Which genre of Shakespeare's plays do you prefer?

[Janine]

I see no-one has voted for the dreaded apocrypha

hahah...I don't even know what that is. Could someone fill me on that category?

[Modigliani]

Basically, plays linked to Billy Shakes with questionable authorship.
It would be a little nonsensical to list an apocryphal play as a favorite work of Shakespeare, non?

[Janine]

Basically, plays linked to Billy Shakes with questionable authorship.
It would be a little nonsensical to list an apocryphal play as a favorite work of Shakespeare, non?

Do you know specifically which plays they are? I have read in my books of some said to be questionable of Shake's authorship; but I am curious to know which ones you have read about.

'Billy Shakes'..that's pretty good...really quite funny! I will have to dig up this Black Adder clip I saw on Youtube with Hugh Laurie playing Will. Just that long wig makes one laugh. They are editing the "to be or not to be" speech in Hamlet. It's truly hystercal.

[OrphanPip]

Wikipedia has a list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_Apocrypha

[kelby_lake]

Do you know specifically which plays they are? I have read in my books of some said to be questionable of Shake's authorship; but I am curious to know which ones you have read about.

'Billy Shakes'..that's pretty good...really quite funny! I will have to dig up this Black Adder clip I saw on Youtube with Hugh Laurie playing Will. Just that long wig makes one laugh. They are editing the "to be or not to be" speech in Hamlet. It's truly hystercal.

The only ones anyone really thinks of as being Shakespearean are Pericles and The Two Noble Kinsman.

[Warwick]

Which genre of Shakespeare's plays do you prefer? This is, upon reflection, a rather thought provoking question and one not unlike which type of music do you prefer? The simple answer? Well, I’m not sure there is one. My preference in music often differs depending upon mood and provoked memory and to a degree I feel the same about Shakespeare. Let me think back – Ah yes at school…Julius Caesar – Not my cup of tea…A Midsummer Night’s Dream studied and along with a visit to the Birmingham Rep enhanced the written word, thus making a deep impression. Then, what about the influence of both stage and screen? Henry V, either Olivier’s or Branagh’s – prefer the latter – Ah but seeing it on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, added further depth. So shall I say Histories? No wait a moment I’ve just thought, what about As You Like It, at the Globe along side the Thames in London. Rosalind was superb…I Stood as a groundling in the yard. The atmosphere electric, not least because we had to endure a downpour. So much so that the actors invited the groundlings on stage during the interval simply to get respite from the storm…But what a wonderful memory, and that, from my point of view is what makes choosing so difficult…It’s not simply words on paper, there are so many extenuating circumstances involved. So which genre shall I choose? It will have to be: Tracomhisproapo. “Ay Forsooth” - Merry Wives of Windsor [1, 4]