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Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera, film, books, stage and screen. Often regarded as archetypal,...

Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera, film, books, stage and screen. Often regarded as archetypal,...

A tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the conspiracy to assasinate Roman Emperor Julius Caesar.

A play about Timon the Athenian, by William Shakespeare.

A tragic play by William Shakespeare.

A romantic tragedy play by William Shakespeare.

In this thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on...

Controversial and sexually charged, The Taming of the Shrew is possibly William Shakespeare's first play, and certainly among the most performed. Petruchio's courtship of the unwilling 'shrew' Katherina poses the question: is it an examination of brute male domination or a passionate love story with...

In Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare uses the most notorious murder in classical history to tell a tragic tale of friendship, ambition and betrayal. As the greatest figures of the Roman Republic are swept along on the tide of a terrifying conspiracy, a touchingly human story is revealed in some of...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William...

Translated by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), French historian, and statesman. Published in 1862. According to Wikipedia: "As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The...

Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. The play (also described as one of Shakespeare's problem plays) is not a conventional tragedy, since its protagonist (Troilus) does not die. The play ends instead on a very bleak note with the death of...

"Hamlet", de William Shakespeare, é uma obra clássica permanentemente atual pela força com que trata de problemas fundamentais da condição humana. A obsessão de uma vingança onde a dúvida e o desespero concentrados nos monólogos do príncipe Hamlet adquirem uma impressionante dimensão...

Ricardo III é uma das peças históricas de William Shakespeare e se passa no final da Guerra das Rosas (1455-1485), conflito sucessório pelo trono da Inglaterra ocorrido entre 1455 e 1485 que coloca em choque político os dois ramos da dinastia Planta­geneta: a Casa Real de York e a Casa Real...