37 PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE

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Gee, Thanks !! Actually I wrote 37 plays...

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		The Plays of William Shakespeare

		(In Chronological Order)


		 1 Two Gentlemen of Verona
		 2 Taming of the Shrew 
		 3 Henry VI, part 1
		 4 Henry VI, part 3
		 5 Titus Andronicus
		 6 Henry VI, part 2
		 7 Richard III 
		 8 The Comedy of Errors
		 9 Love's Labours Lost
		10 A Midsummer Night's Dream
		11 Romeo and Juliet
		12 Richard II
		13 King John
		14 The Merchant of Venice
		15 Henry IV, part 1
		16 The Merry Wives of Windsor
		17 Henry IV, part 2
		18 Much Ado About Nothing
		19 Henry V
		20 Julius Caesar
		21 As You Like It
		22 Hamlet
		23 Twelfth Night
		24 Troilus and Cressida 
		25 Measure for Measure 
		26 Othello 
		27 All's Well That Ends Well 
		28 Timon of Athens 
		29 The Tragedy of King Lear 
		30 Macbeth 
		31 Anthony and Cleopatra 
		32 Pericles, Prince of Tyre 
		33 Coriolanus 
		34 Winter's Tale 
		35 Cymbeline 
		36 The Tempest 
		37 Henry VIII

So, is it worth studying stories written by a guy who lived 400 years ago?
Actually, William Shakespeare's writing has had a tremendous influence right up to the present day. For example, here are some quotes that you must have heard - and all of these quotes are from Shakespeare's plays.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • My salad days, when I was green in judgment
Antony and Cleopatra

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
• Now is the winter of our discontent
Richard III
("Winter Of Our Discontent" is also a novel by John Steinbeck)

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • It was Greek to me
• Cowards die many times before their deaths;
the valiant never taste of death but once.
• The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves
• The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
Julius Caesar
("The Evil That Men Do" is also a 1984 film.)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
As You Like It
(Referenced in Elvis Presley's song "Are You Lonesome Tonight?")

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • If music be the food of love, play on
• Some are born great, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon them
Twelfth Night
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • Is this a dagger which I see before me?
• A dagger of the mind, a false creation
• And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Macbeth
"The Sound and the Fury" is a novel by William Faulkner
"All Our Yesterdays" is the title of a Star Trek episode
"Dagger of the Mind" is the title of a Star Trek episode and a Columbo episode)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • T'is neither here nor there
• O! Beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on ...
Othello

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • By that sin fell the angels.
Henry VIII
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
King Lear
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • It is a wise father that knows his own child.
• All that glisters is not gold
• The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Merchant of Venice
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
• The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.
• The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
• This above all; to thine own self be true.
• To be, or not to be: that is the question.
• Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
• perchance to dream
• When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
• . . . The play's the thing
wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Hamlet
"The Undiscovered Country" is the title of the sixth Star Trek movie.
"Perchance To Dream" is the title of a "Twilight Zone" episode.
"The Conscience of the King" is the title of a Star Trek episode.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • The better part of valour is discretion
• He will give the devil his due
Henry IV - Part I
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • He hath eaten me out of house and home
• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Henry IV - Part II
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • O brave new world that has such people in it
The Tempest
"Brave New World" is the title of a novel by Aldous Huxley

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • What's in a name? That which we call a
rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Romeo and Juliet

_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Well, you've just read some very familiar quotes and also have seen how some present-day authors have "borrowed" from Shakespeare.
There have been many major motion pictures that have been based directly on Shakespeare's plays:
• Romeo and Juliet (1936) (1954) (1966) (1968) (1996)
• Hamlet (1948) (1990) (1996)
and that is a listing that just barely scratches the surface.

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There have also been many films based on Shakespearian plays:
• Manchurian Candidate (1961) - Hamlet
• West Side Story (1961) - Romeo and Juliet
• Forbidden Planet (1956) - The Tempest
• 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - The Taming of the Shrew
• Men of Respect (1991) - Macbeth
Again, that lists a small part of all the films, television shows, books, etc based on Shakespeare's plays.
Search the Internet and you'll find much more information.

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Perhaps one of the more unusual references to Shakespeare is in the Beatles' song "I Am The Walrus". Listen to the end of the song. What you will hear is a BBC presentation of "King Lear" and the words are from Act 4 Scene 6 Lines 273 through 281:
If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body;
And give the letters which thou find'st about me
To Edmund earl of Gloucester; seek him out
Upon the British party: O, untimely death!
I know thee well: a serviceable villain;
As duteous to the vices of thy mistress
As badness would desire.
What, is he dead?
Sit you down, father; rest you
Give it a try. Those particular lines were chosen randomly from a program that just happened to be airing when the song was being recorded or when the song was in post-production. Those lines and their references to death, give the ending of that song a certain creepiness.
It's well worth a listen.

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