The Complete Works
38 plays. Every scene annotated.
Side-by-side original text with modern translation, deep dives, and annotations on every line.
Tragedys
Tragedy
Hamlet
A prince, a ghost, and a kingdom gone wrong.
Tragedy
King Lear
A king gives everything away and loses everything.
Tragedy
Macbeth
Ambition that eats itself.
Tragedy
Othello
Jealousy as a weapon wielded by someone else.
Tragedy
Romeo and Juliet
The most famous love story that is also a warning.
Tragedy
Antony and Cleopatra
Empire versus desire — and desire wins.
Tragedy
Julius Caesar
The most dangerous speech in Shakespeare.
Tragedy
Coriolanus
A war hero who despises the people he fights for.
Tragedy
Timon of Athens
A man who loved humanity until humanity proved him right.
Tragedy
Titus Andronicus
The most violent play Shakespeare ever wrote, and it means it.
Tragedy
Troilus and Cressida
Love and war — and Shakespeare's most cynical play about both.
Comedys
Comedy
As You Like It
Exile, disguise, and finding yourself in the forest.
Comedy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Love as a spell — and who controls the spell.
Comedy
Twelfth Night
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and a great villain.
Comedy
Much Ado About Nothing
Two people who argue because they can't admit they're in love.
Comedy
The Merchant of Venice
A bond of flesh and the cost of mercy.
Comedy
Measure for Measure
Justice, mercy, and the men who abuse both.
Comedy
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The most famous man in England, made to look ridiculous twice.
Comedy
All's Well That Ends Well
A woman who wants more than she's allowed to want.
Comedy
Love's Labour's Lost
Men who swear off women — until women arrive.
Comedy
The Taming of the Shrew
The most uncomfortable comedy Shakespeare ever wrote.
Comedy
The Comedy of Errors
Two sets of identical twins in the same city on the same day.
Comedy
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Shakespeare's earliest comedy — and his most ruthless betrayal.
Historys
History
Henry IV, Part 1
A stolen throne, a son who won't grow up, and a war.
History
Henry IV, Part 2
The cost of becoming a king — and what you have to bury.
History
Henry V
England's greatest king — or its most dangerous one.
History
Richard II
A king born to rule who never learned how.
History
Richard III
The villain who wills himself into a crown.
History
Henry VI, Part 1
England loses France. The Wars of the Roses begin.
History
Henry VI, Part 2
Ambition, murder, and the collapse of a kingdom.
History
Henry VI, Part 3
A kingdom torn in two, and the making of a villain.
History
Henry VIII
Henry's great matter — and the church that broke.
History
King John
A king with no right to his crown in a world with no good choices.
Romances
Romance
The Tempest
Prospero's island, Caliban's rage, and the limits of magic.
Romance
The Winter's Tale
A man destroys everything he loves — and gets sixteen years to regret it.
Romance
Cymbeline
Lost children, false accusations, and a Britain finding itself.
Romance
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
A man who loses everything at sea and finds it again.
Romance
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Two friends fall in love with the same woman. Only one can have her.