... according to how likely it is that the advice "Just have a threesome already" would solve everybody's problems.
Two Noble Kinsmen: YES YES HELL YES.
Troilus and Cressida: Yes; in fact, this advice would help in at least two different ways, one of which would have prevented the entire Trojan War.
Two Gentlemen of Verona: Yes.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Foursome, whatever. Yes.
Henry VIII: Yes, if Katherine could somehow be persuaded to agree to it. (Of course, some people might see "preventing the Protestant Reformation" as a problem in itself, but I'm not sure Shakespeare was one of those people.)
Twelfth Night: Maybe, although the more relevant piece of advice is probably "just be triplets already."
The Merchant of Venice: Somewhat, although it wouldn't really help with the whole anti-Semitism thing.
Hamlet: Sorta-kinda, although the advice would have to be delivered well before the play begins.
Antony and Cleopatra: Not really, although Antony / Cleopatra / Octavia might delay the beginning of the end a little bit.
Macbeth: No, unless we posit some sort of gene-splicing technology that would enable Lady Macbeth to have a baby that is Banquo's and Macbeth's. Still, they'd be stuck with the whole regicide thing.
Othello: No; Iago would still be in it, although he'd have to figure out a different line of attack.
Pericles: I don't even know who would be HAVING a threesome in this play, but I'm pretty sure it would not be a good idea to make the characters' lives more complicated than they already are.
Richard III: It wouldn't surprise me if Edward, Elizabeth, and Jane Shore were already having one, but it doesn't seem to have helped much.
The Comedy of Errors: I'm not sure there are three characters in this play who are not RELATED to each other. Ew.
The Merry Wives of Windsor: No; almost all of the problems in this play are caused by somebody wanting a threesome when no one else does.
King Lear: No. In fact, this advice is about the only thing that could make things even worse, because Regan would still be alive, and theoretically the rightful heir, at the end of the play.
Titus Andronicus: NO NO AND HELL NO. Somebody actually gives this advice in the text, with very unfortunate results.
Two Noble Kinsmen: YES YES HELL YES.
Troilus and Cressida: Yes; in fact, this advice would help in at least two different ways, one of which would have prevented the entire Trojan War.
Two Gentlemen of Verona: Yes.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Foursome, whatever. Yes.
Henry VIII: Yes, if Katherine could somehow be persuaded to agree to it. (Of course, some people might see "preventing the Protestant Reformation" as a problem in itself, but I'm not sure Shakespeare was one of those people.)
Twelfth Night: Maybe, although the more relevant piece of advice is probably "just be triplets already."
The Merchant of Venice: Somewhat, although it wouldn't really help with the whole anti-Semitism thing.
Hamlet: Sorta-kinda, although the advice would have to be delivered well before the play begins.
Antony and Cleopatra: Not really, although Antony / Cleopatra / Octavia might delay the beginning of the end a little bit.
Macbeth: No, unless we posit some sort of gene-splicing technology that would enable Lady Macbeth to have a baby that is Banquo's and Macbeth's. Still, they'd be stuck with the whole regicide thing.
Othello: No; Iago would still be in it, although he'd have to figure out a different line of attack.
Pericles: I don't even know who would be HAVING a threesome in this play, but I'm pretty sure it would not be a good idea to make the characters' lives more complicated than they already are.
Richard III: It wouldn't surprise me if Edward, Elizabeth, and Jane Shore were already having one, but it doesn't seem to have helped much.
The Comedy of Errors: I'm not sure there are three characters in this play who are not RELATED to each other. Ew.
The Merry Wives of Windsor: No; almost all of the problems in this play are caused by somebody wanting a threesome when no one else does.
King Lear: No. In fact, this advice is about the only thing that could make things even worse, because Regan would still be alive, and theoretically the rightful heir, at the end of the play.
Titus Andronicus: NO NO AND HELL NO. Somebody actually gives this advice in the text, with very unfortunate results.
