I love Shakespeare, most of all his comedies. My favourite play by him ever is The Taming of the Shrew; I never really loved Macbeth overly (I blame over-analysis in school!).

Reading Shakespeare, I like to look at the dramatic side of it as well as the literary side - I don't know, it seems to me that people too often consider his works to be a two-dimensional, on-paper kind of thing and forget that it has to be seen on stage. It's great on stage, and a lot easier to understand. His works are brilliant from an actor's POV too, and would really thrill and challenge a good actor.