tragedies (drama)

In medieval Verona, two teens from feuding families fall in love and secretly marry, setting the stage for tragedy.

Macbeth and his ambitious wife plot to kill their king and his heirs, clearing the way for Macbeth to seize the crown of Scotland for himself.

Presents the complete text of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," with a line-by-line translation of the play in simple language, a list of characters, and a commentary.

Contains Henry V, Shakespeare's tragedy in which young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs; and includes detailed notes, an introduction to Shakespeare's language, and essays about his life, theater and publication of his works.

Presents Shakespeare's tragedy about Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two young people from noble Veronese houses whose love for one another is doomed by the long-standing feud between their families.

Presents the complete text to William Shakespeare's play "King Lear," in which King Lear divides his kingdom among two of his daughters, and banishes the third.

William Shakespeare's classic drama of a young prince who deals with the death of his father.

Two lovers are destroyed by the hatred of their families for one another.

An adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet in which two teens from feuding families in medieval Verona fall in love and secretly marry, setting the stage for tragedy.

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's drama of star-crossed lovers side-by-side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.