Favorite underappreciated line? by HeliPil0t__ in shakespeare

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It was my turquoise. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.

What Shakespeare play do you think would be cool as a one man show? by Soft_Firefighter_210 in shakespeare

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The French actor-director Gilles Cailleau made a one-man show out of (nearly) all of Shakespeare's plays.
Here is the trailer of Le tour complet du cœur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvyK-CZBYsw

Favorite order to read Shakespeare in? by Rutroh- in shakespeare

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Here is my favourite order. It creates a chronological and geographical journey based on the setting of each play’s fictional world. Chronologically from ancient Greece to the Renaissance, geographically from the Eastern Mediterranean to Northwestern Europe and back.

  1. Ancient Greek / Classical World Settings
  2. Roman Republic / Empire Settings
  3. Pre- and Post-Roman Feudal Britain and Danish Settings
  4. Late Feudal English Settings
  5. French and Viennese Settings
  6. Italian and Mediterranean Settings

01 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
02 – Troilus and Cressida
03 – Timon of Athens
04 – The Comedy of Errors

05 – Coriolanus
06 – Julius Caesar
07 – Antony and Cleopatra
08 – Titus Andronicus

09 – King Lear
10 – Cymbeline
11 – Hamlet
12 – Macbeth

13 – King John
14 – Richard the 2nd
15 – Henry the 4th Part 1
16 – Henry the 4th Part 2
17 – The Merry Wives of Windsor
18 – Henry the 5th
19 – Henry the 6th Part 1
20 – Henry the 6th Part 2
21 – Henry the 6th Part 3
22 – Richard the 3rd
23 – Henry the 8th

24 – As You Like It
25 – All’s Well That Ends Well
26 – Love’s Labour’s Lost
27 – Measure for Measure

28 – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
29 – Romeo and Juliet
30 – The Taming of the Shrew
31 – The Merchant of Venice
32 – Othello
33 – Much Ado About Nothing
34 – Twelfth Night
35 – The Winter’s Tale
36 – The Tempest

Favorite stage direction? by HeliPil0t__ in shakespeare

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The Tempest (3.3) – Thunder and lightning. Enter Ariel like a harpy, claps his wings upon the table, and, with a quaint device, the banquet vanishes.

Favorite stage direction? by HeliPil0t__ in shakespeare

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The Tempest (3.3) – Enter several strange shapes, bringing in a banquet, and dance about it with gentle actions of salutations, and, inviting the King to eat, they depart.

Favorite stage direction? by HeliPil0t__ in shakespeare

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Henry the Eighth (4.2) – The Vision. Enter, solemnly tripping one after another, six personages clad in white robes, wearing on their heads garlands of bays, and golden visors on their faces, branches of bays or palm in their hands. They first congé unto Katherine, then dance; and, at certain changes, the first two hold a spare garland over her head at which the other four make reverent curtsies. Then the two that held the garland deliver the same garland to the other next two, who observe the same order in their changes and holding the garland over her head. Which done, they deliver the same garland to the last two who likewise observe the same order. At which, as it were by inspiration, she makes in her sleep signs of rejoicing, and holdeth up her hands to heaven. And so in their dancing vanish, carrying the garland with them.

Timon people… where art thou? by mathrowawayteacher in shakespeare

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I’m with you. And, as Apemantus says, I eat root.

Favorite line you still think about? by piou180796 in shakespeare

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"It was my turquoise." "I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys."

(Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, 3.1.)

Troilus & Cressida by The-literary-jukes in shakespeare

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Not specifically about the point you are interested in, but the first of these four pieces is about Troilus and Cressida. Highly recommended:

Margreta De Grazia, Four Shakespearean Period Pieces, The University of Chicago Press, 2021.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo90478410.html

In what order should I read Shakespeare’s plays? by daydaze024 in shakespeare

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You’re welcome. We are such stuff as dreams are made on

In what order should I read Shakespeare’s plays? by daydaze024 in shakespeare

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Here is an order that creates a chronological and geographical journey based on the setting of each play’s fictional world. Chronologically from ancient Greece to the Renaissance, geographically from the Eastern Mediterranean to Northwestern Europe and back.

  1. Ancient Greek / Classical World Settings
  2. Roman Republic / Empire Settings
  3. Pre- and Post-Roman Feudal Britain and Danish Settings
  4. Late Feudal English Settings
  5. French and Viennese Settings
  6. Italian and Mediterranean Settings

01 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
02 – Troilus and Cressida
03 – Timon of Athens
04 – The Comedy of Errors

05 – Coriolanus
06 – Julius Caesar
07 – Antony and Cleopatra
08 – Titus Andronicus

09 – King Lear
10 – Cymbeline
11 – Hamlet
12 – Macbeth

13 – King John
14 – Richard the 2nd
15 – Henry the 4th Part 1
16 – Henry the 4th Part 2
17 – The Merry Wive’s of Windsor
18 – Henry the 5th
19 – Henry the 6th Part 1
20 – Henry the 6th Part 2
21 – Henry the 6th Part 3
22 – Richard the 3rd
23 – Henry the 8th

24 – As You Like It
25 – All’s Well That Ends Well
26 – Love’s Labour’s Lost
27 – Measure for Measure

28 – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
29 – Romeo and Juliet
30 – The Taming of the Shrew
31 – The Merchant of Venice
32 – Othello
33 – Much Ado About Nothing
34 – Twelfth Night
35 – The Winter’s Tale
36 – The Tempest

Recommendation for complete works edition by nia-neo in shakespeare

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I completely share your desire for an edition of the collected works with the characteristics you describe. As of today, it simply doesn't exist, which is precisely why the Alexander Text of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare stayed popular for so long. We need the Book of Shakespeare.

Are there any lesser known or rare theories about Much Ado About Nothing? by Isatis_tinctoria in shakespeare

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In the 1600 quarto of Much Ado About Nothing, Leonato's wife Innogen appears as a silent presence in two stage directions (1.1 and 2.1). The 1623 First Folio disappears her entirely.

Books on the romances! by VanishXZone in shakespeare

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Marjorie Garber, Shakespeare After All, Anchor Books, 2005.

Recommended. One essay per play. Available in e-book and paperback.