geeking out on shakespeare's histories

Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. Hamlet is definitely good theatre, but I just don't get excited about it in the way that I do about some of Shakespeare's other plays. Also, I reached it pretty late in my Shakespeare career, and by that time I'd heard so much about how brilliant it is, and how it defines what it means to be human, or something like that. That's an awful lot for any play to live up to, and so (although I think it's a very good play), I always feel like I should be enjoying it on some super deep level that I just can't get to. *shrugs* oh well. There are still plenty of other plays for me to enjoy!