Welcome to Shakespeare Discussion Group!
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
