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2 days ago · A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers.
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2 days ago · The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device , often referred to as the induction , [a] in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself.
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11 hours ago · After the lyrical Richard II, written almost entirely in verse, Shakespeare introduced prose comedy into the histories of the late 1590s, Henry IV, parts 1 and 2, and Henry V. His characters become more complex and tender as he switches deftly between comic and serious scenes, prose and poetry, and achieves the narrative variety of his mature work.
1 day ago · Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Join us online, on the road, or in Washington, DC.
3 days ago · The tempest, or, The enchanted island: a comedy. London [i.e. The Hague]: [s.n.]. Creator. William Shakespeare, William D'Avenant, John Dryden, Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Johnson, Peter Floyer, and J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps. Source. Special Collections, University of Delaware Library. Publisher. London [i.e. The Hague]: [s.n.] Date. 1710 ...
5 days ago · Macbeth, tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written sometime in 1606–07 and published in the First Folio of 1623. The play chronicles Macbeth’s seizing of power and subsequent destruction, both his rise and his fall the result of blind ambition.
6 days ago · Shakespeare resources for theatre students. Queen Elizabeth and the Making of Policy, 1572-1588 by Wallace T. MacCaffrey Acclaimed for their dramatic rendering of the personalities and forces that shaped Elizabethan politics, Wallace T. MacCaffrey's three volumes thoroughly chronicle the Queen's decision making throughout her reign in a way that combines pleasurable reading with subtle analysis.
