Shakespeare plays books

One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragic-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts. In...  Read More >>

An embittered Roman General returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing...  Read More >>

Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young men, the hopeful...  Read More >>

Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced...  Read More >>

A tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young 'star-crossed lovers' whose...  Read More >>

Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy,...  Read More >>

Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy,...  Read More >>

Hilarious fun, this early comedy is filled with the merry violence of slapstick and farce. When two sets of twins,...  Read More >>

An account of the brutal and bloody rise of King Richard III to the throne, Shakespeare's play depicts the short-lived...  Read More >>

An account of the brutal and bloody rise of King Richard III to the throne, Shakespeare's play depicts the short-lived...  Read More >>

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When Rosalind is banished by her uncle, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the Forest of Arden where...  Read More >>

The King of Britain, enraged by his daughter's disobedience in marrying against his wishes, banishes his new son-in-law....  Read More >>

Mark Antony, one of three rulers of Rome, is in love with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Antony is summoned back to...  Read More >>

England is forced into war when the French challenge the legitimacy of Johns claim to the throne and are determined...  Read More >>

Hamlet is the story of the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle, Claudius....  Read More >>

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brother, the bastard...  Read More >>

In the Duke's absence from Vienna, his strict deputy Angelo revives an ancient law forbidding sex outside marriage....  Read More >>

King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear,...  Read More >>

Henry V is the most famous and influential of Shakespeare's history plays. Its powerful patriotic rhetoric has resounded...  Read More >>

Helen heals the King of France, and the King grants her permission to marry Bertram, the man she loves. Bertram...  Read More >>

Desperate for a son and heir, King Henry VIII risks both his realm and his immortal soul when he divorces Katherine...  Read More >>

Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (between the exotic Moor Othello...  Read More >>

Displaying the bold vision and growing skill of a young playwright, these are Shakespeare's first three history...  Read More >>