Henry V is a historical play by William Shakespeare that was part of a tetralogy that also included Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2. It's believed Shakespeare wrote Henry V in app…
The play is believed to have drawn extensively on the Italian production Gl'ingannati (or The Deceived Ones),[4] collectively written by the Accademia degli Intronati in 1531. It is conjectured tha…
One of Shakespeare's most haunting and enigmatic late plays, The Winter's Tale is a fine example of Shakespeare's fascination with the dramatic genre of "romance": the portrayal of magical lands, f…
The Taming of the Shrew is unique among Shakespeare's plays and is a perennial and compelling success in the theatre. Its reception is marked, however, by ongoing polarized debate over the meaning …
Believed to have been written between 1610 and 1611, “The Tempest” is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare. The story concerns the Magician Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, a…
Shakespeare's sonnets have an intensity of both feeling and meaning unmatched in English sonnet form. They divide into two parts; the first 126 sonnets are addressed to a fair youth for whom the po…
Our spring show is a timeless masterpiece of love and conflict, it’s Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romantic and exciting, this classic piece of theatre remains a favorite in hearts and classr…
The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. It is believed to …
Othello is an adaptation of the Italian writer Cinthio's tale "Un Capitano Moro" ("A Moorish Captain") from his Gli Hecatommithi (1565), a collection of one hundred tales in the style of Giovanni B…
En fait, la pièce aurait dû se dénommer Iago : c’est lui le personnage le plus fascinant de la pièce. Celle-ci s’ouvre sur une conversation entre lui et Roderigo et c’est l’un des derni…
n Messina, a messenger brings news that Don Pedro, a prince from Aragon, will return that night from a successful battle, Claudio being among his soldiers. Beatrice, niece of Leonato, a governor of…
Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, where it was listed as a comedy, the play's fir…
Le Roi Lear Gravure anonyme représentant Ludwig Devrient dans le rôle de Lear. Auteur William Shakespeare Genre Tragédie Nb. d'actes Cinq actes Dates d'écriture (supposées) 1603-1606 …
These Comedies are among the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. In each a problem emerges, is then intensified to a point of maximum confusion and potential upset, before the chaos is resolved, how…
Set in medieval Scotland, Shakespeare's tragedy involves elements of the supernatural to tell the tale of Scottish General Macbeth. After three witches tell him of a prophecy that he will one day b…
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies, encompassing witchcraft, bloody murder, ghostly apparitions as well as high poetry, blended in such a way as to demonstrate the assured dramati…
Unjustly deposed by his younger brother, the rightful duke retreats to the Forest of Arden and forms a utopia with his loyal followers while his daughter remains at court as a companion to her cous…
Antony and Cleopatra (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was performed first circa 1607 at the Blackfriars Theatre or the Glob…
Le sujet d’Hamlet est tiré des cent huitièmes histoires tragiques de Belleforest, qui l’avait lui-même empruntée des légendes dont se composent les commencements fabuleux de l’histoire d…
Based on Plutarch's account of the lives of Brutus, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony, Julius Caesar was the first of Shakespeare's Roman history plays. Presented for the first time in 1599, the play …