Read Shakespeare in a Year

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Posted by Greg
12/23/2015 4:15 pm
#1

Over at First Things, Matt Franck has posted a plan for reading Shakespeare's corpus in a year by reading a little bit every day. I have unfortunately read very little Shakespeare, so I think I might attempt this. Anyone else interested?

 
Posted by Etzelnik
12/23/2015 6:25 pm
#2

I've read most of his plays already, but I'm always game to do it again! :D


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Posted by iwpoe
12/23/2015 6:56 pm
#3

Yeah, I'll do it. All the plays are available in recorded versions. You can easily get through one a day if you really want to book it.


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Posted by Jeremy Taylor
12/23/2015 8:08 pm
#4

It is certainly worth reading Shakespeare's plays and his sonnets. I have read them all, though would love to read them again. I haven't read his other poems, besides the sonnets, though. If y​ou have read many of his plays, I would encourage you to read a selection of the other Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights - Jonson, obviously, but also Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher and Beaumont, Massinger. This was truly one of the most remarkable periods in English literature. It shows you how great Shakespeare was, that he stands out in a time of many brilliant playwrights.

 
Posted by Etzelnik
12/24/2015 1:50 am
#5

Personally, though, my favourite play of all time is Addison's Cato. The whole thing is one massive virtue-fest. :D


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