Ah there you make a mistake. Some are performance pieces =- they really work as pieces of theatre, without being particularly good reads - Richrd 2 is a bit like that. A play where sod all happens, butnevertheless a crown is lost and stolen by (really) abit of a shit.

Its funny stuff.

Much of it only works in the theatre. Like the narrator chap in henry 5, telling you about the battle. when you are seeing a great actor tell the tale fdom the stage - it works. When you are watching a video - part of you is thinking this is a bit like the news with nobody doing a video to illustrate it.