#shakespeare poll

[apolladay]

which, if any, shakespeare plays did you read for school (these are all ones i have read, some for school and some for pleasure)

romeo and juliet

macbeth

hamlet

a midsummer night’s dream

much ado about nothing

the tempest

twelfth night

the winter’s tale

i read all/multiple of these for school

i didn’t read shakespeare in school but have read one of these on my own

i have never read shakespeare

which, if any, shakespeare plays did you read for school (these are all ones i have read, some for school and some for pleasure)

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

Hamlet

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Much Ado About Nothing

The Tempest

Twelfth Night

The Winter's Tale

i read all/multiple of these for school

i didn’t read shakespeare in school but have read one of these on my own

i have never read shakespeare

Voting ended onNov 30, 2025

[ominouspositivity-or-else]

Which of these Tragic Shakespeare Women would you want to star as?

Lady Macbeth(from Macbeth)

Desdemona(from Othello)

Cordelia(from King Lear)

Lavinia(from Titus Andronicus)

Portia(from Julius Caesar

Juliet(from Romeo and Juliet)

Ophelia(from Hamlet)

Cressida(from Troilus and Cressida)

Cleopatra(from Antony and Cleopatra)

Voting ended onMay 16, 2025

I don't care if you're a man. Historically you can play a woman in a Shakespeare play. Pick a your dream role. You get to die dramatically.

[galacticcrash]

Of the Shakespeare plays I had to read last semester, which one is your favorite?

Much Ado About Nothing

Titus Andronicus

Twelfth Night

Henry IV Part 1

The Merchant of Venice

Hamlet

Winter's Tale

Voting ended onFeb 21, 2025

[totallyboatless]

I think for my next "take an edible and start writing an essay and see what happens when it hits" post I'm just gonna lean fully into writing a Shakespeare essay. It's 2010 again and I'm studying abroad in London only this time my essays are short and will turn even more unhinged halfway through

I’m doing this regardless but if you have an opinion on the topic:

misinterpretations of the “We are such stuff as dreams are made on” speech

My ideal A Midsummer Night’s Dream staging (aka fixing the Puck Problem)

Make Petruchio Trans

Measure for Measure: a love/hate relationship (aka i will fistfight the duke)

Voting ended onNov 23, 2023

[hamletthesanedane]

This is the question:

To be

Or not to be

Voting ended onFeb 8, 2023

What’s it gonna be this To Be or Not To Be Tuesday?

[apolladay]

What was the first Shakespeare play you read/saw?

*A Midsummer’s Night Dream

* Romeo and Juliet

* Hamlet

* Macbeth

* Twelfth Night

* Richard III

* The Tempest

* Henry V

* Another comedy

* Another Tragedy

* Another History

* I’ve never experienced Shakespeare

Adaptions in other media (film, tv miniseries, radio plays, etc.) only count if they use Shakespeare’s actual text (eg, Romeo + Juliet counts, 10 Things I Hate about You does not)

What was the first Shakespeare play you read/saw?

A Midsummer’s Night Dream

Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet

Macbeth

Twelfth Night

Richard III

The Tempest

Henry V

Another Comedy

Another Tragedy

Another History

I’ve never experienced Shakespeare

Voting ended onMar 31

Adaptions in other media (film, tv miniseries, radio plays, etc.) only count if they use Shakespeare’s actual text (eg, Romeo + Juliet counts, 10 Things I Hate about You does not)

[apolladay]

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments; love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove.

O no, it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wand'ring bark

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come.

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom:

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Voting ended onJun 29, 2025

[apolladay]

be honest, do you genuinely find jokes about shakespeare funny? (i.e. posts celebrating the ides of march, posts claiming lines from shakespearean plays are "the funniest thing ever", referencing shakespearean characters on otherwise unrelated posts)

-yes, i find this type of humor funny

-yes, i find it funny and it makes me feel smart

-yes, but i didn't used to

-it's whatever

-no, i find it entirely unfunny

-no, but i pretend i do to seem smart

-no, i used to find it funny but it got old

Be honest, do you genuinely find jokes about shakespeare funny? (i.e. posts celebrating the ides of march, posts claiming lines from shakespearean plays are "the funniest thing ever", referencing shakespearean characters on otherwise unrelated posts)

yes, I find this type of humor funny

yes, I find it funny and it makes me feel smart

yes, but I didn't used to

it's whatever

no, I find it entirely unfunny

no, but I pretend I do to seem smart

no, I used to find it funny but it got old

Voting ended onApr 29, 2025