Welcome to Shakespeare Discussion Group!

[Scheherazade]

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 (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/announcement.php?s=&forumid=9) 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

[Scheherazade]

COMEDIES

Taming of the Shrew 1593-94

Comedy of Errors 1594

Love's Labour's Lost 1594-95

Two Gentlemen of Verona 1594-95

Midsummer Night's Dream 1595-96

Merchant of Venice 1596-97

Much Ado About Nothing 1598-99

As You Like It 1599-00

Merry Wives of Windsor 1600-01

Twelfth Night 1602

All's Well That Ends Well 1602-03

Measure for Measure 1604

[Pericles, Prince of Tyre 1608-09]

Tempest 1611

Winter's Tale 1611-12


TRAGEDIES

Titus Andronicus 1594

Romeo and Juliet 1594-95

Hamlet 1600-01

Julius Caesar 1600-01

[Troilus and Cressida 1602]

Othello 1604-05

King Lear 1606

Antony and Cleopatra 1606-07

Coriolanus 1607-08

Timon of Athens 1607-08

Cymbeline 1611-12

Macbeth 1611-12

HISTORIES.

The life and death of King John

The life and death of King Richard the Second

The First Part of Henry the Fourth

The Second Part of Henry the Fourth

The Life of Henry the Fift

The first Part of Henry the Sixt

The second Part of Henry the Sixt

The third Part of Henry the Sixt

The Tragedie of Richard the Third

The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight


2007 readings:

Jan - Feb: Taming of the Shrew 1593-94

Mar - Apr: Titus Andronicus 1594

May- June: The life and death of King John

Jul - Aug: Comedy of Errors 1594

Sep - Oct: Romeo and Juliet 1594-95

Nov - Dec: The life and death of King Richard the Second

I tried to rearrange all the plays according to their genre and performance dates.

Does it look alright to you?