humorous plays

Shakespeare's comedy about young lovers, throne usurpers, and banishment in the Forest of Arden.

Claudio and Hero, awaiting their wedding, conspire to get the antagonistic Beatrice and Benedick to fall in love, unaware that they themselves are the target of a more sinister plot.

A farce telling the story of the Hardcastle family's mishaps and adventures in their undertaking to marry off a single daughter.

Shakespeare's comedy about couples and fairies and what they do in the name of lovel.

When Algernon and Jack fall in love with two young ladies, they've done it under false pretenses, and confusion and mayhem threaten to break up the young lovers.

The rich bourgeois Orgon doesn't realize the swindler Tartuffe is trying to get the best of him until he witnesses Tartuffe's attempt to seduce Orgon's wife.

Presents the text of the play about a man who sets out to tame his shrewish wife, and includes an essay on the play in performance, annotated bibliographies, and other reference information.

Presents the text of "A Midsummer Night's Dream, " in which two sets of lovers get lost in the woods and become caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen, and includes introductory and textual notes, character lists and studies, a synopsis, teaching tools and suggestions, historical background, and biographical information about Shakespeare.

Presents abridged, comedic versions of William Shakespeare's plays as performed by the Californian acting troupe, the Reduced Shakespeare Company.