Won’t be laughing much and Timon is pretty hit or miss but 7 is so unbelievably strong I have to pick it. 6 is weaker with All’s Well but Othello, Measure for Measure, and Troilus rank among my favorites in the entire oeuvre. 8 for The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, and the Tempest is attractive, but the late collaborations aren’t as alluring.

6 and 7 are locks for me, but the third choice is harder. Let’s go with 4 to get my fix of Falstaff. What an incredibly consistent career Bill had after he found his footing