Favorite William Shakespeare play?
 

What is your favorite William Shakespeare play? Mine would probably be Henry V.

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing." -Macbeth

"Now is the winter of our discontent.
Made glorious summer by this sun of York."
Richard III.

(More fondly referred to as, Richard the Turd, or Dick the $hit according to geographic location here in UK)

Ha! I'm a firm believer that RIII did not kill his nephews (I think he got them away to a safe haven in 1483). I think that usurping, regicide Henry VII did execute the younger Richard. As for the younger Edward, who knows? Maybe any kind of 15th century malady was his end.

Probably Midsummer Night's Dream

Either Hamlet or Macbeth

Richard finished up under a car park in Leicestershire. Been there for centuries.
His parking ticket ran into £ thousands!

I have seen a number of his plays in Minneapolis, San Francisco, and at a festival of them in the Lake Tahoe area.

:a20:

& I cried buckets at his televised funeral.

"More of your conversation would infect my brain "- Coriolanus (Act 2, Scene 1)

“Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes.”

Richard lll.

Much Ado About Nothing

Badges, badges, we don't need no stinking badges.

"Lord, what fools these mortals be" -Midsummer Night's Dream

According to 23 and me, I'm related to King Richard along with probably over a million others, lol.

Good thing your Plantagenet ancestors escaped the murderous Tudors.

Ditto for me on Henry V. It has humor with Falstaff, character development of Prince Harry, history, war, political intrigue, and romance!
"This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember'd; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his ..."

"Away, you moldy rogue, away!"
-Henry IV (Act 2, scene 2)

* God I'd love to have had Sir WS on this forum.

Yes, I knighted him

Who's William Shakespeare?

Shakespeare
 

The Comedy of Errors as I like to laugh at others mistakes.

The one with Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny.

MacBeth

King Lear

Me too! :MOJE_whot: Margaret Plantagenet is my 15th great-grandmother. I'm a descendant from her daughter Ursula.

Also, my fav is Much Ado About Nothing

Hope you did well at the reading of the will! ;)

Ursula? I think I dated her in high school. She had a funny way of speaking, as I recall. That was a long time ago.

Oh no! That lovely lady was executed by those rotten Tudors, just for being a Plantagenet. Well, her son Reginald was a Cardinal & Henry didn't like that the Cardinal disagreed with Henry. Still, absolutely no reason to so horrifically murder her. My sympathies to you.

Maybe coz she'd be about 500 years old? :1rotfl:

Nope. Broke as a church mouse. :angel:

Genealogy is interesting!

Fun fact: I've got another ancestor from Plantagenet side of family. Direct from Edward I.

Kinda weird: Also descendant from families involved with Salem trials. :eek:

Well, yeah, if you are a Plantagenet from Margaret, then Edward I was one of her grandfathers (leaving out the greats), unless you mean cousins married cousins (which happened all the time, especially in royal families). But if you are descended from Eddie, (not a great one from the point of view of the Welsh or the Scots), then you are definitely descended from: Eleanor of Aquitaine - a very fascinating woman, & John (Eleanor's son) - a rotter (really a pretty bad guy - sorry.)

& a fun note: The Plantagenets had a reputation of being descended from the devil - via Melusine (from over in France), which I always regarded as good public relations. But, (this is a joke) if it resurfaced in Salem....:1rotfl:

If you tell me Lizzie Borden was a distant cousin as well.....I may have some concerns! ;)