William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in 16th-century Venice must default on a large loan provided by an abused Jewish moneylender. It is believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with …

A makrancos hölgy, eredeti címén The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare egyik korai vígjátéka, amelyet vélhetőleg 1590 és 1594 között írhatott. A darab egy keretjátékkal indul, amelyben egy részeg embert becsapnak, hogy nemesúrnak higgye magát. A vélt nemesúr nézi végig a tulajdonképpeni színdarabot, amelyben a …

One of few plays for which Shakespeare reputedly created his own plot, Love's Labour's Lost tells the tale of King Ferdinand of Navarre and his three friends, who all swear to spend three years avoiding women in favor of study. The arrival of the princess of France and her three beautiful companions brings the oath to …

The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1592. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more detail; …