Do Romeo and Juliet belong in the highest levels of Shakespeare canon or are they more mid? I explore this question and more in this episode, as I work my way through some of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays and most notorious couples to decide where they should be ranked on a tier system of my own devising.

The main method I used to determine where couples should fall was mostly vibes and how I felt at the time of recording, although at this moment I stand by my decisions.

Plays covered in this episode: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Listen to this episode here or wherever you find your podcasts:

If you would like to watching the tier ranking as it happens, then I suggest you go watch the YouTube video that I managed to successfully piece together. (It involved a lot of sighing and swearing, but I think the end result is decent.) Watch it on YouTube!

And if you are here to have a visual to look at as you listen, before you listen, after you listen, or to look at in lieu of listening, then here you go:

Further Reading

Nothing this episode unless you want to read one (or more) of the plays discussed!

Credit where credit is due

Podcast art by ⁠Halie Branson⁠

Music recording by ⁠josdvg⁠