I watched a lot of those BBC productions while I was studying Shakespeare in college (because the audiovisual department had them on tape), but my Shakespeare courses covered fewer of the comedies than the other works.
Interesting! I had assumed the opposite cause in my case—studying almost no Shakespeare in school and then never filling the gaps in on my own—but maybe the comedies just don't get as much air time. I did attempt a local production of As You Like It in 2011, but it was open-air and there were too many smokers.
I've actually seen very few of the BBC Shakespeares. I watched the 1978 Richard II and 1980 Hamlet in high school because they contained Derek Jacobi, the 1980 The Taming of the Shrew because Theodora Goss wrote amazingly about it in 2009, and then just now the As You Like It on thisbluespirit's recommendation. I keep meaning to watch the 1979 Julius Caesar, but it's been years and I still haven't gotten around to it. The best version I have ever seen of that play anyway was staged by a high school Latin club in the middle of Union Square for the Ides of March of 2014 and involved audience participation and Roger Corman levels of Karo syrup.
I remember especially loving the BBC Twelfth Night.
I'll have to watch that one. I've seen gifs of it!
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Interesting! I had assumed the opposite cause in my case—studying almost no Shakespeare in school and then never filling the gaps in on my own—but maybe the comedies just don't get as much air time. I did attempt a local production of As You Like It in 2011, but it was open-air and there were too many smokers.
I've actually seen very few of the BBC Shakespeares. I watched the 1978 Richard II and 1980 Hamlet in high school because they contained Derek Jacobi, the 1980 The Taming of the Shrew because Theodora Goss wrote amazingly about it in 2009, and then just now the As You Like It on
I remember especially loving the BBC Twelfth Night.
I'll have to watch that one. I've seen gifs of it!