#152

Coriolanus is boring.

#153

YOUR FACE IS BORING :rage::rage::rage:

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#154

And therein lies the rub and my cover is blown

#155

Massive fan. I’ve even got a Shakespeare fridge magnet.

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#156

This is not correct. I’ve checked.

The tale of a simple (albeit bloodthirsty) man, used as a pawn by corrupt and cynical politicians, doomed by the ambitions of others…it’s awesome and my favourite of the lot!

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#157

Look, I didn’t want to have to sink to this, but there’s a reason that “anus” is in the title, and that is because it is arse.

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#158

OH BOLLOCKS TO YOU

#159

AFAIK the only Middleton bits are the extra witch scenes (e.g. any bit with Hecate in) which were added later because when they first revived the scottish play they thought they needed more witchey content and got Middleton to provide some. He certainly collaborated on some of the later history plays but, Hecate aside, Macbeth is all the big man’s own I believe.

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#160

Hamlet>Macbeth>Lear>Othello>R+J>The King of Limbs

#161

My favourite song with a Shakespeare connection:

Songs with titles that are phrases Shakespeare made up:

Heart of Gold (Henry V)

Cruel To Be Kind (Hamlet) - YouTube has just reminded that this was covered on the 10 Things I Hate About You soundtrack, appropriately.

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#162

load of rubbish, I could have wrote it all in my sleep

#163

Load of old shite isn’t it?

#164

Best Hamlet?

  • Hamlet
  • The Lion King
  • Infinite Jest

0 voters

#165

The small cigars

#166

We’re talking about @infinite_jest here, right? If not, I need to change my answer!

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#168

I did two in English up to GCSE and one in English Lit A Level (didn’t do English Lit GCSE so not sure if the big man put in another appearance there)

#169

I like the tragedies and how he tends to brutally kill off about 3/4 of the cast in the last few pages

I don’t really get anything from the comedies

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#170

Tragedy is a million times more fun to teach than comedy. If someone has been brutally stabbed it’s easy to see why it’s tragic but after you’ve explained the archaic language in a joke it is no longer funny.

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#171

Adapted and modernised the comedies are the best though. Great plots, fun twists n turns.

#172

I think the usual pattern when I did my GCSEs was to start at the beginning of a play on the first day of term, get two acts in after six weeks or so, then watch a VHS of a film adaptation in the last lesson before half term.

We did this with Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar and Macbeth.

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