Friday, December 05, 2025
5 Times William Shakespeare Took to the Stage, Literally
Playbill: From Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet to Macbeth to A Midsummer Night's Dream, his plays are the blueprint for the thousands of playwrights who have followed him, serving as the foundation of the English language stage as we now know it. His works are often people's first introduction to drama, and for many actors, conquering a piece from his "classic" canon is a career must.
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I was kinda disappointed when I saw what the article was actually about because when I clicked it, I thought I would learn some interesting history about Shakespeare having acted before in some of his plays or something, but instead I got met with this. Despite the clickbaiting, it was still fun to go through. I always love when plays and musicals give a bit of focus to writers and/or the writer of the play or musical as either a thematic message or joke. When a play/musical is about a writer, it's also very interesting and can be fun to think about and play with as both consumer and creator. As long as it's done right and in a smart way, I tend to enjoy those things. I have unfortunately never been able to see any of these productions, but I hope one day I can witness them in some form!
In this article’s discussion of & Juliet, The Frogs, Something Rotten!, Shakespeare in Love, and Bingo, this article neglects to discuss much of William Shakespeare’s real life (omitting a few fun facts strewn throughout), despite mentioning Hamnet’s rendition of it. For the majority of the five, it prefers to discuss the fictionalization aspect over the historical truth. I do enjoy the mention of The Frogs’ quoting Shakespeare real life work directly. Something Rotten! is its own entirely ahistorical entity, so I feel as though it counts toward this article almost in name only. I didn’t realize Shakespeare in Love is based on a film by Tom Stoppard, though I will admit I know very little about Shakespeare in Love as a play. I didn’t even realize Tom Stoppard did much in film besides Brazil, but this article prompted me to search. It turns out, he wrote quite a few screenplays in his time.
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