Plays & playscripts books

Susan Keating Glaspell was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. With her husband George Cram...  Read More >>

The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within...  Read More >>

The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within...  Read More >>

Amid a backdrop of war, conspiracy, and murder, this historical play depicts the unpopular 13th-century monarch's...  Read More >>

One of the author's dark comedies, esteemed for its fascinating political and social implications as well as its...  Read More >>

The portrait of a monarchy in crisis, this historical drama concerns the ruler's efforts to secure a divorce in...  Read More >>

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It...  Read More >>

Henry the Sixth, Part 3, is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written in approximately 1590, and set...  Read More >>

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults,...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's play about Prince Hal's rejection of his past and preparation to become king.  Read More >>

It's the 15th century and the Archbishop of Canterbury, worried over impending legislation that would effectively...  Read More >>

It's the 15th century and the Archbishop of Canterbury, worried over impending legislation that would effectively...  Read More >>

The portrait of a monarchy in crisis, this historical drama concerns the ruler's efforts to secure a divorce in...  Read More >>

A volume in the Writers and Their Work series, which draws upon recent thinking in English studies to introduce...  Read More >>

This new edition of Shakespeare's gripping political and personal tragedy, developed by and for the RSC, includes...  Read More >>

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults,...  Read More >>

Developed by and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, this new edition includes outstanding on-page notes, a comprehensive...  Read More >>

All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often...  Read More >>

A sequel to the three parts of Henry VI in which Shakespeare dramatised the Wars of the Roses. In writing the...  Read More >>

A sequel to the three parts of Henry VI in which Shakespeare dramatised the Wars of the Roses. In writing the...  Read More >>

Passion divides and unites a spirited pair of lovers in a 16th-century battle of the sexes. Witty dialogue and slapstick...  Read More >>

Passion divides and unites a spirited pair of lovers in a 16th-century battle of the sexes. Witty dialogue and slapstick...  Read More >>

A volume in the Writers and Their Work series, which draws upon recent thinking in English studies to introduce...  Read More >>

At head of title: Folger Shakespeare library.  Read More >>

TWELFTH NIGHT  Read More >>