Shakespeare..?

[Neutron66]

Didn't care for the 20th century fascist update to Richard III, prefered the 30s Basil Rathbone one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London_(1939_film) or Laurence Olivier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_(1955_film)
also really liked Kurosawa's Ran (King Lear) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_(film)

The Basil Rathbone film wasn't a version of the Shakespeare play. It was simply a film that dealt with Richard III.

Great film, btw. Anything with Basil is magic.

 

[sporty_carr]

Tromeo and Juliet

 

[hammerer]

Sucker for Henry V.

 

[drf]

I read Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, and Hamlet is high school.
I have seen a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I really enjoyed.
I have seen Roman Polanski's version of Macbeth that I thought was excellent. (Hugh Hefner was one of the financers)
I saw the latest version of The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino as Shylock that was pretty good.

Okay the answer is Macbeth. There is movie called Throne of Blood directed by Akira Kurasowa that is a loose adaptation of this play that is very, very good and I highly reccommend.

"Out, out, damn spot!"

 

[Jane Burgess]

Macbeth

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

Hamlet is, in my opinion, the greatest work of literature in the world. In high school it was the only Shakespeare play that I liked; in fact, I liked it so much I went out and bought a copy.

 

[feller469]

If you can find a copy of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" put on by the Shakespeare in the Park folks (I think that is their name) in NYC, watch it. Loved Hamlet, "AMSD".

 

[zimie]

Hamlet & Macbeth are his best plays.

 

[hiropro]

Read them all in school.Favourite has to be Macbeth.

 

[marquis2]

Shakespeare's command of the English language was quite simply staggering.I've no idea how many words he actually coined but his effect is felt to this day.

 

[nelmes69]

Tromeo and Juliet

:thumbsup: Love that film. Troma do Shakespeare. The tag line is one of the best - Body Piercing, Kinky Sex, and Dismemberment. The Things That Made Shakespeare Great

On a serious note Macbeth would be my favourite. It’s about the only play that didn’t send me to sleep. Yes I’m an uncultured swine, but I’m happy

 

[turtle825]

Macbeth

 

[Mrs Jolly]

At the risk of sounding like a bit of a luvvie.......... I went to see the brilliant Jonathan Pryce with the royal shakespeare company in 1978. I had been to the theatre before but this was a school trip to stratford. There was a drunk tramp hanging out in the lobby pushing into people and mumbling. I didn't know then that it was Jonathan Pryce. Everybody made their way in and sat down. Before the house lights went down the "tramp" walked into the theatre proper and started shouting, security came outand he punched them and ran on the stage and proceeded to pull down the curtain. Stage hands came running out and a big fight started. All the lights in the building went out so it was pitch black and the shouting stopped. A single spotlight lit up up the sleeping form of Petrucio clutching a bottle in the middle of the stage and so the play began.

If I saw it performed today I might think it a little hammy but I have to say that at the time I was blown away.

 

[Psychology]

Measure For Measure, being the anarchist that I am....

 

[lurkingdirk]

Henry V. so much in that play.

 

[mrtrebus]

To be or not to be. . .


Another Hamlet speech, the end of Withnail & I, Grant gives it some. . .

 

[Ace Bandage]

I voted for King Lear. That's my second favorite Shakespearean play behind my namesake: The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus. I must say though that I love just about all of his works. I own The Riverside Shakespeare and highly recommend it to anyone. It's fully annotated and provides historical information and background on the plays as well.