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Hamlet Hamlet quarto 3rd Adapted Work    
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken...
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The Taming of the Shrew Taming of the Shrew by Augustus Egg Adapted Work 1594  
The Taming of the Shrew comedy by William Shakespeare. It was one of his earlier plays, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594. The play begins with a framing device in which a drunkard is deceived into thinking he is a nobleman who...
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The Tamer Tamed   Adaptation   1611
The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew (ca. 1594). The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the...
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Love's Labour's Lost Title page of the first quarto (1598) Play    
Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598. It was adapted as a musical film featuring Kenneth Branagh in 2000. The name of the play comes from a...
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Macbeth Macbeth3 Adapted Work    
Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera,...
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Othello Title page of the first quarto edition of Othello, published in 1622 Adapted Work    
Othello, The Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603. The work revolves around four central characters: Othello, his wife Desdemona, his lieutenant Cassio, and his trusted advisor Iago....
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King Lear Title page of the first quarto edition, published in 1608 Adapted Work    
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works. The play is based on the legend of King Leir of Britain. It has been widely adapted for stage and screen...
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will Olivia (1888) by Edmund Blair Leighton Play    
Twelfth Night is a comedy by William Shakespeare, named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601, and was first published in the First Folio in 1623 Illyria, the setting of Twelfth Night, is important to...
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Richard III Frontispage of the First Quarto Richard The Third Adapted Work    
Richard III is William Shakespeare's unflattering depiction of the short reign of Richard III of England, believed to have been written in approximately 1591. The play is sometimes classified as a tragedy (as in the earliest quarto); but it more...
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