Poll

What's his best work?

King Lear
1 (10%)
Macbeth
6 (60%)
The Tempest
1 (10%)
Hamlet
1 (10%)
Richard III
0 (0%)
As You Like It
0 (0%)
other (name it)
1 (10%)

Total Members Voted: 6

  

Author Topic: Best drama by Shakespeare  (Read 513 times)

Agua

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Best drama by Shakespeare
« on: May 27, 2003, 03:15:54 PM »
my vote goes to lear. the tempest is second.


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TheSheriff

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2003, 03:20:58 PM »
Drama? Well, the Tempest is a comedy drama, so okey.

My faves are Richard II (I wasted time, and now time doth waste me) and Othello.
 

Agua

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2003, 03:31:23 PM »
Drama? Well, the Tempest is a comedy drama, so okey.


shakespeare's dramas = tragedies (King Lear, Macbeth, Othello...), comedies (As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice...) & history plays (Richard II & III...)

As for The Tempest, it's not a comedy but a romance.
 

TheSheriff

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2003, 03:44:53 PM »
I'm going by the Oxford method. Admittedly, Oxford finds Cymbeline and Troilus&Cressida difficult to class.

fave comedy=tempest/midsummer's night's dream
fave tragedy=julius caesar
fave history=Richard II
 

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2003, 04:25:57 PM »
midnight dream or somethin' like that...i like that one....
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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2003, 04:38:20 PM »
y'all do know that he basically ripped off the greek myths


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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2003, 05:22:29 PM »
y'all do know that he basically ripped off the greek myths

And?
 

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2003, 07:03:28 PM »
it's hard to give him THAT much credit when every thing is just carbon copies from greek myths with a european modification, kinda like the most recent romeo and juliet movie with leonardo decaprio


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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2003, 07:14:33 PM »
it's hard to give him THAT much credit when every thing is just carbon copies from greek myths with a european modification, kinda like the most recent romeo and juliet movie with leonardo decaprio

Did I ever say he was the greatest plotter ever? I love his language. And anyway, the vast majority of famous writers steal their ideas.
 

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2003, 06:38:48 AM »
For God's sake everyone is influenced by their peers - I wouldn't call it 'ripped off'.

Othello is my favourite - I went to see that a while back - really good play.
 

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2003, 06:43:21 AM »
macbeth  ;D
 

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2003, 10:04:38 AM »
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Posted by: Don Jacob Corleone  Posted on: Today at 03:03:28am  
it's hard to give him THAT much credit when every thing is just carbon copies from greek myths with a european modification
last time i checked greece is in europe

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2003, 10:59:20 AM »
i'd have to go with Macbeth...even the movie was interesting.
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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2003, 05:03:59 PM »
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Posted by: Don Jacob Corleone  Posted on: Today at 03:03:28am  
it's hard to give him THAT much credit when every thing is just carbon copies from greek myths with a european modification
last time i checked greece is in europe

everybody knows greece is in africa
 

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Re:Best drama by Shakespeare
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2003, 07:48:44 PM »
i'd have to go with Macbeth...even the movie was interesting.

didnt see all of the movie tho  :-\