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Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate? The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.

Pericles, Prince of Tyre, undergoes a tyrant's fury, storm, and shipwreck. He wins love and suffers loss, but what is lost may also be found. With the ancient poet Gower acting as narrator, we follow the adventures of Pericles from young manhood to maturity. This strange and powerful tale of loss and recovery is the first in the group of romance comedies created by Shakespeare at the end of his dramatic career.

David Tennant stars as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy of disguise, madness and love. One of Shakespeare's happiest plays, Twelfth Night is both a comedy of misrule and a trenchant attack on puritanism. Disguise and deceit leads to misadventure, madness and mistaken love. Orsino loves Olivia...

The fabulously rich Timon believes all his friends to be as open-hearted and generous as himself. When his wealth suddenly evaporates, however, he discovers the truth and his altruism turns to a bitter hatred of mankind. Stirred up by the cynical Apemantus, Timon retreats to the woods where he plots the destruction of Athens, the city that had formerly seemed to embody everything pleasurable and civilized. The cosmic scope of his hatred is communicated in a series of powerful and disturbing dramatic tableaux.

Troy is besieged by the invading Greeks, but the young Trojan prince Troilus can think only of his love for Cressida. Her uncle Pandarus brings the two together, but after only one night news comes that Cressida must be sent to the enemy camp. There, as Troilus looks on, she yields to the wooing of the Greek Diomedes. The tragic story is undercut by the commentary of Thersites, who provides a cynical chorus.

Some of the greatest poets and lovers in the English language speak of their love in this seductive and romantic collection. Here are the voices of Romeo, Robert Burns, Lord Byron and many others.

King Henry is married to Katherine of Aragon, but he has been smitten by the charms of the queen's maid of honor, Anne Bullen, and is tempted to divorce his dignified and noble wife. Meanwhile, the lords of England resent the influence of Henry's trusted advisor, Cardinal Wolsey, who is gradually drawing power into his own hands. As Katherine and Wolsey suffer their tragic falls, new figures rise to fill their places, but they, too, will be brought low by the inexorable sweep of time and fortune.

The young and virtuous physician's daughter Helena desperately loves Count Bertram, but he regards her as beneath his notice. When Helena cures the king of France of a mortal illness, he rewards her with Bertram's hand, but before their marriage can be consummated the count flees. To win her husband back again, Helena forms a daring and resourceful plan. A plot to unmask the strutting soldier Parolles makes up another strand in this sometimes disturbing comedy of deception and disguise.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Romeo and Juliet had a profound influence on subsequent literature. Before then, romance had not even been viewed as a worthy topic for tragedy.

Rome is a city divided, nobility and common-people locked in mutual suspicion. The patrician Caius Marcius, later called Coriolanus, is Rome's greatest soldier, but his proud refusal to accommodate himself to the demands of the plebeians leads to banishment and death. A Roman history as well as tragedy, Coriolanus is a complex and subtle exploration of the themes of absolution and compromise, both in the political world and in the life of the individual.

King Lear is ready to turn his realm over to his three daughters. His plan is simple: Give the biggest piece to the daughter who loves him most. But honeyed words and hubris blind Lear to the true motives of those around him, plunging king and kingdom into a hell of treachery, madness, and unspeakable acts - with consequences that reveal the worst and best in human nature.

In Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung spielt William Shakespeare mit Klischees, Rollenbildern und Beziehungsdynamiken – zugleich provokant, unterhaltsam und voller Wortwitz. Die Handlung rund um die widerspenstige Katharina und ihren widerspruchslustigen Verehrer Petruchio wirft bis heute Fragen nach Selbstbestimmung, Anpassung und Inszenierung auf. Eine Komödie mit Tempo, Ironie und hintergründigem Charme – ein Klassiker der Theaterliteratur, vielfach adaptiert und kontrovers diskutiert.

WARNING!! Check your surroundings before listening to this book as you may fall over from laughing. As part of his new Solo Folio Series; Author, audiobook narrator and ardent Shakespeare lover Luke Daniels takes on The Merry Wives of Windsor, as only he can. As well as being suitable for use as a production script this wild and raucous, slapstick comedy has been faithfully transcribed from the 1602 Quarto publication and includes the original Elizabethan spellings.

Der schwarze General Othello wird Opfer einer heimtückischen Intrige seines Fähnrichs Jago, der ihn in den Wahnsinn der Eifersucht treibt – mit tödlichen Folgen. Das Stück verhandelt zentrale Themen wie Vertrauen, Verrat, Manipulation und Selbstzweifel – in einer meisterhaften Sprache, die bis heute fesselt. Othello ist ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur und eines der wirkungsmächtigsten Dramen über die zerstörerische Kraft der Eifersucht. Ein Meisterwerk der Tragödie – eindringlich, psychologisch und zeitlos relevant.

Das Drama basiert auf den historischen Ereignissen rund um die Ermordung Gaius Julius Caesars im antiken Rom und entfaltet eine vielschichtige Erzählung über politische Intrige, Loyalität, Manipulation und den moralischen Preis der Macht. Im Zentrum stehen Figuren wie Brutus, Cassius, Marcus Antonius und natürlich Caesar selbst – allesamt getrieben von Idealen, Ängsten und persönlichen Motiven. Shakespeare zeigt, wie aus Freiheitsliebe Verrat wird – und wie der Sturz eines Tyrannen eine ganze Ordnung erschüttern kann.

In Der Kaufmann von Venedig verwebt William Shakespeare Elemente von Komödie, Tragik und Gerichtsdrama zu einem faszinierenden Bühnenstück über Schuld, Barmherzigkeit, Vorurteil und Menschlichkeit. Der venezianische Kaufmann Antonio leiht seinem Freund Bassanio Geld, um um die reiche Portia zu werben – und geht dafür einen riskanten Pakt mit dem jüdischen Geldverleiher Shylock ein. Was folgt, ist ein Spiel um Ehre, Gnade und die Auslegung von Recht. Ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur – vielschichtig, unterhaltsam und bis heute aktuell.

Die Geschichte zweier junger Liebender aus verfeindeten Familien steht bis heute als Sinnbild für leidenschaftliche Liebe, familiäre Konflikte und tragisches Schicksal. Zwischen heimlicher Liebe, dramatischen Wendungen und unausweichlichem Tod entfaltet sich ein Drama von sprachlicher Schönheit und emotionaler Wucht. Die Themen sind universell: Liebe und Hass, Jugend und Rebellion, Leben und Tod. Ein Klassiker, der seit Jahrhunderten Menschen bewegt – zeitlos, poetisch und tief berührend.

Die Geschichte des dänischen Prinzen, der nach dem Mord an seinem Vater von Zweifeln, Rachegedanken und philosophischer Grübelei zerrissen wird, ist ein zeitloses Meisterwerk über Wahrheit, Täuschung und innere Zerrissenheit. Zwischen Intrige, Wahnsinn und Verrat entfaltet sich ein psychologisch vielschichtiges Drama um Macht, Gewissen und den Sinn des Lebens. Hamlet ist Zweifler und Denker, Rebell und Melancholiker – bis zum tödlichen Finale.

In this book, acclaimed actor Paterson Joseph opens up the process of rehearsing and preparing for the RSC's 2012 production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and, by doing so, brings a greater understanding to the play's characters; its rhetoric and the power of rhetoric in general, both on and off stage; its setting and political context and how this can be interpreted and refreshed for the 21st century.

This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author’s inimitable wit and intelligence. Includes an exclusive Q&A session with the author. Shakespeare’s life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket...