Tragic plays

Love and Longing-- As You Like it is One of William Shakespeare's best known plays.

Vengeance and War-- Rome is in turmoil, there is rioting in the streets and open warfare between the varying ruling factions.

Innocence and Jealousy-- Like Othello and The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline deals with perceived betrayal and jealousy.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is widely considered Shakespeare's greatest play.

Betrayal and Honor-- Fearing that Caesar means to end the Roman republic and make himself the emperor, Brutus, Caesar's closest friend, allows himself to be caught up in a plot to kill Caesar.

Irresponsibility of Youth-- The reign of King Henry IV is not going smoothly.

Magic and Treachery- The Play starts which young King henry VI, Marrying Margaret of Anjou.

Heredity and Ability-- Henry VI, Part 1 opens at the funeral of Henry V, who died unexceptedly in his prime.

Responsibility and Honor-- In Henry IV, Part 2, Hal continues his journey of growth becoming a man fit to hold the throne of England.

Defeat and Civil War-- King Henry VI, Part 3 opens with Henry and his queen on the run after losing the First Battle of St.

War and Betrayal-- France threatens war with England unless King John renounces his claim to the throne in favor of his nephew Arthur.

Rain, Wind, Thunder, Fire-- King Lear is Shakespeare's brilliant play about truth, love, and madness.

Greed and Anger-- King Richard is called upon to settle a dispute over money between Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray.

Villainy and Treachery-- Richard III tells of the story of how Richard steals the kingdom from his young nephew after the death of his brother Edward.

Murder, mayhem, and magic.

Love and Obligations-- The King of Navarre, Ferdinand, and three of his friends, the lords Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, take an oath to foreswear the company of women for three years.

Mercy and Justice-- Measure for Measure is a play that balances Mercy against Justice and pride against humility.

Honor and Shame-- One of Shakespeare's very best plays.

To Die Upon a Kiss-- Othello is Shakespeare's great tragic play of love, trust, and deceit.

Deception and Shame-- The play opens in the court of Antiochus, king of Antioch.

Fortune's Fool Here is William Shakespeare's brilliant play the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona during a feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.

Nature or Nurture-- The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of twins accidently separated and mixed at birth.

Pride and Defeat-- Troilus and Cressida takes place in the seventh year of the Trojan War.

Honor and Glory-- King Henry V has put aside the indiscretion of youth and taken the throne upon his father's death.

Friendship and Greed!

Deception and Pride-- Bassanio, a Venetian nobleman, wishes to woo the beautiful and wealthy Portia, but he is short on funds.

Love and Deception-- Hortensio and Gremio are competing suitors for the hand of the beautiful Bianca.

Merry Mischief-- Arriving in Windsor with very little money, John Falstaff decides to raise funds by wooing two wealthy, married women.

Magic and Intrigue-- Prospero, a wizard, is the rightful Duke of Milan, but his brother, in league with the King, had deposed him and set him adrift with his 3-year-old daughter Miranda 12 years earlier.

Blood and Revenge-- Titus Andronicus is by far Shakespeare's most violent play.

Love and Fealty-- Two Gentleman of Verona is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays.

Honor and Dignity-- Two Noble Kinsmen is based on Geoffrey Chaucer's the Knight's Tale.

Friendship and Trust-- Leontes and Polixenes, friends from childhood, are having a protracted visit for the first time in years.

Mistaken Identity-- Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian, are shipwrecked.

Loyalty and Heredity-- King Henry VIII covers the period of Henry's reign from shortly after he becomes king to the birth of Elizabeth, who would one day become queen and for whom the play was written.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

'Tempest has a gift for shattering and transcending convention.

Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's tragedy "e;Troilus and Cressida"e;.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus', commonly referred to simply as 'Doctor Faustus', is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

'Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare' is a collection edited by Edith Nesbit.

Included herein are the seven surviving plays of Athens' pre-eminent playwright, Sophocles, masterfully translated by Lewis Campbell, M.

'The Trachinian Maidens' (also 'Women of Trachis' or 'The Trachiniae') is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles, in which Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, is distraught over her husband's neglect of her family.