I've never had much luck with plays of any sort, I'm too conscious of reading the directions etc to really get into the story.
I remember trying to study Shakespeare at school and being totally underwhelmed ... until, very late in high school, we finally got an English teacher that could read. This was a man that could even make Chaucer comprehensible to high school students (albeit in small does, we did still have short attention spans after all
), he was quite brilliant!
That was when I worked out that some things are not intended to be read, they are intended to be
performed. To hear this teacher read any part was to hear it come alive, to hear a fellow student take up a corresponding role was to cringe. I do keep a copy of Shakespeare on the shelf - and an ebook or two around because they are easier to search for particular quotes etc - but rarely try to read them. For best effect you need someone that can perform the language so that the rhythms work, but also so that it is not overtly obvious that they are trying to read in rhythm (too many make it all sound so forced as to be painful).
But that's me. Obviously some manage to read plays and enjoy them, maybe one day I'll discover that talent.