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; …
Cymbeline /ˈsɪmbɨliːn/, also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by William Shakespeare, set in Ancient Britain and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify …
Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Whilst various arguments support that Shakespeare is the sole author of the play, modern …
Shakespeare's historical drama about how an embattled King John seized the British throne in order to prevent foreign domination is accompanied by detailed notes, including scene-by-scene plot summaries, an introduction to Shakespearean drama and language, a detailed critical analysis, and a study of period objects, …
„Тимон от Атина“ е пиеса от Уилям Шекспир. Според някои оценки тя е трагедия, докато други я оценяват като сатирична комедия. Не е известна точната година на нейното завършване. Поради големия глад за забавления през Елизабетинската епоха се счита, че е поставена на сцена веднага след написването си, т.е. около 1607 …
Loyalty and Heredity-- King Henry VIII covers the period of Henry's reign from shortly after he becomes king to the birth of Elizabeth, who would one day become queen and for whom the play was written. The firing of a cannon during the very first performance of this play caused a fire that burnt the Globe theater to …