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A while back, I decided to keep track of which Shakespeare plays I've seen when (and by whom), with the goal of eventually seeing all of them, at least once.
This list includes faithful filmed versions, but omits meta-Shakespeare interpretations and the truncated versions compiled in Silent Shakespeares. I have also actually read several of the plays I haven't yet seen, but am not counting those either.
| Title | # |
|---|---|
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | 8 |
| As You Like It | 6 |
| Titus Andronicus | 6 |
| Love's Labours' Lost | 4 |
| Hamlet | 3 |
| Henry V | 3 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 3 |
| Richard III | 3 |
| Romeo and Juliet | 3 |
| Richard II | 2 |
| The Comedy of Errors | 2 |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | 2 |
| The Tempest | 2 |
| Twelfth Night | 2 |
| Winter's Tale | 2 |
| All's Well That Ends Well | 1 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1 |
| Coriolanus | 1 |
| Cymbeline | 1 |
| Henry IV, part 1 | 1 |
| Julius Caesar | 1 |
| King John | 1 |
| King Lear | 1 |
| Macbeth | 1 |
| Measure for Measure | 1 |
| Pericles, Prince of Tyre | 1 |
| Taming of the Shrew | 1 |
| The Merchant of Venice | 1 |
| Henry IV, part 2 | 0 |
| Henry VIII | 0 |
| Henry VI, part 1 | 0 |
| Henry VI, part 2 | 0 |
| Henry VI, part 3 | 0 |
| Othello | 0 |
| Timon of Athens | 0 |
| Troilus and Cressida | 0 |
| Two Gentlemen of Verona | 0 |
| Genre | Title | Date | Method | Production | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| comedy | All's Well That Ends Well | 2006-04-22 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | Ian's |
| comedy | As You Like It | 2002-07-20 | stage | Publick Theatre | |
| comedy | As You Like It | 2002-08-15 | stage | New England Shakespeare Festival | |
| comedy | As You Like It | 2004-07-23 | stage | Shakespeare & Company | mine |
| comedy | As You Like It | 2006-08-11 | stage | Redfeather Theatre Company | mine |
| comedy | As You Like It | 2007-10-05 | video | Kenneth Branagh | |
| comedy | As You Like It | 2008-02-09 | stage | Brandeis Theater Company | |
| comedy | The Comedy of Errors | 2004-08-13 | stage | Shakespeare & Company | mine & Ian's |
| comedy | The Comedy of Errors | 2007-08-12 | stage | New England Shakespeare Festival | Ian's |
| comedy | Love's Labours' Lost | 2000 | film | Kenneth Branagh | |
| comedy | Love's Labours' Lost | 2005-06-09 | stage | American Repertory Theatre Institute | Ian's |
| comedy | Love's Labours' Lost | 2006-05-17 | stage | Huntington Theatre | mine & Ian's |
| comedy | Love's Labours' Lost | 2007-06-02 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | Ian's |
| comedy | Measure for Measure | 2005-03-18 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine |
| comedy | The Merchant of Venice | 2007-06-16 | stage | Shakespeare's Globe | |
| comedy | The Merry Wives of Windsor | 2005-11-12 | stage | Theatre @ First | Ian's |
| comedy | The Merry Wives of Windsor | 2006-08-12 | stage | Shakespeare & Company | mine |
| comedy | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1991 | stage | Actors from the London Stage | |
| comedy | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2003-08-03 | stage | Commonwealth Shakespeare | mine & Ian's |
| comedy | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2003-09-30 | stage | Cambridge American Stage Tour | mine |
| comedy | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2004-06-27 | stage | Commonwealth Shakespeare | mine |
| comedy | A Midsummer Night's Dream | ???? | video | Michael Hoffman | |
| comedy | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2006-08-06 | stage | New England Shakespeare Festival | mine |
| comedy | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2007-02-04 | stage | Boston Theatre Works | mine |
| comedy | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2007-02-16 | stage | Boston Ballet | mine & Ian's |
| comedy | Much Ado About Nothing | 1993 | film | Kenneth Branagh | |
| comedy | Much Ado About Nothing | 2004-07-17 | stage | Commonwealth Shakespeare | mine |
| comedy | Much Ado About Nothing | 2008-04-05 | stage | Theatre @ First | |
| comedy | Taming of the Shrew | 2005-07-15 | stage | Shakespeare & Company | Ian's |
| comedy | Twelfth Night | 2005-12-17 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine & Ian's |
| comedy | Twelfth Night | 2008-05-11 | stage | Harvard Hyperion Shakespeare Company | |
| comedy | Two Gentlemen of Verona | n/a | |||
| history | King John | 2005-07-29 | stage | Shakespeare & Company | mine & Ian's |
| history | Richard II | 2005-11-07 | stage | Old Vic Theatre (London) | |
| history | Richard II | 2007-10-06 | stage | Yale Repertory Theatre | |
| history | Henry IV, part 1 | 2007-07-14 | stage | Industrial Theatre | mine & Ian's |
| history | Henry IV, part 2 | n/a | |||
| history | Henry V | 1989 | film | Kenneth Branagh | |
| history | Henry V | 2002-08-04 | stage | Commonwealth Shakespeare | mine |
| history | Henry V | 2008-01-12 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine & Ian's |
| history | Henry VI, part 1 | n/a | |||
| history | Henry VI, part 2 | n/a | |||
| history | Henry VI, part 3 | n/a | |||
| history | Richard III | 2004-10-21 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine |
| history | Richard III | 2004-11-03 | video | Richard Loncraine (Ian McKellen) | mine |
| history | Richard III | 2007-08-04 | stage | Redfeather Theatre Company | mine |
| history | Henry VIII | n/a | |||
| romance | Cymbeline | 2007-05-12 | stage | Cheek by Jowl | mine |
| romance | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | 2006-01-15 | stage | Goodman Theatre (Chicago) | mine |
| romance | The Tempest | 2006-10-26 | stage | MIT Shakespeare Ensemble | Ian's |
| romance | The Tempest | 2008-03-16 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine |
| romance | Winter's Tale | 2007-01-28 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine |
| romance | Winter's Tale | 2007-09-20 | stage | Cambridge American Stage Tour | mine |
| tragedy | Antony and Cleopatra | 2007-08-03 | stage | Shakespeare & Company | mine |
| tragedy | Coriolanus | 2007-04-15 | stage | Royal Shakespeare Company | mine |
| tragedy | Hamlet | 1996 | film | Kenneth Branagh | |
| tragedy | Hamlet | 2006-10-21 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine & Ian's |
| tragedy | Hamlet (first quarto) | 2006-11-10 | stage | UNH Department of Theatre & Dance | mine & Ian's |
| tragedy | Julius Caesar | 2005-05-13 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine |
| tragedy | King Lear | 2005-11-21 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine & Ian's |
| tragedy | Macbeth | 2007-10-21 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | |
| tragedy | Othello | n/a | |||
| tragedy | Romeo and Juliet | 1983 | video | Franco Zeffirelli | |
| tragedy | Romeo and Juliet | 1996 | film | Baz Luhrman | |
| tragedy | Romeo and Juliet | 2007-05-05 | stage | Harvard Hyperion Shakespeare Company | mine |
| tragedy | Timon of Athens | n/a | |||
| tragedy | Titus Andronicus | 2004-02-01 | video | Julie Taymor | |
| tragedy | Titus Andronicus | 2006-11-11 | stage | Wellesley College Shakespeare Society | mine & Ian's |
| tragedy | Titus Andronicus | 2007-03-31 | stage | Actors' Shakespeare Project | mine |
| tragedy | Titus Andronicus | 2007-04-15 | stage | Shakespeare Theatre Company | mine |
| tragedy | Titus Andronicus | 2007-10-27 | stage | MIT Shakespeare Ensemble | |
| tragedy | Titus Andronicus | 2007-12-08 | stage | Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club | |
| tragedy | Troilus and Cressida | n/a | |||
| apocrypha | Edward III | 2007-04-14 | stage | Washington Shakespeare Company | mine |
| apocrypha | Cardenio | n/a |
And here's the brief list of which plays I have and haven't seen in a pop-culture scorecard format:
Chibi Shakespeare generated by the Abi Otaku Avatar Maker
Gotta catch 'em all!
All's Well
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Cymbeline
Love's Labours
Measure for...
Merry Wives
Merchant
Midsum Dream
Much Ado
Pericles
Taming the Shrew
Tempest
Troilus & Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gents
2 Noble Kinsmen
Winter's Tale
King John
Richard II
Henry IV1
Henry IV2
Henry V
Henry VI1
Henry VI2
Henry VI3
Richard 3
Henry VIII
Antony & Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo & Juliet
Timon
Titus
As long as I'm compiling lists, here's my record regarding Marlowe's plays.
Since Marlowe is performed so infrequently (and because there are so few), I'm including those I've only read, but not seen:
| Title | Read? | Seen? |
|---|---|---|
| Dido Queen of Carthage | 2002-06-26 | 2005-03-05: American Repertory Theatre (review) |
| Tamburlaine the Great, part 1 | no | 2007-11-24: Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Tamburlaine the Great, part 2 | no | 2007-11-24: Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Edward II | 2002-07-03 | 2003-11-22: Derek Jarman video (comments) 2007-11-24: Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| The Jew of Malta | 2002-10-16 | no |
| The Tragical history of Doctor Faustus | 2003-03-07 | no |
| The Massacre at Paris | no | no |
