Michael Billington, a theater critic for The Guardian, ranks from worst to best all of the plays of William Shakespeare. He identifies 35 of them, but scholars dispute that number, raising higher or lower due to the Bard's collaboration with author writers. The Two Noble Kinsmen, for example, co-written with John Fletcher, is sometimes described as a Fletcher play because that man may have composed the majority of it.
Several years ago, I read and watched all of Shakespeare's plays. There is good reason why some, such as Macbeth, are considered classics and others, such as Timon of Athens, are rarely staged.
Billington's lower ranks are not surprising (although I would place The Merchant of Venice much higher), his selection for #1 is.
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