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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 …

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Macbeth /məkˈbɛθ/ is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, and is considered one of his darkest and most powerful works. Set in Scotland, the play illustrates the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. The play is believed to have been written …

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Hamlet je tragedija angleškega dramatika Williama Shakespeara. Igra je nastala v njegovem tako imenovanem »drugem obdobju« njegovega ustvarjanja v letih med 1601 in 1608, ki štejejo za dramatikovo najzrelejše obdobje. Igra je bila večkrat prevedena v slovenščino; njihovi avtorji so med drugim Oton Župančič, Janko …

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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 …