What do y'all think?
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2026/apr/22/every-shakespea...
I disagree with much of his rankings, but he did a nice job defending his choices. And the old photos are delightful.
Thanks for sharing.
Fields
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From: Shawn Sides via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 10:20 AM To: Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Winedale-l] oooo let the fists of rage and pounding of tables commence
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I wish to rip his haughty head from his snobby neck. Although I do agree with some of his choices. It's the "ranking" part that gets me. Oh and I would also like to behead Jodi Picoult for writing "By Any Other Name," which has idiots in bookclubs across the world claiming Shakespeare didn't in fact write the plays that he did. I am, as you can see, full of ire. LoveTerry
On Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 04:14:48 PM EDT, Fields Alexander via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
I disagree with much of his rankings, but he did a nice job defending his choices. And the old photos are delightful.
Thanks for sharing.
Fields
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From: Shawn Sides via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 10:20 AM To: Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Winedale-l] oooo let the fists of rage and pounding of tables commence
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I’m with Terry Ranking is inherently worthless and demeaning
From: tlgalloway--- via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM To: Shawn Sides shawn.sides@gmail.com, Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Fields Alexander falexander@beckredden.com Subject: [Winedale-l] Re: oooo let the fists of rage and pounding of tables commence
I wish to rip his haughty head from his snobby neck.
Although I do agree with some of his choices. It's the "ranking" part that gets me.
Oh and I would also like to behead Jodi Picoult for writing "By Any Other Name," which has idiots in bookclubs across the world claiming Shakespeare didn't in fact write the plays that he did.
I am, as you can see, full of ire.
Love Terry
On Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 04:14:48 PM EDT, Fields Alexander via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
I disagree with much of his rankings, but he did a nice job defending his choices. And the old photos are delightful.
Thanks for sharing.
Fields
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Terry,
I wish you'd stop this self-censorship and just share how you really feel.
Love,
Mike
On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 6:35 PM bruce meyer via Winedale-l < winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
I’m with Terry Ranking is inherently worthless and demeaning
*From: *tlgalloway--- via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Date: *Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM *To: *Shawn Sides shawn.sides@gmail.com, Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Fields Alexander < falexander@beckredden.com> *Subject: *[Winedale-l] Re: oooo let the fists of rage and pounding of tables commence
I wish to rip his haughty head from his snobby neck.
Although I do agree with some of his choices. It's the "ranking" part that gets me.
Oh and I would also like to behead Jodi Picoult for writing "By Any Other Name," which has idiots in bookclubs across the world claiming Shakespeare didn't in fact write the plays that he did.
I am, as you can see, full of ire.
Love Terry
On Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 04:14:48 PM EDT, Fields Alexander via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
I disagree with much of his rankings, but he did a nice job defending his choices. And the old photos are delightful.
Thanks for sharing.
Fields
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I agree with Fields (inasmuch as the rankings are argued earnestly), but I also agree with Terry and Bruce that lists and rankings are idiotic. I've had a long standing beef with Sight and Sound about their "greatest films" list that comes out every ten years. Arguments for a completely different ordering of the plays could easily be made, with about as much legitimacy.
This seems to be intended just to piss everybody off.
Thanks for sharing....I think.
Johnio
Quoting Shawn Sides via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org:
What do y'all think?
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2026/apr/22/every-shakespea...
I agree with ALL of you all about this list! Sometimes, I just go ahead and click on the bait, even if I know better.
Hope you all had a good Star Wars day yesterday and are having a lovely Cinco de Mayo today and that you're all wallowing in a treasure bath of tax refund.
xo
On Fri, May 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM polybear@sdc.org wrote:
I agree with Fields (inasmuch as the rankings are argued earnestly), but I also agree with Terry and Bruce that lists and rankings are idiotic. I've had a long standing beef with Sight and Sound about their "greatest films" list that comes out every ten years. Arguments for a completely different ordering of the plays could easily be made, with about as much legitimacy.
This seems to be intended just to piss everybody off.
Thanks for sharing....I think.
Johnio
Quoting Shawn Sides via Winedale-l winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org:
What do y'all think?
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2026/apr/22/every-shakespea...
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