William Shakespeare

The final play in Shakespeare's masterly dramatization of the strife between the Houses of York and Lancaster, Richard III offers a stunning portrait of an archvillain — a man of cunning and ruthless ambition who seduces, betrays and murders his way to the throne. In the process, Richard delivers great speeches and …

«Kong Lear» er et skuespill av William Shakespeare. Det er sammen med Hamlet, Romeo & Julie, Othello og MacBeth regnet blant Shakespeares aller største tragedier, og dermed verdenslitteraturens største teaterstykker overhodet. Det er antatt skrevet i 1605, og er basert på sagnet om kong Leir som blir svindlet av …

Kong Johans liv og død er et historisk skuespill av William Shakespeare som dramatiserer regimet til kong Johan av England, sønn av Henrik II av England og Eleanora av Aquitaine, og selv far til kong Henrik III av England. Det er antatt stykket ble skrevet på midten av 1590-tallet, men det ble ikke utgitt før i First …

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 …

Henry VI, Part 3 is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 1 Henry VI deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, and 2 Henry VI focuses on …

Henry VI is a series of three history plays by William Shakespeare, set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Henry VI, Part 1 deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, as the English political system is torn apart by personal …

Henry VI, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 1 Henry VI deals primarily with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, and 3 Henry VI …