Your Favorite Shakespeare? (page 2)

mrsjones5

I would have to say "Taming of the Shrew" and "Hamlet"

dawg

I like Hamlet, used to get drunk in college and quote it.

To grunt and sweat under a weary life.

gaiagirl

I've enjoyed "A Midsummer Nights Dream"..."What fools these mortals be".

Scarred for life

I have seen "Coriolanus" and "As You Like It" performed at Stratford. I enjoyed both. Eve Best starred in "As You Like It". Fabulolous!

I hope everyone that likes Shakespeare is able to visit Stratford-upon-Avon some day.

Layla33

"Romeo & Juliet" is so timeless, it is a true work of art. I also like "Othello".

My favorite Shakespeare quote:

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts..."

Mr. Majestic

My favourite is:-

"Quite frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn!!!".

Absolute classic………..!!!

compound complex

MACBETH: Act 5, Scene 5

Dunsinane. Within the castle

(The queen has died.)

Macbeth

She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
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.

littlerockguy

CoCo:

I had to memorize that in high school English class. In drama class I had to memorize this:

Hamlet, Act II, Scene II - Advice to Players

Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you, trippingly on the tongue, but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently, for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. LRG

Finally-Free

My sister had to memorize this for school 40 years ago. She practiced on the entire family until we were all brainwashed. It's from the merchant of Venice, and I still remember it:

SHYLOCK [Aside] How like a fawning publican he looks!
I hate him for he is a Christian;
But more for that in low simplicity
He lends out money gratis, and brings down
The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
He hates our sacred nation; and he rails,
Even there where merchants most do congregate,
On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,
Which he calls interest. Cursed be my tribe
If I forgive him!

Your Favorite Shakespeare?