William Shakespeare

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, …

Timon of Athens is a bitterly intriguing study of a fabulously rich man who wastes his wealth on his friends, and, when he is finally impoverished, learns to despise humanity with a hatred that drives him to his grave. This edition offers an up-to-date commentary on the play that is more detailed and more thorough …

Henrik VIII er et skuespil fra 1613 skrevet af den britiske dramatiker William Shakespeare. Stilen tyder på, at det er skrevet sammen med John Fletcher. Skuespillet handler om forholdet mellem Henrik 8. af England, Katharina af Aragonien, Anne Boleyn og Kardinal Wolsey. I 1800-tallet var stykket et af Shakespeares …