(I don't think there's a thread like this, or not that I can find... if there is, feel free to merge or whatever.) So my love of plays has only increased over the years, and I admit that I haven't read as many as I'd like. But it's now my mission to read more plays so I thought it would be interesting to know what your favourite plays are. So what's a favourite play of yours? Any particular playwrights you like?
Sarah Kane is probably my favourite playwright, especially Blasted and 4:48 Psychosis. Samuel Beckett would be number two; Endgame and Happy Days are my favourites by him. And my favourite Shakespeare would be King Lear.
La vida es sueno by Pedro Calderon. King Lear and Twelfth Night are my favourite Shakespearean plays. The Medea by Euripides is one of my favourite pieces of literature.
I go through phases of really loving and then really hating this. I love everything right up until the last scene, and then there's that ending. And yeah, sometimes I think it's so insane it works, and then other times it's just like, 'wtf Euripides'.
I'm not a big fan of plays to be honest but I love RC Sherriff's 'Journeys End', set in WW1. Its just unbelieveably amazing and atmospheric. I also love Shakespeare (who doesnt?!) - Macbeth is my favourite.
Awesome, I'll probably check these all out. Luckily all but 'Short Eyes' are in my uni library. Oh, I am intrigued. I think I'll read The Medea first.
I love the Medea as well - oh maybe if you are doing that Plato ? I have read lots but can never remember who they are by. Alan Bennett is worth reading - History Boys is fabulous.
It is problematic, but in a way I still like it. I like the threat of the foreign menace making her way to Athens, like Euripides is trying to take his audience out of their comfort zone.
