BOOK CLUB
In order to have something to show for the strange, interrupted year that was 2020, I suggested that we read a play every week. Between Shakespeare’s birthday at the end of April, and Twelfth Night, the 6th of January 2021, we went through every play in the First Folio (and a bonus!). Every week a new episode was added to the playlist, as well as books on the three virtual bookshelves below.
I personally enjoy The Arden Shakespeare editions for their extensive notes, and the RSC editions for their backstage stories and interviews - as well as statistics and other insights. Devoted as I am, I’ve collected both over the years, and they will each have their own gallery below too!
WEEK 01: Richard the Second (read it here)
WEEK 02: Two Gentlemen of Verona (read it here)
WEEK 03: The Taming of the Shrew (read it here)
WEEK 04: Titus Andronicus (read it here)
WEEK 05: The Comedy of Errors (read it here)
WEEK 06: Romeo & Juliet (read it here)
WEEK 07: Love’s Labour’s Lost (read it here)
WEEK 08: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (read it here)
WEEK 09: The Merchant of Venice (read it here)
WEEK 10: Henry IV Part 01 (read it here)
WEEK 11: Julius Caesar (read it here)
WEEK 12: As You Like It (read it here)
WEEK 13: Henry IV Part 02 (read it here)
WEEK 14: Measure for Measure (read it here)
WEEK 15: King John (read it here)
WEEK 16: The Merry Wives of Windsor (read it here)
WEEK 17: Troilus & Cressida (read it here)
WEEK 18: Timon of Athens (read it here)
WEEK 19: Henry V (read it here)
WEEK 20: Much Ado About Nothing (read it here)
WEEK 21: Othello (read it here)
WEEK 22: Henry VI Part 01 (read it here)
WEEK 23: All’s Well That Ends Well (read it here)
WEEK 24: King Lear (read it here)
WEEK 25: Henry VI Part 02 (read it here)
WEEK 26: Macbeth (read it here)
WEEK 27: Cymbeline (read it here)
WEEK 28: Henry VI Part 03 (read it here)
WEEK 29: Antony and Cleopatra (read it here)
WEEK 30: Coriolanus (read it here)
WEEK 31: Richard III (read it here)
WEEK 32: The Winter’s Tale (read it here)
WEEK 33: King Henry VIII (read it here)
WEEK 34: The Tempest (read it here)
WEEK 35: Pericles (read it here)
WEEK 36: Twelfth Night (read it here)
VIRTUAL BOOKSHELF
