Tragedies 10 plays
Ambition, jealousy, revenge, and body counts. The red-spine shelf.
Macbeth
Ambitious couple takes career advice from witches. It goes poorly for Scotland.
Read the complete playHamlet
A ghost, a prince, and history's longest revenge procrastination.
Read the complete playRomeo & Juliet
Teen romance moves way too fast. The families disapprove. It escalates.
Read the complete playKing Lear
Retirement planning goes catastrophically wrong.
Coming soonOthello
A toxic coworker and one handkerchief destroy everything.
Read the complete playJulius Caesar
Kill the tyrant, save the republic. Only one of those actually happens.
Read the complete playAntony & Cleopatra
History's most powerful couple choose love over empire. Both lose.
Coming soonCoriolanus
A brilliant war hero who cannot do politics. At all. Even a little.
Coming soonTitus Andronicus
Shakespeare's slasher film. Revenge is served as a pie. Literally.
Coming soonTimon of Athens
A generous man discovers his friends only loved his wallet.
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Comedies & Romances 18 plays
Disguises, shipwrecks, love potions, and at least one wedding per ending. The green-spine shelf.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Love potions, fairy drama, and a man who becomes a donkey.
Read the complete playMuch Ado About Nothing
Two people who "hate" each other. You've seen the rom-com; this is the original.
Coming soonTwelfth Night
Shipwreck, disguises, and a love triangle with extra geometry.
Coming soonAs You Like It
Everyone flees to the forest and falls in love. Home of "All the world's a stage."
Coming soonThe Merchant of Venice
A loan with a body part as collateral. What could possibly go wrong?
Read the complete playThe Tempest
A wizard, an island, and a revenge plot that turns into forgiveness.
Coming soonThe Taming of the Shrew
The battle-of-the-sexes comedy that launched four centuries of debate.
Coming soonThe Comedy of Errors
Two sets of identical twins, one city, maximum confusion.
Coming soonThe Winter's Tale
Jealousy, a lost princess, and the greatest stage direction ever: exit, pursued by a bear.
Coming soonMeasure for Measure
A morality crackdown, led by the least moral man in Vienna.
Coming soonAll's Well That Ends Well
She cures a king to win a husband who frankly doesn't deserve her.
Coming soonThe Merry Wives of Windsor
Falstaff tries to seduce two married women. They compare notes.
Coming soonLove's Labour's Lost
Four men swear off women forever. Four women arrive immediately.
Coming soonThe Two Gentlemen of Verona
Best friends, one girl, and Shakespeare's first (and messiest) comedy.
Coming soonTroilus & Cressida
The Trojan War, with the heroism surgically removed.
Coming soonPericles
Shipwrecks, pirates, and riddles — Shakespeare's adventure serial.
Coming soonCymbeline
A wager on a wife's faithfulness spirals into wild adventure.
Coming soonThe Two Noble Kinsmen
Cousins and best friends fall for the same woman. Co-written with John Fletcher.
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Histories 10 plays
English kings, disputed crowns, and one very large knight named Falstaff. The gold-spine shelf.
Henry V
Underdog king delivers the greatest pre-game speech of all time.
Coming soonRichard III
A villain so charming he narrates his own crimes to your face.
Coming soonHenry IV, Part 1
A rebel prince, a tavern, and Falstaff — the greatest comic character ever written.
Coming soonHenry IV, Part 2
The party ends. Growing up means breaking Falstaff's heart.
Coming soonRichard II
A poet-king learns that crowns are borrowed, never owned.
Coming soonKing John
A disputed crown and the original "bad King John."
Coming soonHenry VI, Part 1
England starts losing France. Enter Joan of Arc.
Coming soonHenry VI, Part 2
The Wars of the Roses ignite.
Coming soonHenry VI, Part 3
England tears itself apart — and a certain villain begins his rise.
Coming soonHenry VIII
Divorce, politics, and a baby named Elizabeth. The grand finale.
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