OTHELLO!

We start Othello tomorrow with my 10th graders!!!! I am so excited. Othello is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays and we get to watch the whole first act from the Kenneth Branagh and Laurence Fishburne movie which I love! I have a small unusually large and creepy obsession with Kenneth. I don't think that man has ever made a bad movie. Plus, he's Hamlet and Benedick. Hamlet is my favorite Shakespeare play and Benedick is my favorite Shakespearean hero/character/lover/man/whatever. (I tried to find a video of the last scene in Much Ado, but they were all way too long and I didn't even want to watch the whole thing.) Shakespeare is one thing that I am really passionate about other than YA lit. I'm just afraid that all of my students will hate it because its Shakespeare. I know that most people have to read Shakespeare in high school, but I don't know if anyone else liked it other than me.
So, my question(s) to you tonight:

What is your favorite Shakespeare play? 

Did you have to read Shakespeare in high school? 

What did you have to read?

Did you like it or dread it?

Thanks all. I hope to get a chance to read some over the weekend or if the power goes out from the massive ice storm that is supposed to hit us in the next two days. Stay warm and safe!