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What you're favorite play in English language?


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I have to confess I've never really had any interest in plays in English apart from the obvious Shakespeare ones - love Henry V and King Lear. Apart from Shakespeare there isn't much more I know of. I've seen movie adaptations of plays, like Cat On A Hot Tin Roof or Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, but never read any. The sole exception I find is I'm Not Rappaport, which I had to read for a class.

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The only plays, apart from some culturals,i've ever been involved in were also Shakespeare.Acting the scenes would always make literature classes fun and inspiring :smile:.

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My all time favorite play is Gaston Leroux' Phantom of the Opera. No matter how many times I see it, it moves me every time, particularly the last scene when the phantom is abandoned by Christine. This apart Shakespearean plays are a treat to watch, I've only watched Twelfth Night and Lear and both were quite well done. Recently I watched a school production of "Wicked", an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, which was neatly staged.

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Much Ado About Nothing, though the Kenneth Branagh movie has some rather unpalatable acting in it. 10 Things I Hate About You was a funny movie interpretation of the Shakespeare play, and in high school I got to act in a play of that. It was fun having the language modernized but the themes kept intact. As far as reading/studying plays goes though, it's much better to read it in its original language.

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I never did like Shakespeare's work [i'm just eccentric, that's all]. Anyway, my favorite English play is actually translated from Russian:

The Governement Inspector.

I like the play because I can identify with it. I've lived in places where corruption is the order of the day and when you see it satirized, well, it's satisfactory enough for me. 

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