Reviews for The Life of Timon of Athens: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare

The average rating for The Life of Timon of Athens: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-05-12 00:00:00 Matt Czermanski This time I liked Timon less than the two other times I have read it. Much of it is probably not even by Shakespeare. and--although Middleton does his professional best to keep the first few acts chugging along--most of it lacks the spark of genius. There are moments in Timon's rants which are characteristically Shakespearean, memorable not only for their poetic intensity but also for the savagery of their vitriol, but they are not enough to save this cynical pageant (no, it is nothing close to a tragedy!) of a man of extremes who passes from gullibility to misanthrope without any discernible struggle or anagnorisis. Sure, it sounds a little like Lear . . . but Lear--trust me!--it ain't.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-12-24 00:00:00 Paul Truman This is Shakespeare's best kept secret. After reading Coriolanus and watching the incredible movie I began to wonder what other masterpieces hid in Shakespeare's complete works. Now that I've read them all, I feel safe saying that Timon of Athens is my favorite of all the generally undiscussed plays. The conflict is timeless, the pages and pages of insults are hilarious, and the characters are all peak Will in my opinion. If you like Shakespeare even a little, you got to read Timon.