Talk:Shakespeare's plays

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He spelt his name 15 different ways!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.98.196.2 (talk) 13:57, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Asterisks

  • what on earth do these asterisks mean?
  • Can you ask a more specific question? AndyJones 18:48, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

on the list of plays, in the article, some plays have a single asterisk and some have a double. there's no indication in the article of what these mean, leaving readers (like myself) in the dark.

Fixed it; the explanation got deleted somehow. Thanks for pointing it out. The Singing Badger 18:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)


ok i think that we shall not be allowed to edit this info!! cuz anyone culd write wrong ino in here!!!so wikipedi.com u shall remove this option of editing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.188.156 (talk) 14:10, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar is read worldwide by everyone, both young and old and is included in almost every English literature curriculum which is why it should be included among the plays listed in the intro. AmbExThErMaL 21:52, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

  • I agree. why not? AndyJones 22:03, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seminal Productions of the Twentieth-Century

I agree with In Defense of the Artist. I think that these seminal productions have less to do with Shakespeare's reputation and more to do with the actual texts of the plays and how they are interpreted visually. I've got three more seminal productions to add.

[edit] HUH??????

What's with the Emperor Wang picture. GOD. I hate spammers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.47.166.42 (talk) 09:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] I think we should divide them up into Romances and Tragicomedies

Furthermore, the notes on this page were messed up, so I took the liberty to fix them and add a few more. Your reversion of my revision eliminated some notes that were already there. If we are going to state that some scholars view certain plays as Romances and Tragicomedies or "Problem Plays" then I think we should either do a revised list, like the one I put up, or keep two lists (the first folio and the one I put up). User: Ladb2000

I strongly oppose this suggestion. Just because "some scholars" refer to some plays in a certain way, is no reason to throw away 400 years of accepted catagories, as stipulated by the original publishers of the folio! By the way - theatres across the world typically stick with the comedy - tradgedy - history catagories. (and rarely even use the term "problem play" - because, I think, that theatre practitioners have no problems finding comedy in the comedies, for example.) Smatprt 01:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Also you might look at the various wiki cites on article standards and the like. Lists are actively discouraged. I suppose this article must have one, but not two that are 95% duplication. Also - please check out the discussion going on at Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare, as we are addressing subjects such as these. Smatprt 01:19, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Where were most of his plays performed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.39.186.25 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 14 May 2007.

[edit] Problem Plays

The Problem plays wiki says that the term relates to the fact that these plays deal with a particular social problem by presenting a particular case, not that they are a problem to categorise. Can anyone clarify and make the two pages consistent? 194.74.200.66 12:26, 19 June 2007 (UTC)