Dear All,
Welcome to LitNet Shakespeare Discussion Group. The group aims to read and discuss plays of William Shakespeare and is open to all Forum Members.
- The plays will be read in the chronological order they are assumed to have been performed first:
King Henry VI Part 1 1592
King Henry VI Part 2 1592-93
King Henry VI Part 3 1592-93
Taming of the Shrew 1593-94
Comedy of Errors 1594
Titus Andronicus 1594
Love's Labour's Lost 1594-95
Romeo and Juliet 1594-95
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1594-95
Midsummer Night's Dream 1595-96
King John 1596-97
Merchant of Venice 1596-97
King Henry IV Part 1 1597-98
King Henry IV Part 2 1597-98
King Henry V 1598-99
Much Ado About Nothing 1598-99
Richard II 1600-01
Richard III 1601
As You Like It 1599-00
Hamlet 1600-01
Julius Caesar 1600-01
Merry Wives of Windsor 1600-01
Troilus and Cressida 1602
Twelfth Night 1602
All's Well That Ends Well 1602-03
Measure for Measure 1604
Othello 1604-05
King Lear 1606
Antony and Cleopatra 1606-07
Coriolanus 1607-08
Timon of Athens 1607-08
Pericles, Prince of Tyre 1608-09
Tempest 1611
Cymbeline 1611-12
Macbeth 1611-12
Winter's Tale 1611-12
King Henry VIII 1612-13
- A new play will be read every two months.
- Each week, we will post a new act from the play currently being read to be discussed and we will have extra couple of weeks for everyone to catch up and general discussion of the play.
- Please note that LitNet Forum Rules apply in this section of the Forum as well.
In the light of the above, in 2007, we will be reading:
January - February: King Henry VI Part I
March - April : King Henry VI Part II
May - June : King Henry VI Part III
July - August : Taming of the Shrew
September - October: Comedy of Errrors
November - December: Titus Andronicus