What is your favorite play by Shakespeare?

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Re: What is your favorite play by Shakespeare?

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I'm performing as Lady Macbeth in a school play and its incredibly fascinating because in the scene where Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking, having gone mad, little snippets of dialogue from earlier scenes are scattered throughout this one scene, so its like her life flashing before her eyes. So fun to act out.
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Romeo and Juliet was my first and favorite. I do love his comedies though.
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Romeo and Juliet,everyone love a good Romance.
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Romeo and Juliet! I love theatre, and I hope to play Juliet one day.
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I think I have to go with the old standby Romeo & Juliet. Part of me thinks the two are stupid for killing themselves. Part of me thinks, "Oh, how romantic." My favorite quote, however, did not come from R&J. "Out, damn'd spot! out, I say!" Comes in so handy!!! I'm sure Lady Macbeth didn't use it in the same manner I do.... Usually when I'm cleaning something not related to blood. I'm usually not feeling guilty either, just frustrated!
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id have to say..... if i had to pick just one it would be hamlet,
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12th Night made me laugh until my sides hurt. I haven't seen very many plays or even read the plays but this is the one that sticks out the most to me.
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A Midsummer's Night Dream! Definitely!
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I only ever read Romeo and Juliet and I never really got into it.
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Hamlet is an unforgettable literary work. It is one of the best classic plays, and I was drawn into Hamlets soliloquy. Every emotion he expressed, I felt. Definitely a favorite of mine.
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Although I thoroughly enjoy all the madness of Hamlet, the upbeatness of Midsummer Night Dream, the teenage trysts and tirades of Romeo and Juilet and complexity of Julius Caesar. My favorite Shakespeare play is Much ado about Nothing.
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Post by iColor With Crayons »

MacBeth, hands down
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Well that is easy out of all the ones I have read Romeo and Juliet is my favorite. I think what I really enjoy in it is the love and then by the end its tragic but its one of those moments that if you could just tell Romeo that Juliet had taken a potion to fake her death it would of been perfect. I do not believe love like Shakespeare wrote about still exist. The love in is book is deep and never ending. Now a days couples divorce and have multiple marriages much less would they die for each other. Beautiful story and very passionate.
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Out of the ones that i have read, 'As you like it' is my favorite. It flows at an easy pace and had enough tinge of humor along with emotions to keep me going till the end.
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Post by vrussell001 »

That is a very difficult choice to make, talk about an embarrassment of riches!

Probably A Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite because of the atmosphere it conjures in my mind and the wonderful speech by Puck in the end. Twelfth Night is a lot of fun too and I do enjoy the frivolity contained within this play. Hamlet is another favorite, between the supernatural elements and the timelessness of the tragedy there is a beauty that transcends place and time making it relevant as well as recognizable for fans 400 years later.
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