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The most popular of Shakespeare's plays are likely Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 10y agoIt is difficult to pick five plays which are the best-known of Shakespeare's plays. The ones most taught in school are probably the best-known, which means Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar, together with one of the comedies, either A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing or Merchant of Venice.
The fact that these plays are taught in school makes them famous but does not mean that they are better. The explicit sexual references in plays like Othello and Measure for Measure make them unsuitable in some teachers' minds for school use, whereas the complete lack of any sex issues makes them like Julius Caesar.
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∙ 7y agoBy "most common" I guess you mean "most commonly performed" although "most commonly studied in school" would give you similar results, since performance of plays taught in schools are the most profitable. The popularity of Shakespeare's plays goes up and down as society changes. Julius Caesar, once enormously popular, has not had a major film made of it since 1953, but Coriolanus, which used to be unknown, is increasing in popularity. Still, schools tend to be somewhat conservative in which plays are taught, as well as how they are taught (the use of obsolete concepts and methods of analysis of the plays has turned many a student off), so the following list is probably indicative of the plays most often taught (and therefore performed): Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream. The prejudice in favour of the tragedies as opposed to the comedies and histories is apparent here.
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∙ 7y agoTake your pick among the following: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Othello, King Lear, Henry V, Henry IV Part 1, Richard III, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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∙ 9y agoShakespeare wrote several plays during his lifetime. His five most important plays were Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Much Ado about Nothing.
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∙ 14y agoMacbeth
Hamlet
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Twelfth Night
The Tempest
Comedy of Errors
Taming the Shrew
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∙ 10y agoYour Mom, Your Dad, Your Family, Your feet and Your butt.
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What are shakespeares 5 best history plays?
"Best" is of course a subjective thing, but the most popular are Richard II, the two parts of Henry IV, Henry V and Richard III.
What were 5 of shakespeares plays called?
King John, Henry VIII, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Timon of Athens and Cymbeline.
How popular were Shakespeares plays when he was alive?
His plays were very popular when he was alive and were performed at the Globe Thaetre. People sat through the plays in the open air for round about 5 hours. The groundlings (poor people) use to stand on the ground watching his plays.
Shakespeares plays-your own flesh and blood?
1. The Merchant of Venice 2. Richard II 3. All's Well that Ends Well 4. Winter's Tale 5. Titus Andronicus 6. Hamlet
Why do Shakespeares's plays always have 5 acts?
Dividing plays into acts, specifically five acts, was a printing convention of the time. They thought they were imitating the divisions of classical plays. In fact, Shakespeare did not compose in acts. (There were no act breaks in the Elizabethan Theater.) Shakespeare actually wrote in Scenes, more along the a Master Scene film script today.
Shakespeares plays were all written in as were most dramatic works of his time?
five acts
What are shakespeares 5 best history plays?
"Best" is of course a subjective thing, but the most popular are Richard II, the two parts of Henry IV, Henry V and Richard III.
What were 5 of shakespeares plays called?
King John, Henry VIII, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Timon of Athens and Cymbeline.
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How popular were Shakespeares plays when he was alive?
His plays were very popular when he was alive and were performed at the Globe Thaetre. People sat through the plays in the open air for round about 5 hours. The groundlings (poor people) use to stand on the ground watching his plays.
Shakespeares plays-your own flesh and blood?
1. The Merchant of Venice 2. Richard II 3. All's Well that Ends Well 4. Winter's Tale 5. Titus Andronicus 6. Hamlet
Why do Shakespeares's plays always have 5 acts?
Dividing plays into acts, specifically five acts, was a printing convention of the time. They thought they were imitating the divisions of classical plays. In fact, Shakespeare did not compose in acts. (There were no act breaks in the Elizabethan Theater.) Shakespeare actually wrote in Scenes, more along the a Master Scene film script today.
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How many acts are there all together in all of shakespeares plays?
You are most likely going to find that there are 4 acts in a shake spear play but as far as other countries or states it may be different depending on the culture, such as in japan there are usually 4 acts. ~A2
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