#BardMadness: Round One draws to a close!

It’s March and time for Madness. But here at the Bill / Shakespeare Project, it’s not about the round ball, but about the grand Bard (of Avon, that is!). We’ve got a 32-play bracket, and today we finish the second half (the left side of the bracket) of the first round…

1 Romeo and Juliet [#RandJ]
vs.
32 The Two Gentlemen of Verona [#2Gents]

16 The Tempest [#Tempest]
vs.
17 Coriolanus [#Corio]

9 Richard III [#R3]
vs.
24 Troilus and Cressida [#TandC]

8 King Lear [#Lear]
vs.
25 The Merry Wives of Windsor [#Wives]

4 Othello [#Othello]
vs.
29 The Winter’s Tale [#Winter]

13 The Comedy of Errors [#Errors]
vs.
20 All’s Well That Ends Well [#AllsWell]

12 Henry V [#H5]
vs.
21 Richard II [#R2]

5 Titus Andronicus [#Titus]
vs.
28 The Merchant of Venice [#Merch]

Which are your faves?

You can vote in any of the following ways:

• Leave the titles of your winning choices in the comments below
• Tweet @walthall with #BardMadness and the hashtagged titles (see above), one winner for each pairing
• Use the Instagram poll in the story at @billwalthall
  Or
• Leave the titles of your winning choices in the comments of the BSP Facebook page…

This round ends today; tomorrow, the survivors of round one will be announced with Round Two beginning Tuesday!

Cast your votes today!