Shakespeare Plays

For this updated critical edition of Romeo and Juliet, Hester Lees-Jeffries has written a completely new introduction. It draws on recent research ...

William Shakespeare's Henry VIII is a compelling history play, recreating a crucial moment in the Tudor dynasty, and the events that marked the beg...

In the introduction to this new edition, David Bevington explores some key dilemmas and puzzles in this most famous of Shakespeares tragedies. What...

*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**No 1 Sunday Times bestseller*'Immensely enjoyable and gloriously dark' Daily ExpressHe's the be...

By carefully selecting extracts from sources, scholars and scriptwriters, Gordon McMullan tells a series of stories about Romeo and Juliet, globall...

One of Shakespeare's late, fantastical plays, Cymbeline considers human love and art through the thrilling wonder of the Renaissance theatre. This ...

This second edition of Othello has a new, illustrated introduction by leading American scholar Ayanna Thompson, which addresses such key issues as ...

An engaging comedy of love, The Two Gentlemen of Verona deals with the conflict between friendship and romance, and features one of Shakespeare's m...

Henry V dramatizes the legend of the heroic warrior-king who won the battle of Agincourt; but it also tells the more human story of a young kings p...

Twelfth Night is an ambiguously erotic comedy telling a twisted tale of mistaken identity, transformation and deception. With a man playing a girl ...

This is the latest in the Primary Classics series produced by the National Theatre's Discover program, which aims to introduce children aged 7–11 t...

Giraldi Cinthios storywhich Shakespeare used for both the plot and many details of Othellois included here, as is a generous selection of interpret...