Cover of Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night)
Magicians & Illusionists

Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night)

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  • 1948 first published
  • 538 pages
  • 4 editions
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William Shakespeare's Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night) (1948) is a stage-magic fiction play. The story is set in Denmark and Norway. It features Claudius, Hamlet and Polonius. Readers will find themes of performing arts, english drama, Tragicomedy and Drama.

It has been published in 4 editions.

It runs to roughly 538 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Classics
  • Performing arts
  • English drama
  • Tragicomedy
  • Drama
  • Survival after airplane accidents
  • Shipwrecks
  • Magicians
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Castaways
  • Plays
  • Spirits
  • Shipwreck victims
  • Political refugees
  • English Young adult drama
  • Islands

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Who wrote Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night)?

Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night) was written by William Shakespeare and first published in 1948.

What genre is Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night)?

It is usually shelved as Magicians & Illusionists.

How long is Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night)?

The median edition has 538 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night)?

Readers who like it often enjoy Faust, The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus and The 500 hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.

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