Shakespeare festival
We can’t have a Reading Room without including extracted stories from William Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist.
Set in an imaginary world, this tragicomedy offers three acts of unremitting tragedy, followed by two acts of restorative comedy.
This romantic comedy is about twins, Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck.
Rosalind flees persecution with her cousin Celia, where she finds safety and love in the Forest of Arden.
Shylock lends money to Antonio with a terrible condition if he defaults on the loan. Find out how the story unfolds.
Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers from two powerful families with an age-old vendetta against each other.
A ship’s crew are shipwrecked on a magical island where they are tormented by a sorcerer and his servants.
Othello is an African general in the Venetian army who appoints Cassio and not Iago as his chief lieutenant, with tragic results.
An aging King Lear decides to step down from the throne and divide his kingdom among his daughters.
In this comedy, two best friends fall in love with the same lady.
This comedy demonstrates the proverb of all’s well that ends well.
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son to avenge his murder.
Ambition drives Macbeth and his wife murder their king for his throne.
Petruchio courts Katherina, a headstrong, stubborn shrew.
In this comedy, two boys fall in love with the same girl.
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