the Goodreads Team
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Dave Cullen:
What Shakespeare play do you think everyone should read once? Why?
Dave Cullen
I'm not fan of the "everyone" should do anything school of life.
Shakespeare wrote a wealth of different plays. We've got a wealth of different people.
Personally, I pretty much hate all the comedies--at least the ones I've gotten to. I love several of the tragedies (which is odd, because I'm not a tragecist, but they happen to be brilliant), and especially like most of the histories. If I'd had a comedy forced on me early, I'm sure I would have been turned off on Shakespeare, possibly forever. It's hard enough to get through the language barrier.
Teachers or parents or friends who've read a lot of the plays should be able to know a person well enough to suggest which is most likely to speak to him or her.
Shakespeare wrote a wealth of different plays. We've got a wealth of different people.
Personally, I pretty much hate all the comedies--at least the ones I've gotten to. I love several of the tragedies (which is odd, because I'm not a tragecist, but they happen to be brilliant), and especially like most of the histories. If I'd had a comedy forced on me early, I'm sure I would have been turned off on Shakespeare, possibly forever. It's hard enough to get through the language barrier.
Teachers or parents or friends who've read a lot of the plays should be able to know a person well enough to suggest which is most likely to speak to him or her.
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