“problem plays” this “romances” that I’m proposing new and exciting Shakespearean Play Groupings for your amusement!
- The Bad Dad Triad: King Lear, Henry IV Part 1, Romeo and Juliet
- The “My Wife’s A Floozy” Trifecta: Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, the Winter’s Tale
- The “Me And My Shitty Little Minion Are About To Fuck Up Your Shit Hardcore” Trilogy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III, the Tempest
- The Falstaffiad: Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, The Merry Wives of Windsor
- The “Holy Fuck There’s Two of ‘Em” Saga: Twelfth Night, the Comedy of Errors
- The “Dear Diary My Homoerotic Bullshit Has A Body Count Now” Series: Richard II, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus
- The “Why Are The Fucking Trees Trying To Kill Me. Hate This Shit” Trilogy: Macbeth, the Winter’s Tale, As You Like It
A few more for the road. Why not
- “Somebody Call Ghostbusters!”: Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth, Julius Caesar
- “This Protagonist Sucks So Much Not Even In A Funny Way I Hate This Guy For Real”: The Merchant of Venice, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew
- “Kill Claudio. Many Such Cases”: Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Hamlet*
- “Is It Really Shakespeare Unless The Protagonist Is Drenched In Blood 25/8? I Put It To You”: Titus Andronicus, Richard III, Coriolanus
- “And Then Some Fucker Named Sebastian Got Shipwrecked And Caused Problems”: Twelfth Night, The Tempest
*Close enough