Shakespearean Autumn '08

[Scheherazade]

Please vote for the Shakespeare play in autumn.

All plays are available online on our site:

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/

Please vote for the play you would like to read by August 31st.

[JBI]

Everyone, lets discuss before we all vote for different plays and waste our votes.

[Nightshade]

Well I would like to have one of the less well known ones this time round, or maybe I mean less studied in whats it called mandatory schooling... Id quite like one where I didnt already know the storyline because its that integrated into everything like Romeo and Juliet for example ( that is I DONT want to do Romeo and Juliet ) or Ceaser, Anthony and Cleopatra
I hope ths make sense....

[Scheherazade]

I am going to vote for Merry Wives of Windsor:

1. I haven't read it and am not even sure what it is about.

2. I like the title.

2. Don't mind if it is not elected at the end either; it is no big deal. It is one play; not a life-time commitment or Presidential election or sumfing.



So go Merry Wives of Windsor!

http://www.modamag.com/marrywives.jpg

[Nightshade]

...:lol: great minds Scher...I just looked at the list and thought hummm the merry wives of windsor sounds interesting.

[sofia82]

It's too soon for me to vote, and as I am reading and re-reading all of Shakespeare's plays. Maybe his last play, henry VIII or the Two Noble Kinsmen, or hmmmmmmmm.... let me see, I can do someething, I won't read The Merry Wives of Windsor and this becomes the last play for your (Scheherazade) sake :D

[coolestnerdever]

I want to read King Lear eventually.

[Scheherazade]

Woohooo!!!

Merry Wives of Windsor is leading the poll with 100%!!!

[Virgil]

Woohooo!!!

Merry Wives of Windsor is leading the poll with 100%!!!

I've always wanted to read that too.

[Scheherazade]

Gee, Virgil! How shall vote against your choice now if there is a tie? :D

[Nightshade]

I actually want to read merry wives but the natural contrariness is stopping me from voting :rolleyes: :lol:
oh well no need to vote yet...

[Scheherazade]

Get your copies of MWOW, peeps! :D

[papayahed]

haha, there's only 2 votes so far???

[Charles Darnay]

I must admit that MWOW is the only Shakespeare play I've read that I can say I really didn't like.

[Scheherazade]

haha, there's only 2 votes so far???Whatcha laughing at?

MMOW is leading! :D

[DapperDrake]

Hmm think i'll wait for some more vote to go down, easy to throw your vote away when there are so many options!

[lugdunum]

Hello Shakespeare Discusion Group,

One little question:

I've seldom read Shakespeare in the past (just a few plays in highschool and college) but am really willing to read more and this discussion group seems like a great oportunity.

My only doubt is whether or not you have to be a Shakespeare "expert" to join this group and your discussions?

I've been looking at some of the plays availvable online and i seems that as far as understanding is concerned, I'm ok. But, will being a Shakespeare "illiterate" be a problem?

[Scheherazade]

Nothing to worry about. Almost all of us here are casual readers, Lugdunum. We'd love you to join us (and vote for Merry Wives:D:p;))

[Jozanny]

I know it won't win, but I had to go for Measure for Measure, since it is a play rather displeased with comedy and one which baffles me.

[Scheherazade]

http://www.modamag.com/marrywives.jpg

[Cailin]

Having just travelled to Stratford to see a fab (if disturbing) production of The Taming of the Shrew I'd be fascinated to see the ensuing conversation...:)

[Scheherazade]

I would like to remind everyone that this poll will be closed on August 31st.

[JBI]

Voted to balance the polls, as The Merry Wives of Windsor is perhaps the weakest work by Shakespeare, and I really wish to read something else (if someone wants their Falstaff fix, they should read the Henry IV plays).

[Janine]

Humm....don't know what to vote for now. I will read MWOW and let you know if I like it, Scher. I always wanted to read it but have not gotten to it either, Virgil. I like Falstaff very much in Henry IV, but not sure what I will think of him in this MWOW - it is a comedy, right? I have read many of the plays on the list, so if I don't vote for that one, maybe another one will catch my fancy. One of my favorite plays actually is "Richard III" - now there is a true thriller! But if you are looking for comedy, instead, I will think on that awhile.

[lugdunum]

I just can't make up my mind................ :crash:

[toni]

Nothing to worry about. Almost all of us here are casual readers, Lugdunum. We'd love you to join us (and vote for Merry Wives:D:p;))

With Scher's passionate persistence I might just vote for Merry Wives.. :p
But on another note, I remember reading Measure for Measure a few years back and faintly recall being entertained by it..hmm..Let's see..

[Virgil]

With Scher's passionate persistence I might just vote for Merry Wives.. :p
But on another note, I remember reading Measure for Measure a few years back and faintly recall being entertained by it..hmm..Let's see..

How about if I add my passionate persitence for Merry Wives also? ;)

[Scheherazade]

How about if I add my passionate persitence for Merry Wives also? ;)There is something eternally funny about this sentence!

:D

[Virgil]

There is something eternally funny about this sentence!

:D

:lol::lol:You are right!! Isn't that what Falstaff does in the play?

[papayahed]

Merry Wives and Mechant of Venice are now tie.....if someone wants to throw a kitkat my way I could be persuaded..

[Janine]

Not anymore...it is now 4 to 3. I voted yesterday. Since I always find 'Merchant of Venice' a bit difficult. (sorry Payapahed - not even kit kats will help), with the Jewish issues and often heated discussions insue; so I decided to vote safe and went for MWOW...a play I have not yet read.

[Scheherazade]

Is it going to be MWOW?

[wilbur lim]

I voted for Julius Caesar. Furthermore,if you did not literally notice,I am William Shakespeare.:D:lol:

[Janine]

Is it going to be MWOW?

I am hoping for it; it is one I have not read yet. I like Falstaff also in Henry IV. He is such a colorful character. It should prove to be a fun read.

[lugdunum]

Really, I don't know why I'm doubting and waiting so much if I have no clue about most of S's plays I might as well go with the flow and vote for MWOW :p, as Merchant of Venice is one of the few I have read.

[Charles Darnay]

If I were to vote, it would be for Merchant, but I do not wish to deprive those wanting to read MWOW (despite my feelings for it) so I may abstain

[Scheherazade]

Last six days to vote!

[Virgil]

Hey and we're pulling away. :) Now if only Papaya will vote for MWOW. ;) Hint, hint.

[barbara0207]

Only Papaya? Never mind, I voted for it anyway. :)

[Virgil]

:banana::banana:Yay Barbara!! I think that put us over the top. :D

[Janine]

only two days to go - looks promising for MWOW.

[papayahed]

Holy Toledo, MWOW doesn't even need my vote

[Scheherazade]

Yes, my new avatar's done the trick!

[applepie]

:lol: I'm not going to vote since I can't promise I'll have the time to participate, but I'm going to try and be around for this. I like most Shakespeare, so I'm easy in that sense. I look foward to reading with you, and Someone please send me a note on the choice in case I forget to make it back here. The proverbial kick in the bum if you will;)

~Meg~

[Scheherazade]

Going once...

[kasie]

I won't vote because I shall be away for the first part of the discussion, but if I may I'll pitch in to the discussion at whatever point you have reached when I get back.

[Janine]

Scher, I like your new avy; but will you switch it back to MWOW photo when it wins?

[Scheherazade]

Scher, I like your new avy; but will you switch it back to MWOW photo when it wins?Probably not. The new one is just for this weekend (Geek Day and all). After that, I will probably go back to being my humble-fairy-self.

Going twice...

[Janine]

Scher - that is fine - we all like that 'humble-fairy' that is you! Your original avy is prettier, anyway.

You know, I have been hunting for this poll thread for the last 1/2 hour and could not find it - I kept putting the word 'Shakespeare' in the search and here it was under 'Shakespearean'...why did I not think of that? duh... At anyrate, on my search I ran into all kinds of other threads, I had not read before; made for interesting reading - there was even a thread where T-shirts were being sold (a number of years back) with the plays or the sonnets printed on them. Do they still sell those, and the other items?

[Admin]

Scher - that is fine - we all like that 'humble-fairy' that is you! Your original avy is prettier, anyway.

You know, I have been hunting for this poll thread for the last 1/2 hour and could not find it - I kept putting the word 'Shakespeare' in the search and here it was under 'Shakespearean'...why did I not think of that? duh... At anyrate, on my search I ran into all kinds of other threads, I had not read before; made for interesting reading - there was even a thread where T-shirts were being sold (a number of years back) with the plays or the sonnets printed on them. Do they still sell those, and the other items?


the link for the shirts should still work yes.

[Janine]

the link for the shirts should still work yes.

Oh thanks, Admin. I found the link somehow by accident and looked around the site. Interesting stuff. Only thing I could not seem to locate was the actual sonnet T-shirts.

[Logos]

Janine, for LitNet's Shakespeare merchandise (shirts, mugs, etc.) here's the thread
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55

and here's the direct link. There are long and short sleeve t-shirts with sonnets available :)
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store.aspx?s=thelitnet,Hamlet,Jcaesar,RomeoJuliet, RichardIII,Macbeth

[Janine]

Thanks Logos, I will check that out. I may buy one someday in the future, but for now I am kind of broke. This month seemed to gobble up my funds. Hopefully next month will be better.

[Janine]

Ok, yesterday I found the actual discussion group on this play but today I can't find it. I tried all kinds of searches and still can't find "The Merry Wives of Windsor" thread. I should have marked it in my list but faile to. Help!