Much ado about nothing
Claudio and Hero are engaged, but the jealous Don John tries to thwart the wedding by denouncing Hero as unchaste. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Benedick, who scorn each other, become betrothed as a result of the schemes of their friends. This is a spirit...
The tempest
Television adaption of Shakespeare’s play that uses a framework of conspiracy to weave fancy and realism into a plot that speaks to audiences today. On an enchanted island, an exiled Duke and two young lovers encounter the occult, finding good and...
The merry wives of Windsor
Queen Elizabeth herself is said to have requested the return of Falstaff to the Bard's stage...supposedly she wanted to see him in love. What Shakespeare gave Her Majesty instead was Falstaff's attempt to recoup his fortunes by seducing two respecta...
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The life of Henry the Fift [sic]
In the third play portraying England's most admired national hero, Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England’s greatest battlefield ...
Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare’s tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their feuding families, and take their own lives. This is one of the great love stories of all time and a "hit " for over 400 years. Full of passion and exquisit...
Twelfth night
With practical jokes, poetry and haunting songs, this is the most subtle of Shakespeare's comedies. In an aristocratic country house, we see the infatuation of Orsino, the devoted loyalty of Viola, the selfless friendship of Antonio and the self lov...
As you like it
Shakespeare at his sunniest, posing serious questions in the most lighthearted tone. Is there a "natural difference" between a Duke's daughter and a commoner? Are men really stronger than women? Or is it just society's role? Some of these characters...
Comedy of errors
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the rock band "The Who," described studying Shakespeare in school as "like having a tooth pulled." As star of Shakespeare's shortest play, he makes the viewer's experience far more pleasurable. In a perfect plot for the...
Titus Andronicus
Set in late Roman times, this tragedy deals with the revenge of Titus Andronicus for the atrocities committed against his family by Tamora, the captive queen of the Goths, and her faction. It draws on mythology for brutal tales, such as a banquet w...