I love Shakespeare and have ever since I had the good fortune to have a teacher in high school, Mrs. Marshall, who made Shakespeare come alive for all her class. I’ll bet those of us still around can quote some lines of Shakespeare even after all these years.
The St. Crispin’s Day speech is my favorite as I feel it encompasses the best qualities of manhood....honor, sacrifice, faith, etc.
Ditto! I was homeschooled and got started on Shakespeare with LP phonograph records -- a series titled "Living Shakespeare." They're still in my living room and I still listen. Each record has a booklet with the original text and the abridged text, mercifully footnoted for the student. If any homeschoolers are looking for help with the Bard, there are probably some of these things on ebay.
Incidentally, I was named after a person significant in Shakespeare. So into the Bard are my people :)