[rabbitfast]

Oh dear...can't say I'm a fan, though I have to say, the man is just too darn quotable! Perhaps if the public education system had the sense to lay off a bit and not shove his work down our throats...but I digress.

In general, I don't mind the tragedies (Hamlet, affectionately referred to as Omelette; Macbeth, playfully (?) referred to as MacBloodbath etc.) and some of the comedies (Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing).

On the "can't stand them" list--Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV, I and II, A Midsummer Night's Dream...etc.

Also read: Julius Ceaser, A Winter's Tale, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, King Lear...

I think he's overrated. And, let's not forget, there were no copyright laws...R&J was essentially an old Italian story...Thomas Kyd, if I'm not mistaken, wrote a version of Hamlet before Billy did and really, when you think about it, you shift the names of a few Italian venues and some names...unless it's Brit history..in which case you do the same with Brit venues/names etc) and it's all essentially the same kind of thing. But then...the Bible and ancient myths have been written and rewritten to death in Western lit...so what do I know?