What is your favorite play by Shakespeare?

[Sarah10]

Hamlet, by far.

[Cecile01]

They are hard to compare but I loved King Lear, mainly because the characters eg Poor Tom are so vivid and rich.

[mmsv010929]

I would probably say MacBeth just because of the role of Lady MacBeth. It is so interesting to see her character progress throughout the play. A Midsummer Night's Dream would be a close second.

[hollynewhouse]

I absolutely love Shakespeare and have ready every single one of his plays. I became fascinated by him in high school reading romeo and juliet then hamlet and that put me onto the rest. I am fascinated by the language and prose he uses that was common at that time.

[PashaRu]

Tragedy - Hamlet
Comedy - Much Ado About Nothing
Burlesque - Three Wenches with Pasties in a Whitechapel Beer Hall (LOVE the ending, when the wenches say in unison, "We have enough suff'red the slings and arrows of your jibes [aside: Ho ho! And do not laugh because we sag. The cherry blossom of all maidens at last falls, and time makes even the fairest rose petal droop. List! And all that remains are thorny pricks], and anon we thither to the clothesless beaches of fair Mexico, where our naughty bits shall be burnt as a leg of lamb when forgetful Lord and Lady are in the adjoining room watching Benny Hill on the telly." [all exit])

[KristineNicole]

Titus Andronicus.

[Kappy]

Of the plays you've read, which is your favorite play, and why?

Reading his plays bores me to death; his plays were written to be performed, rather than read like a book. A few years ago when Shakespeare piqued my interest, I got a copy of Hamlet from the library, and the first page nearly put me to sleep. I returned the book and got an audio recording, and I was immediately fascinated by the play. I listened to several other plays, then I bought the entire Arkangel set of Shakespeare's plays on CD, and listened to them repeatedly in my office at work.

My favorite is Julius Caesar, especially the famous "lend me your ears" speech. Part of the reason is that great speech. Another reason is that the language in this play is fairly close to modern English. But the main reason is the conflict Brutus faced in choosing between the love of his great friend and the love of his country.

[RJohnReves]

Brutus
On the steps
With a dagger

[RussetDivinity]

I'm very fond of Richard II. It's tragic and beautiful, and Shakespeare wrote it entirely in verse. It's also got an interesting history: Elizabeth I banned it because she saw too many similarities between her and Richard, but one of her prior supporters tried to use it to stage a coup, which failed. Somehow, Shakespeare and his men were let go, even though if you look at it logically, there's no way they could have not known that the coup was being planned.

[LivreAmour217]

I know it's probably cliche, but my favorite has to be Romeo and Juliet because it was my first exposure to the Bard, and because it brings back some funny memories. I read this play in my ninth-grade English class, and I was seated directly in front of the class clown (he was a smart kid, but he had to turn everything into a joke. Or a Star Wars mash-up). Anyway, his jokes and spontaneous re-writing of the play to include Darth Vader actually helped me to remember the lessons.

[Kaitlin Lake]

My favorite play by Shakespeare would be Much Ado About Nothing. I loved Claudio and Beatrice.

[Katherine E Wall]

Such a difficult question. The Tempest? Othello? Taming of the Shrew? As I contemplate each play, I think of another that might fit the bill of favorite, so ...

I will default to The Collected Works of William Shakespeare.

[Naira]

I am fond of existentialism, so "Hamlet" - best of all

[DATo]

A Midsummer Night's Dream

[SarahLuvBooks32]

I liked Twelfth Night. I loved how they made the movie She's the Man from it! Another favorite would be Hamlet though.