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TheOnionKnight posted...

I love it. I've read it a bunch and seen it performed live a few times, and of course seen a lot of movie adaptations. Shakespeare's plays aren't really meant to be read though. They were made to be performed on stage. Like a lot of the action isn't written on the page, since the actors are supposed to, you know, act out the story. They're usually much easier to follow if you watch them.

So much this. I never got around to reading/watching it until I was rehearsing for the part of Laertes (still my favorite part I ever played btw).
By the time we did the performances, it was obvious we the players enjoyed it much more than the audience (a lot of whom probably weren't familiar with the story), which is understandable as a lot things can be missed if you see it just once, and it'll just come off as tedious and prosaic. The more you experience the story however, the more you get to notice and appreciate the nuances and symbolism.