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as_bntd | 2 years ago

> Like many collections, they omit The Two Noble Kinsmen due to unclear authorship, and for this reason I’m omitting it from my list as well.

> Also, around 20% of plays credited to Shakespeare were collaborations of some degree, though the collaboration details have been long lost.

Isn't it accepted that The Two Noble Kinsmen was a collaboration?

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> [On Hamlet] You’d be hard-pressed to find something that beats the faithful, star-studded 1996 major film adaption.

Personally, I liked the (less faithful) 1948 film.

EDIT2: I also found it amusing that the play he liked the best is the only Shakespeare play I've actually acted in (before his favorite adaptation came out).

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jfengel|2 years ago

Several are confirmed collaborations, including Pericles and Henry VIII (and 1 Henry VI is almost certainly).

The exclusion of 2NK is a bit arbitrary but you draw the line somewhere. I also excluded it from my quest to do every play.

In the end I did it as a Zoom production, which kinda half counts, as is appropriate. It was actually a good deal better than I expected. I found some very good writing, and the plot was easier to clean up than, say, Two Gents or All's Well.