Hamlet

Every Shakespeare play, poem, and sonnet alongside a modern English translation everyone can understand.

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  All's Well That Ends Well

  A modern English translation of Shakespeare’s comedy, in which Helena plots to win Bertram’s love.
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  Antony and Cleopatra

  Shakespeare's play about the Roman general and Egyptian queen's doomed love.
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  As You Like It

  Rosalind and Orlando find love in the Forest of Arden in one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies.
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  The Comedy of Errors

  Two pairs of twins reunite and hijinks ensue in one of Shakespeare’s most well known comedies.
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  Coriolanus

  Shakespeare’s tragedy that plots Coriolanus’ rise and fall in Roman politics.
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  Cymbeline

  Shakespeare’s play about deception and forgiveness, set in Roman Britain.
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  Hamlet

  Hamlet avenges his father’s murder in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, translated here into modern English.
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  Henry IV, Part 1

  Shakespeare’s history play features Falstaff and Prince Hal’s hijinks.
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  Henry IV, Part 2

  Shakespeare’s history play in which Prince Hal prepares to become king.
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  Henry V

  Prince Hal becomes king and fights in France in Shakespeare’s history play.
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  Henry VI, Part 1

  Henry VI, Part I begins Shakespeare’s trilogy about The Wars of the Roses.
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  Henry VI, Part 2

  In this modern English translation of Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 2, York sends Henry VI into hiding.
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  Henry VI, Part 3

  The third and final history play about Henry VI, in which York’s heir Edward rises.
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  Henry VIII

  Shakespeare tells Henry and Anne Bullen’s love story in Henry VIII.
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  Julius Caesar

  Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar portrays Caesar’s death, and his assassins’ fall.
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  King John

  Shakespeare’s history play about King John and his struggle to hold the throne.
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  King Lear

  Shakespeare’s famous tragedy about King Lear and his daughters’ inheritance.
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  Love's Labor's Lost

  Four couples accidentally fall in love in this translation of Shakespeare’s comedy.
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  A Lover's Complaint

  A young woman mourns her lover’s falsehood in one of Shakespeare’s few long poems.
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  Macbeth

  A modern English translation of Shakespeare’s dark political tragedy, sometimes referred to as the “Scottish Play.”
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  Measure for Measure

  Shakespeare’s “problem play” about sexual mores, Measure for Measure.
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  The Merchant of Venice

  Shakespeare’s play about god, love, and religion, featuring the famous character Shylock.
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  The Merry Wives of Windsor

  Two housewives get even with Falstaff in this Shakespearean comedy.
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  A Midsummer Night's Dream

  Fairies, potions, and mischief abound in Shakespeare’s famous Athenian comedy.
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  Much Ado About Nothing

  Shakespeare’s famous comedy about verbal sparring, jealousy, and love.
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  Othello

  Our modern English translation of Shakespeare’s tragedy about jealousy and prejudice.
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  Pericles

  Shakespeare’s play chronicling exile, shipwreck, and eventual reunion.
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  The Rape of Lucrece

  Shakespeare’s poem re-telling the tragic legend of Lucrece.
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  Richard II

  Shakespeare’s Richard II tells the story of an inexpert king’s fall.
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  Richard III

  Shakespeare’s famous history play about Richard III, the murderous final York king.
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  Romeo and Juliet

  Shakespeare's famous tragedy about two lovers and their feuding families.
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  Shakespeare's Sonnets

  All 154 of Shakespeare’s beloved sonnets with a line-by-line modern English translation of each one.
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  The Taming of the Shrew

  Shakespeare’s comedy charting Kate and Petruchio’s battle of wills.
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  The Tempest

  Magic, storms, and power define The Tempest, often considered a blend of tragedy and comedy.
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  Timon of Athens

  Timon’s generosity is put to the test in one of Shakespeare’s most obscure plays.
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  Titus Andronicus

  Shakespeare’s infamously violent play, Titus Andronicus has brutality and gore in abundance.
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  Troilus and Cressida

  Shakespeare’s tragedy of two lovers set during the Trojan War.
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  Twelfth Night

  Shakespeare’s gender-bending comedy about a tricky love triangle in Illyria.
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  The Two Gentlemen of Verona

  Two friends fall in love with the same woman in this Shakespearean comedy.
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  Venus and Adonis

  Shakespeare re-tells the famous myth of Venus and Adonis in this long poem.
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  The Winter's Tale

  A family’s tragedy concludes happily in this modern translation of Shakespeare’s romance play.