To see or not to see? Every single Shakespeare play – ranked! ^53%

The Guardian - By Michael Billington - 4/22/2026, 4:00 AM

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To see or not to see? Every single Shakespeare play – ranked! Antony and Cleopatra? Exhausting. Lear? Magnificent but flawed. Hamlet? Limitless. For Shakespeare’s birthday, the Guardian’s former theatre critic ranks all the plays 35 more