early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600

Traces the evolution of English drama from 1560 to 1642, examining dramatic styles, actors, playwrights, and playhouses. Includes scenes from three tragedies.

A collection of critical essays on major sixteenth and seventeenth-century English dramatists and their works.

Looks at the plot and background of Shakespeare's play Othello as well as some of the play's characters.

Two young lovers are destroyed by the bitter feud between their powerful families, the Montagues and the Capulets.

Shakespeare's classic story of an ambitious king and his eventual downfall.

Shakespeare's tragedy about greed and ambition, and a man driven to murder to gain a kingdom, only to meet his death.

Shakespeare's classic drama exploring madness, guilt, justice and self-perception. "...The tragedy of a man who could not make up his mind.".

Film version of the Shakespeare tragedy about the ambitious king and his eventual downfall.

Provides information about William Shakespeare's family life and work as a playwright and actor, summaries of his works, and details and challenges of staging Shakespearean productions. Includes a CD with performances from selected Shakespearean plays and sonnets by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company.