Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure is one of the best of Shakespeare's plays, though it has not always received the appreciation it des...

Plays (36)

by William Shakespeare

Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...

Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

by William Shakespeare

THIS play, indisputably one of the earliest complete productions of Shakespeare's mind, was first printed in the folio o...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

1.1 Antony refuses to hear the messengers from Rome and declares that nothing matters but his love for Cleopatra.

Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

If you shall chance (Camillo) to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on-foot, you shall see ...

King Henry V

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare wrote the draft of Henry V that became the First Folio text in the early summer of 1599.

Chemistry

by Theodore L. Brown, H. Eugene Lemay

All's Well That Ends Well

by William Shakespeare

Names: in adopting Helen rather than the usual Helena, I follow the preference revealed in the Folio text, in which Hele...

Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

From fairest creatures we desire increase.

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches.

The Travels of Marco Polo

by Marco Polo

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

Antonio. In sooth I know not why I am so sad.

Othello

by William Shakespeare

ROD:Tush, never tell me!

Laws, etc

by Great Britain.

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

FLAVIUS Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home.

Tales from Shakespeare [20 tales]

by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb

There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his d...

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

Enter Orsino Duke of Illyria, Curio, and other Lords.

Essais

by Montaigne, Michel de

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

1.1 King Lear, intending to divide his power and kingdom among his three daughters, demands public professions of their ...