The Leverton Review

So I read a lot of nonfiction, and I decided it would be good to read some classics as well. So I thought to myself, I should read or reread all of Shakespeare's plays. I started off with the two Noble Kinsmen. The story opens with three queens begging a king for revenge. This part is quite dramatic, and I think the actors in the version of the play that I listened to were quite good. But the actual plot of the play is so ridiculous that I did not expect its dark ending. Who's the King goes off to war, and he wins, and he captures a bunch of people. Two of which are cousins who are put in the same prison. They then impress everyone around with their intelligence, good manners and all around nobility. Then disaster strikes. A beautiful woman walks outside their window. Within 5 seconds, they each claim to love that woman and attempt to murder each other. Their claim is so ridiculous, but in the world of the play they are presented as being the most noble men and that this woman ...