 Good list! I must admit, i do own Branagh's version of Hamlet...and I'm doing my speech in public speaking on reasons why Hamlet has endured as a classic. Any ideas?? Great list, by the way... :) Good list! I must admit, i do own Branagh’s version of Hamlet…and I’m doing my speech in public speaking on reasons why Hamlet has endured as a classic. Any ideas??

Great list, by the way… :)

]]> By: gurunathan http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-214362 gurunathan Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:48:22 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-214362 I READ MACBETH. I WAS SO MUCH STUNNED ABOUT LADY MACBETH BECAUSE SHE IS THE FOURTH WITCH OF THE PLAY CREATED BY SHAKESPEARE. I READ MACBETH. I WAS SO MUCH STUNNED ABOUT LADY MACBETH BECAUSE SHE IS THE FOURTH WITCH OF THE PLAY CREATED BY SHAKESPEARE.

]]> By: jbrooster http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-208422 jbrooster Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:29:43 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-208422 King Lear should be on the list. Its complexity and the depiction of turmoil within characters and within the decaying kingdom of Lear are very thought provoking. Edmund is usually considered Shakespeare's most evil invention. Goneril and Reagan are not far behind. Love's good intentions but blindness are at the core. King Lear should be on the list. Its complexity and the depiction of turmoil within characters and within the decaying kingdom of Lear are very thought provoking. Edmund is usually considered Shakespeare’s most evil invention. Goneril and Reagan are not far behind. Love’s good intentions but blindness are at the core.

]]> By: forkinggeenyus http://listverse.com/2008/07/10/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-207577 forkinggeenyus Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:54:11 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-shakespeare-plays/#comment-207577 HA! Oh, I am laughing myself hoarse at the idiots denouncing this as a "stupid list", and going on to list what "should" be there. If you hadn't worked it out by now, it's a. Matter. Of. Opinion. Hee, people. This is why I hate socialising. Yay for Shakespeare, though. www.forkinggeenyus.wordpress.com HA! Oh, I am laughing myself hoarse at the idiots denouncing this as a “stupid list”, and going on to list what “should” be there. If you hadn’t worked it out by now, it’s a. Matter. Of. Opinion.

Hee, people. This is why I hate socialising.

Yay for Shakespeare, though.

http://www.forkinggeenyus.wordpress.com

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