King Lear – King Lear is often considered Shakespeare’s best play and I guess it just depends on who you ask. Not being old yet myself, I still think it’s Hamlet, but maybe as I get older I will better understand. I definitely think it’s the most relatable play outside of the confines of the theater because there’s two pressing dynamics at play here: parents to children, but also children to parents. And while these might seem the same dynamic, I mean specifically the […]

The Tempest – One of the last if not the last of the written plays, this one has always been among my favorites. It’s such a slight play in terms of plot, with really only a handful of scenes, a pretty straightforward plot in a lot of ways, and a small cast of characters. It’s also one of the plays (and there’s plenty of others) where the concept of plays and performance come up in the text itself. The plot, if you don’t know it: […]