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The book is, quite simply, a line-by-line translation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest translated into modern English.

Believed to have been written in 1603, Shakespeare's Othello is a tragedy that puts the playwright's prodigious creative gifts on full display.

Shakespeare's comedy play Much Ado About Nothing pivots around the impediments to love for young betrothed Hero and Claudio when Hero is falsely accused of infidelity and the "lover'

The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter fued.

The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare's most popular short comedy plays. The plot is driven by two cases of mistaken identity and witty pun-drenched dialogue.

Although originally classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, All's Well That Ends Well is now more commonly classified as one of his ambiguous problem plays – so called because they d

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragic play by Shakespeare – which tells the ill-fated love story between Antony and Cleopatra and the antagonistic role played by Julius Caesar, future emperor of Rome.

As You Like It is truly one of Shakespeare's greatest romantic comedies.

Richard III belongs to Shakespeare's folio of King Richard plays, and is the longest of his plays after Hamlet.

One of Shakespeare's early comedies, Love's Labour's Lost follows the travails of the King of Navarre and three of his companions as they make a vow to eschew the attentions of women

Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one of his best-known plays. Often referred to as an archetypal tale, it warns against lust for power and the betrayal of friends.

Another case of mistaken identity from the king of the plot twist, Twelfth Night tells the tale of the beautiful young Viola who is separated from her twin brother, Sebastian, when their ship is lo

The Tempest is thought by many to be Shakespeare's greatest and most perfect play.

Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio's marriage to Bianca is prompted by his idealized love of an apparently ideal woman.

The Merchant of Venice is classed as one of Shakespeare's comedies, but is more often remembered for its dramatic characters and situations.