Shakespeare's 5 most important plays

Answer 1

The most popular of Shakespeare's plays are likely Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Answer 2

It 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.

Answer 3

By "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.

Answer 4

Take 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.

Answer 5

Shakespeare wrote several plays during his lifetime. His five most important plays were Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Much Ado about Nothing.

Answer 6

Macbeth

Hamlet

Othello

Romeo and Juliet

Twelfth Night

The Tempest

Comedy of Errors

Taming the Shrew

Answer 7

Your Mom, Your Dad, Your Family, Your feet and Your butt.