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That Shakespeare Bucket meme via [personal profile] oracne and [personal profile] rachelmanija (who also has a bunch of relevant polls), which involves listing productions of Shakespeare plays you've seen. TV productions are generally the BBC Complete versions from the early 80s (my family made a point of catching as many of those as possible when they were shown on PBS).

All's Well That Ends Well: Seen once on TV.

Antony and Cleopatra: Twice on TV, separate productions.

As You Like It: Twice live, once on TV. Want to see it performed more often.

Comedy of Errors: Seen at least four times, twice live. Favorite was the one with the Flying Karamozov Brothers, who really knew how to ham up the farce.

Coriolanus: Once on TV, want to see the movie.

Cymbeline: Once on TV and had nightmares.

Hamlet: Four times, TV & movies, plus a couple productions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (that counts, right?).

Henry IV 1 & 2: Both parts each once on TV.

Henry V: Seen live once, and the Branagh movie twice.

Henry VI: Part 2 only, on TV. (That's the part with the choosing of the roses, right? Whichever part has that, anyway.)

Henry VIII: Once TV.

Julius Caesar: Twice live, once TV. Narrowly avoided acting in it.

King John: I think I saw the BBC TV production, but have no memory of ANYTHING about it.

King Lear: Twice live, once TV. Didn't like any production. Plus also Kurosawa's Ran, if that counts here.

Love's Labours Lost: Live once. Gains the most of any Shakespeare play by being performed over being read.

Macbeth: Second live Shakespeare I ever saw, performed at Howard University with an all-black cast, set in an African kingdom. Acted in it (Lady McBeth's Physician) at the Folger Theater. Seen two other live productions. Once on TV.

Measure for Measure: Live once, TV twice.

Merchant of Venice: Live twice (one including a procession of the dead of Auschwitz after Shylock's sentencing, aka The Sledgehammer of Venice), TV once.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Live twice (one set in Windsor Trailer Park, not a good directorial decision).

Midsummer Night's Dream: Live three times, two movies (Kevin Kline & Mickey Rooney versions), one TV.

Much Ado About Nothing: Twice live, the Branagh/Thompson movie several times, the Joss Whedon movie once. The last showed that it's possible to pull it off successfully even if Beatrice and Benedick have no chemistry whatsoever, which I had thought completely impossible.

Othello: Once live, once TV.

Pericles: Once TV. Remember hardly anything.

Richard II: Once TV.

Richard III: Once TV, twice live, plus Al Pachino's Looking for Richard movie (his multiple takes on the opening lines is a stunning piece of acting in action).

Romeo and Juliet: Two movies (Zeffirelli and Lurman), once live (a university production where everyone was outshown by a strikingly intense Tybalt), once TV. ETA: Oh, right, and also West Side Story twice, the movie and once on stage.

The Taming of the Shrew: Once TV, one movie (Burton/Taylor), once live. All of them cut the frame story.

The Tempest: Once TV, either three times live.

Timon of Athens: Once TV, which was more than enough times.

Titus Andronicus: Once TV. Almost saw it live, but my flight was delayed.

Troilus and Cressida: Once TV.

Two Gentlemen of Verona: Once TV.

Two Noble Kinsmen: Nope.

Twelfth Night: First production I saw live, with actors playing Viola & Sebastian who really did look like each other, and deliciously hideous purple cross-gartering on bright yellow stockings. Seen twice more live, plus one movie (Bonham-Carter), and once TV. Plus 10 Things I Hate About You. My hands-down favorite Shakespeare play. A+ would see again.

Winter's Tale: Once TV.

---L.

Subject quote from Alonzo the Brave and Fair Imogine, Matthew "Monk" Lewis.
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