It is set in Sicily, and revolves around the main character, King Leontes, who is consumed by doubts about his wifes loyalty. Jealousy drives him to plot his best friends murder, imprison his wife …
The Taming of The Shrew is about Katherine, the ill-tempered daughter of a wealthy merchant in Padua. Katherine is so petulant that her father believes no man will ever want her as his wife. Howeve…
The play is set on a remote island inhabited by Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan and his daughter, Miranda. The play revolves around Prospero's attempt to restore himself and his daughter to th…
It tells the sad story of Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, who, upon his father's death, returns from Wittenberg to discover the evil plot of his Uncle Claudius and his mother, Queen Gertrude. The pl…
The play is set in ancient Rome and portrays actual events from Roman history. As the play unfolds, the evil conspiracy of Caesar's murder is revealed. Great tragedy strikes Rome when Caesar is kil…
Twelfth Night is a delightful comic love story. The play begins with a shipwreck, during which Viola is separated from her identical twin brother, Sebastian, and is swept onto the shores of the kin…
Timon of Athens is the tale of a rich Athenian who lived a lavish life, spending his wealth on his friends. Eventually, when his wealth ceases and he asks his friends for help, Timon is shocked to …
It is about two inseparable friends, Valentine and Proteus, and how their friendship is affected when they fall in love.
This book takes place in the final years of the War of the Roses when the first and last Yorkist kings rule England. In it the hunchbacked Richard, Duke of Gloucester, covets his brother's throne, …
The play revolves around a power-hungry Scottish lord, Macbeth and his lady, who conspire to kill King Duncan. After Duncan's death, Macbeth ascends the throne, only to be consumed by guilt, panic,…