Shakespeare Plays
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| show | All's Well That Ends Well
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| show | As you Like It
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| Twin brothers Antipholus (of Syracuse and Ephesus) and their twin servants, both named Dromio, are separated at birth. Mistaken identities in Ephesus lead to chaos until a family reunion sorts it out. | show 🗑
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| show | Love's Labour's Lost
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| Duke Vincentio pretends to leave Vienna, leaving Angelo in charge. Angelo sentences Claudio to death for fornication. Claudio’s sister, Isabella, pleads for mercy; Angelo demands her virtue. The Duke manipulates a resolution. | show 🗑
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| Bassanio seeks Portia’s hand, funded by Antonio’s loan from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. Antonio defaults; Shylock demands a pound of flesh. Portia, disguised as a lawyer, saves Antonio. | show 🗑
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| show | The Merry Wives of WIndsor
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| Lovers Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius get tangled in a forest where fairy king Oberon and queen Titania feud. Puck’s magic causes chaos (e.g., Bottom’s donkey head), but love resolves. | show 🗑
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| show | Much Ado About Nothing
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| show | The Taming of the Shrew
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| show | Twelfth Night
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| show | The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Palamon and Arcite, cousins, both love Emilia while imprisoned. Freed, they duel for her hand. Arcite wins but dies; Palamon marries Emilia. | show 🗑
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| King Leontes wrongly accuses Queen Hermione of adultery with Polixenes. Hermione “dies”; their baby, Perdita, is abandoned. Years later, Perdita’s love story reunites the family; Hermione revives. | show 🗑
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| show | King John
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| show | Richard II
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| show | Henry IV, Part I
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| Rebellion continues; Hal matures, rejecting Falstaff’s influence. X dies, and Hal becomes Henry V, embracing duty. | show 🗑
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| show | Henry V
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| show | Henry VI, Part I
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| Civil strife grows as York challenges X's throne. Jack Cade’s rebellion erupts; York’s sons plot. Queen Margaret emerges as a fierce player. | show 🗑
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| Wars of the Roses intensify. York dies; his sons fight on. X is deposed, then briefly restored, before Edward IV (York’s son) triumphs. | show 🗑
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| X, Duke of Gloucester, schemes to become king, murdering kin and rivals. He’s crowned but loses support. Henry Tudor defeats him at Bosworth, becoming Henry VII. | show 🗑
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| show | Henry VIII
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| X, infatuated with Y, neglects Rome. Octavius Caesar defeats him at Actium. X and Y die by suicide, defying Caesar’s triumph. | show 🗑
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| show | Coriolanus
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| Prince X learns from his father’s ghost that King Claudius murdered him. X feigns madness, seeks revenge, and delays, leading to a tragic pile-up of deaths. | show 🗑
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| Brutus, persuaded by Cassius, joins a conspiracy to assassinate X, fearing his ambition. After the murder, Antony incites rebellion. Brutus and Cassius lose at Philippi and die. | show 🗑
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| X divides his kingdom among daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia, based on flattery. Cordelia’s honesty gets her banished. X descends into madness as his elder daughters betray him. Nearly all die. | show 🗑
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| X, spurred by witches’ prophecies and Lady X, kills King Duncan to become king. Paranoia leads to more murders. Macduff and Malcolm overthrow him; X dies. | show 🗑
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| show | Othello
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| show | Romeo and Juliet
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| Wealthy X gives lavishly to friends. When bankrupt, they abandon him. He becomes a misanthrope, dies alone, cursing humanity. | show 🗑
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| Roman general X faces Tamora, Goth queen, in a revenge cycle. Murders, rape, and cannibalism escalate (Tamora eats her sons in a pie). Most die. | show 🗑
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| King X's daughter Imogen loves Posthumus, but he’s banished. Iachimo bets Posthumus Imogen is unfaithful, faking evidence. Disguises and war resolve the mess; all reconcile. | show 🗑
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| show | Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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| Prospero, exiled duke, uses magic to strand his enemies on his island. He orchestrates his daughter Miranda’s love for Ferdinand and forgives his foes, renouncing magic. | show 🗑
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| During the Trojan War, lovers X and Y are torn apart by war and betrayal, while Greek and Trojan leaders bicker. | show 🗑
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