Correct me if I'm wrong but...

[ultimateagentr]

 Henry VIII is Shakespeare's worst play. I challenge anyone to give me a great, if not memorable, quote from this play or any other redeeming feature.

I can certainly see why everyone claims he wrote this with John Fletcher.

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[tortoise]

Personally, I think Pericles is worse. I don't have any specific lines to cite from Henry VIII, but I like Katherine's death scene as well as the odd parallelism between Anne and Wolsey.

[xiphias]

I saw a FANTASTIC production of Pericles in Chicago several years back. It's a somewhat surreal fantasy, and playing with that just makes it a lot of fun.

[matociquala]

See icon for quote. ;-)

[fuunsaiki]

You win! I'm not the OP, but I LOVE that quote. :3

[matociquala]

Really, if you want quotes about the Devil, Shakespeare and Marlowe are your go-to guys....

[skirmish_of_wit]

And Milton, for that matter. He gives Satan some damned good soliloquies.

ETA: Ack, no pun intended!

[ricardienne]

"a long farewell to all my greatness" springs to mind. (Disclosure: I haven't actually read the play.)

[ricardienne]

sorry -- I misread: you weren't challenging the memorability of the play after all. (But Wolsey's speech is supposed to be quite worthwhile, no?)

[skirmish_of_wit]

What's wrong with John Fletcher? :P

[matociquala]

Red hair with a scarlet jacket? NO FASHION SENSE. *g*

[gyzki]

I can certainly see why everyone claims he wrote this with John Fletcher.

I never claimed I wrote it with John Fletcher!