Hamlet.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Hil R. - Jul 31, 2007 8:39:36 pm PDT #3551 of 28197
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
erikaj - Jul 31, 2007 8:39:39 pm PDT #3552 of 28197
Always Anti-fascist!
Gonna guess "Macbeth" or "othello" Somebody smarter will probably get it before me.(smacks forehead) Of course, and I *know* Hamlet.(Not like I want to date Judith, but...) I'm just a hoople.
amych - Jul 31, 2007 8:40:37 pm PDT #3553 of 28197
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Macbeth
eta: d'oh
Laga - Jul 31, 2007 8:44:38 pm PDT #3554 of 28197
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Ahh yes. They kinda skipped that part in Slings & Arrows.
-t - Jul 31, 2007 8:46:17 pm PDT #3555 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" - Hamlet
DebetEsse - Aug 01, 2007 1:06:43 pm PDT #3556 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Speaking of, I'm looking to begin assembling a Shakespeare library, but I don't know what edition to get. I'm looking for something with individual plays, rather than the Big Book O' Shakespeare approach. Some degree of annotation, mostly of the "here's what this word means" sort.
Does anyone have a favorite that they'd recommend?
DavidS - Aug 01, 2007 1:17:52 pm PDT #3557 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I love my Riverside for its essays and annotation, but it is one big Book O'Shakespeare.
sumi - Aug 01, 2007 1:20:35 pm PDT #3558 of 28197
Art Crawl!!!
Dover Thrift - if you're looking for easily portable and not at all spendy.
Bobbi - Aug 01, 2007 2:45:51 pm PDT #3559 of 28197
Dog is my co-pilot.
The Arden, The Everyman, and The Washington Square Press all have decent annotation for individual plays. The Everyman and WSP have annotation on the left page with the text on the right, which I find handy. I do love the Riverside for the complete works.
Fred Pete - Aug 01, 2007 4:46:56 pm PDT #3560 of 28197
Ann, that's a ferret.
What others have said about the Riverside. It has everything, including enough annotations to understand everything (including the off-color jokes), but it isn't something you can slide into a pocket.