Your one-stop shop for all things Shakespeare, scroll down to find a list of helpful links and reviews!
Reflections
Click the links below to read various blog posts I’ve published about Shakespeare over the years.
- Why Shakespeare? Should we even read such old-fashioned plays?
- Shakespeare 101: A tiny guide to the five best plays for introducing yourself to Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare is Everywhere: A reflection on the Bard’s legacy in my own life.
- Much Ado about Stratford: My thoughts on visiting Shakey’s hometown.
- Shakespeare’s Histories: An Introduction
Reviews
Below you can find my reviews of the plays themselves, as well as film and stage adaptations.
- All’s Well that Ends Well
- As You Like It
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Richard II
- Romeo and Juliet
- Twelfth Night
In Progress
Of course, as an English major, one of my goals is to read all of Shakespeare’s plays. I have a working knowledge of many of them, but only the ones crossed out below are those I’ve read from cover to cover.
Current Total: 18/38
Comedies
- The Tempest
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Measure for Measure
- The Comedy of Errors
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Love’s Labour’s Lost
A Midsummer Night’s Dream- The Merchant of Venice
As You Like It- The Taming of the Shrew
All’s Well That Ends Well
Twelfth Night
- The Winter’s Tale
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- The Two Noble Kinsmen
Tragedies
- Troilus and Cressida
CoriolanusTitus AndronicusRomeo and Juliet- Timon of Athens
Julius CaesarMacbethHamlet
King LearOthelloAntony and Cleopatra- Cymbeline
Histories
- King John
Richard II
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
Richard III- Henry VIII
Book Fifty 
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