Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

Shakespeare Then and Now

The Nature of Shakespeare's Plays

Twelfth Night — Shakespearean Comedy

Twelfth Night — Malvolio in Love

The Taming of the Shrew — Getting Married in the 1590s

The Taming of the Shrew — Farce and Romance

The Merchant of Venice — Courting the Heiress

The Merchant of Venice — Shylock

Measure for Measure — Sex in Society

Measure for Measure — Justice and Comedy

Richard III — Shakespearean History

Richard III — The Villain's Career

Richard II — The Theory of Kingship

Richard II — The Fall of the King

Henry IV — All the King's Men

Henry IV — The Life of Falstaff

Henry V — The Death of Falstaff

Henry V — The King Victorious

Romeo and Juliet — Shakespearean Tragedy

Romeo and Juliet — Public Violence and Private Bliss

Troilus and Cressida — Ancient Epic in a New Mode

Troilus and Cressida — Heroic Aspirations

Julius Caesar — The Matter of Rome

Julius Caesar — Heroes of History

Hamlet — The Abundance of the Play

Hamlet — The Causes of Tragedy

Hamlet — The Protestant Hero

Othello — The Design of the Tragedy

Othello — “O Villainy! ”

Othello — “the Noble Moor”

King Lear — “this Is the Worst”

King Lear — Wisdom Through Suffering

King Lear — “then We Go On”

MacBeth — “fair Is Foul”

MacBeth — Musing on Murder

MacBeth — “enter Two Murderers”