They are fun to act and fun to watch. They are as entertaining or more entertaining than a lot of plays written since.
Many aspiring actors dream of becoming Shakespearean actors. For many, acting in Shakespeare's plays, particularly at prestigious theaters, launches their careers. Others will stay within that realm their entire lives. Still others may not act in Shakespearean plays until later in their careers, as a culmination of what they have done before.
Shakespearean plays are all considered relevant because they portray human issues which never seem to change no matter how much time passes. Love, greed, and betrayal are all things in Shakespeare's plays and they are issues with which human beings worldwide still contend.
Me, I did. I still do :)
His plays are being performed, translated, analysed, studied and adapted every day, everywhere in the world.
Shakespearean language was the language of early stage dramas for many years. Some of the words are still around while others are not. In this language there was no word apt.
It was and still is a kind of blackberry. The meaning has not changed at all since Shakespeare's day.
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They are still being studied by scholars.
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Shakespearean comedies generally include love triangles and character disguises. Shakespearean tragedies always end in an unavoidable death. Shakespearean histories are typically about the monarchs in England.
The three great Athenian tragedies are "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles, "Medea" by Euripides, and "The Bacchae" by Euripides. These plays are considered classics of Greek drama and are still widely studied and performed today.