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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
2025 update:
I've listened to this fifteen years AFTER I studied it in school and I still enjoy it as much. The Audible BBC version is only 2hrs long and David Tennant voices Benedict! Honestly, I truly enjoyed this. I'm glad I listened to it because I couldn't fully remember the plot.
It's made me super hyped to see the play next weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Strong relationships made this play - 4*.
I first read this play in 2010 and as an impressionable fourteen-year-old, I really enjoyed this play. The relationships between the characters made this play.
I've listened to this fifteen years AFTER I studied it in school and I still enjoy it as much. The Audible BBC version is only 2hrs long and David Tennant voices Benedict! Honestly, I truly enjoyed this. I'm glad I listened to it because I couldn't fully remember the plot.
It's made me super hyped to see the play next weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Strong relationships made this play - 4*.
I first read this play in 2010 and as an impressionable fourteen-year-old, I really enjoyed this play. The relationships between the characters made this play.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I've enjoyed revisiting the Arkangel version of this today. Listening in one day has been better than spread out, I think. I wanted to rehear it before listening to the Literary Life Podcast episodes. I do think having read it previously made me enjoy this even more.
It was actually really funny, and I love Beatrice!
I'm in the play, so I read the play.
Beatrice is a cool character and has the best lines in the show - "O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the marketplace!" - but there is an awful lot of "old men standing around and talking" in this play. Any scene with Beatrice sparkles. The rest is fine.
Beatrice is a cool character and has the best lines in the show - "O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the marketplace!" - but there is an awful lot of "old men standing around and talking" in this play. Any scene with Beatrice sparkles. The rest is fine.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Kill Claudio
watched david tennant and catherine tates version of this while reading and it was a stellar experience
What a happy play this is.. ok maybe not as deep as some of the tragedies. But utterly tremendous nevertheless.
I loved the Beatrice and Benedick story. Once again Shakespeare does such an excellent portrayal of strong women and Beatrice is brilliant character who walks off the page into reality. The dialogue between the two is just on fire. The play gives such scope for clever performance, it just begs for intuitive and highly skilled acting…But reading the script is, for me, a whole new level of understanding and appreciation of what Shakespeare could do with language.
Anyway, I read the RSC play script book and I think these editions are the very best. They have the text of the play, really good notes at the bottom of each page (so you don’t have to keep flipping back and forth), a good summary of each scene at the end of the book and a brilliant chapter on past performances. Top marks to the RSC for these!
I watched the Keneth Branagh film after reading this and thought it was amazing. The Tuscan sun shone though the screen. I think the incredible acting really captured the humour and drama of the play leaving me warmed and happy. The film was good but the credit really goes to Shakespeare.
So top marks once again Mr WS.
If I had to rate it I would say I liked As You Like It more, but still really enjoyed this.
Much enjoyed reread 2023
I loved the Beatrice and Benedick story. Once again Shakespeare does such an excellent portrayal of strong women and Beatrice is brilliant character who walks off the page into reality. The dialogue between the two is just on fire. The play gives such scope for clever performance, it just begs for intuitive and highly skilled acting…But reading the script is, for me, a whole new level of understanding and appreciation of what Shakespeare could do with language.
Anyway, I read the RSC play script book and I think these editions are the very best. They have the text of the play, really good notes at the bottom of each page (so you don’t have to keep flipping back and forth), a good summary of each scene at the end of the book and a brilliant chapter on past performances. Top marks to the RSC for these!
I watched the Keneth Branagh film after reading this and thought it was amazing. The Tuscan sun shone though the screen. I think the incredible acting really captured the humour and drama of the play leaving me warmed and happy. The film was good but the credit really goes to Shakespeare.
So top marks once again Mr WS.
If I had to rate it I would say I liked As You Like It more, but still really enjoyed this.
Much enjoyed reread 2023