Shakespeare's Plays. 38:38

I'm a lover of Shakespeare. You're probably a lover of Shakespeare. Our friends are lovers of Shakespeare. Despite this, there are still one or two plays I haven't read, one or two you haven't read, one or two they haven't read. Oh, we think, I'll get to Timon of Athens eventually. Or, I should really sit down and read Troilus and Cressida all the way through.

But we are busy people, and despite our Bardolatry, Timon sits on the shelf unread. What we need is a fire lit under us. Some sort of method forcing us to read this last few plays.

Well someone has thrown down the gage, if you will. Starting March 1st, the members of 38:38 will endeavor to read 38 plays in 38 days (throwing in Edward III on the 39th day for good measure).

The order of the plays will be roughly in the order scholars think they were written, but with the Histories read in historical order of events. Starting March 1, the plays will be:
Two Gentlemen of Verona*~
Taming of the Shrew*~
King John
Titus Andronicus*~
Comedy of Errors*~#
Love's Labour's Lost*~#
Romeo and Juliet*~
Richard II*~
Henry IV part 1*~
Henry IV part 2*~
Henry V*~
Midsummer Night's Dream*~#
Merchant of Venice*~
Merry Wives of Windsor*~
Henry VI part 1*~
Henry VI part 2*~
Henry VI part 3*~
Richard III*~
Much Ado About Nothing*~#
As You Like It*~
Hamlet*~
Twelfth Night*~
Troilus and Cressida
Measure for Measure*~#
Othello*
King Lear*~
Timon of Athens
Macbeth*~
Julius Caesar*~#
Antony and Cleopatra~
All's Well That Ends Well*~
Pericles
Coriolanus~
The Winter's Tale*~
Cymbeline*~
The Tempest*~
Henry VIII~
Two Noble Kinsmen
Edward III*~

(*=I'm positive I've read it all the way through. Most of the other ones I know I've read parts, but I can't remember if I've read them all the way through or not
~=I've seen a performance
#=I've performed in the play)

I'm going to give it my best to complete this project, and blog about it here. Please join me!


Learn about the project at it's site: http://www.shicho.net/38/

Join the facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=365431789376&v=info