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I assume you do not mean the word "list" as used in Hamlet when the Ghost says to Hamlet "List, list, oh list." Here it is a shorter form of "listen"
Perhaps you mean those passages where Shakespeare has his characters make a long list of something. For example, in Macbeth, Macbeth says to the murderers, "Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men, as" and here he lists seven breeds of dog " are clept all by the name of dogs". Or again in Macbeth, Malcolm says that he has no kingly virtues and then proceeds to list twelve of them which he claims not to have. Mercutio in his Queen Mab speech lists seven body parts of particular people which causes them to have particular dreams.
In part, this is only natural. If you are describing something or someone, you list its or his or her characteristics. This is usually what Shakespeare is doing. In Act 4 Scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus describes his hounds by listing their characteristics.
Shakespeare had to do this frequently because he could not show things to his audience, but could only describe them in words.
However, in some cases these lists tell us something about the character saying them. This listing can in fact be tedious, especially when the number of things enumberated gets up to or over seven. Shakespeare does this to tell us that the character is in fact a tedious person. For example, Polonius in Hamlet (described by Hamlet as a "tedious old fool") has come to tell Hamlet that there are players arrived and talks about the kinds of play they can perform. He lists eight such varieties. Polonius is constantly being shown to be a boring windbag. Malcolm's list of kingly virtues is painful to listen to, but Malcolm is not a character for whom we are supposed to feel much sympathy. We suspect that he is virtuous not so much because of having any virtues but rather because he is too tedious to have any interesting vices.
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Is King Leopold a Shakespeare play?
There is no play of that name in the Folio or among any of the lists of his plays. The answer is no.
Did William Shakespeare ever play a part in one of his own play scripts?
Yes. The first Folio lists a number of actors who played in Shakespeare's plays, and Shakespeare himself is at the top of the list.
What the play which Shakespeare played in?
Unfortunately it was not common in Shakespeare's day to keep records of what actor played what part in any plays. We are fortunate in that Ben Jonson made a record of the actors who played in his plays Sejanus and Every Man in His Humour, and Shakespeare appeared in both those plays, although the record does not show what part he played. The First Folio also lists actors who played in Shakespeare's plays, including Shakespeare, but not who played in which play nor what part they took.
What two names did shakespeare use the most in his plays?
Yes he did.
Which type of poetry did shakespeare often use in his plays?
Shakespeare and his contemporaries often used blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) for the dialogue in their plays.
Is King Leopold a Shakespeare play?
There is no play of that name in the Folio or among any of the lists of his plays. The answer is no.
Did William Shakespeare ever play a part in one of his own play scripts?
Yes. The first Folio lists a number of actors who played in Shakespeare's plays, and Shakespeare himself is at the top of the list.
Did William shakespeare use men and women for his plays?
No, women were not on his plays.
What the play which Shakespeare played in?
Unfortunately it was not common in Shakespeare's day to keep records of what actor played what part in any plays. We are fortunate in that Ben Jonson made a record of the actors who played in his plays Sejanus and Every Man in His Humour, and Shakespeare appeared in both those plays, although the record does not show what part he played. The First Folio also lists actors who played in Shakespeare's plays, including Shakespeare, but not who played in which play nor what part they took.
How many films have been created from Shakespeare's work?
IMdb lists over 800 films which use Shakespeare's dialogue, plots or themes.
What style of writing did shakespeare use in his plays?
blank verse
What two names did shakespeare use the most in his plays?
Yes he did.
What is a good website to study Shakespeare's plays?
I use Sparknotes.com
Did shakespeare use the word DARN in any of his plays or writings?
No, simply.
What describes plays in Shakespeare's time?
I'd use the word entertaining.
Which type of poetry did shakespeare often use in his plays?
Shakespeare and his contemporaries often used blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) for the dialogue in their plays.
What was Shakespeare's use storms for his plays?
Storms appear most prominently in the plays The Tempest and King Lear.
