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Henry IV

Henry IV, Part 1

Introduction:
Title page of the first quarto (1598)
Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second of Shakespeare's tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (2 plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspur's battle at Homildon against the Douglas late in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the rebels at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403.[1] From the start it has been an extremely popular play both with the public and the critics.[2]

Characters

Facsimile of the first page of The First Part of King Henry the Fourth from the First Folio, published in 1623
* King Henry the Fourth of England
Based on the historical King Henry IV of England, this first cousin of Richard II (whom he supplanted in 1399) is also known as "Bullingbrook" or "Bolingbroke" after his place of birth in Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire. Before he was king he was Duke of Lancaster (and is called "Lancaster" by Glendower).
Prince Henry
Based on the youthful Henry V of England, the Prince of Wales is variously called "Hal", "Harry", or "Harry Monmouth", having been born at Monmouth. He is the eldest son of Henry IV.
Lord John of Lancaster
Actually the third son of Henry IV, he was later made Duke of Bedford. Here he has a small role and is called "John" by Hal but has "Lancaster" for a speech heading (adding to the confusion, since Glendower, in referring to "Lancaster", means his father).
Earl of Westmorland (Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland)
Sir Walter Blunt
Earl of Worcester (Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester)
Earl of Northumberland (Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland)
Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, Northumberland's son
Kate, Lady Percy, Hotspur's wife
Edmund Mortimer, called Earl of March
Lady Mortimer
Owen Glendower, leader of the Welsh, and Lady Mortimer's father
Earl of Douglas
Sir Richard Vernon
Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
Sir Michael, a member of the Archbishop's household
Sir John Falstaff
Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character, but originally he was called "Oldcastle". Traces of this remain in the play. Thus Hal could refer to his friend as "my old lad of the castle". [See: Sir John Oldcastle.] King's Men actors who played the part of Falstaff included John Heminges, John Lowin, and Charles Hart.[7]
Edward (Ned) Poins
Bardolph
Peto
Mistress Quickly
Francis, a drawer
Vintner
Gadshill
Carriers, Chamberlain, Ostler, Travellers, Sheriff, Messengers, Servant, Lords, Soldiers

Quotes

"He will give the devil his due". - (Act I, Scene II).
"The better part of valour is discretion". - (Act V, Scene IV).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_iv

Henry IV, Part 2

Introduction:
Facsimile of the first page of The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth from the First Folio, published in 1623
Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V.

Characters

Rumour, the Presenter
Epilogue
King Henry IV of England
Prince Harry, later King Henry V of England
Prince John of Lancaster
Prince Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Prince Thomas, Duke of Clarence
Earl of Northumberland (Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland)
Lady Northumberland
Kate, widow of Harry Hotspur
Travers, Northumberland's servant
Morton, a messenger
Scrope, Archbishop of York
Lord Bardolf
Thomas, Lord Mowbray, the Earl Marshal
Lord Hastings
Sir John Coleville
Lord Chief Justice (Sir William Gascoigne)
His Servant
Gower, a messenger
Sir John Falstaff
His Page
Bardolph
Poins
Ensign Pistol
Peto
Mistress Quickly
Doll Tearsheet, a prostitute
Snare
Fang
Earl of Warwick (Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick)
Earl of Surrey (Thomas Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Surrey)
Earl of Westmorland (Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland)
Harcourt
Sir John Blunt
Robert Shallow, country justice
Silence, country justice
Davy, Shallow's servant
Ralph Mouldy, Simon Shadow, Thomas Wart, Francis Feeble, Peter Bullcalf
Porter of Northumberland's household
Drawers, Beadles, Grooms, Messenger, Sneak and other Musicians, soldiers, and attendants.

Quotes

"He hath eaten me out of house and home". - (Act II, Scene I).
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown". - (Act III, Scene I).
"A man can die but once". - (Act III, Scene II).

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Macbeth

Macbeth

Introduction:

Charles Kean and his wife as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, in costumes aiming to be historically accurate (1858).
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, film, books, stage and screen. Often regarded as archetypal, the play tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends. For the plot Shakespeare drew loosely on the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed and that by the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece.[1] There are many superstitions centred on the belief the play is somehow "cursed", and many actors will not mention the name of the play aloud, referring to it instead as "The Scottish play".

Characters

Scene from Macbeth, depicting the witches' conjuring of an apparition in Act IV, Scene I. Painting by William Rimmer
Duncan – King of Scotland
Malcolm – Duncan's elder son
Donalbain – Duncan's younger son
Macbeth – A general in the army of King Duncan. Thane of Cawdor,Thane of Glamis, King of Scots
Lady Macbeth – Macbeth's wife
Banquo – Macbeth's friend and a general in the army of King Duncan
Fleance – The son of Banquo
Macduff – The Thane of Fife
Lady Macduff – Macduff's wife
Macduff's Son
Lennox – A Scottish lord
Ross – A Scottish lord
Angus – A Scottish lord
Mentieth – A Scottish lord
Caithness – A Scottish lord
Siward – Earl of Northumberland, General of the English forces
Young Siward – The son of Siward
Seyton – A servant and attendant
Hecate – Chief witch/Goddess of Witchcraft
Three Witches
Three Murderers
Porter (or Messenger)
English Doctor
Scottish Doctor

Quotes

There 's daggers in men's smiles". - (Act II, Scene III).
"what 's done is done".- (Act III, Scene II).
"I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none". - (Act I, Scene VII).
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair". - (Act I, Scene I).
"I bear a charmed life". - (Act V, Scene VIII).
"Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness." - (Act I, Scene V).
"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red" - (Act II, Scene II).
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble." - (Act IV, Scene I).
"Out, damned spot! out, I say!" - (Act V, Scene I)..
"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." - (Act V, Scene I).
"When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly 's done,When the battle 's lost and won". - (Act I, Scene I).
"If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me". - (Act I, Scene III).
"Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it; he died as one that had been studied in his death to throw away the dearest thing he owed, as 't were a careless trifle". - (Act I, Scene IV).
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't." - (Act I, Scene V).
"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, and falls on the other." - (Act I, Scene VII).
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?" - (Act II, Scene I).
"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." - (Act V, Scene V).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth

Hamlet

Hamlet

Introduction:
The American actor Edwin Booth as Hamlet, c. 1870 (Photographer: unknown)
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 the throne and married Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.
Despite much literary detective work, the exact year of writing remains in dispute. Three different early versions of the play have survived: these are known as the First Quarto (Q1), the Second Quarto (Q2) and the First Folio (F1). Each has lines, and even scenes, that are missing from the others. Shakespeare probably based Hamlet on the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum and subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest, and a supposedly lost Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet.
Given the play's dramatic structure and depth of characterization, Hamlet can be analyzed, interpreted and argued about from many perspectives. For example, commentators have puzzled for centuries about Hamlet's hesitation in killing his uncle. Some see it as a plot device to prolong the action, and others see it as the result of pressure exerted by the complex philosophical and ethical issues that surround cold-blooded murder, calculated revenge and thwarted desire. More recently, psychoanalytic critics have examined Hamlet's unconscious desires, and feminist critics have re-evaluated and rehabilitated the often maligned characters of Ophelia and Gertrude.
Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play, and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language. It provides a storyline capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others".[1] During Shakespeare's lifetime the play was one of his most popular works,[2] and it still ranks high among his most-performed, topping, for example, the Royal Shakespeare Company's list since 1879.[3] It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella".[4] The title role was almost certainly created for Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeare's time.[5] In the four hundred years since, it has been played by the greatest actors, and sometimes actresses, of each successive age.

Quotes

To be, or not to be: that is the question". - (Act III, Scene I).
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry". - (Act I, Scene III).
"This above all: to thine own self be true". - (Act I, Scene III).
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't.". - (Act II, Scene II).
"That it should come to this!". - (Act I, Scene II).
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so". - (Act II, Scene II).
"What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! ". - (Act II, Scene II).
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks". - (Act III, Scene II).
"In my mind's eye". - (Act I, Scene II).
"A little more than kin, and less than kind". - (Act I, Scene II).
"The play 's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king". - (Act II, Scene II).
"And it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man". - (Act I, Scene III)."This is the very ecstasy of love". - (Act II, Scene I).
"Brevity is the soul of wit". - (Act II, Scene II).
"Doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love". - (Act II, Scene II).
"Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind". - (Act III, Scene I).
"Do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?" - (Act III, Scene II).
"I will speak daggers to her, but use none". - (Act III, Scene II).
"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions". - (Act IV, Scene V).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet


An 1870 oil painting by Ford Madox Brown depicting Romeo and Juliet's famous balcony scene
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers"[1] whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding households. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal "young lovers".
Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to Ancient Greece. Its plot is based on an Italian tale, translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562, and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both, but developed minor characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris, in order to expand the plot. Believed to be written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. This text was of poor quality, and later editions corrected it, bringing it more in line with Shakespeare's original text.
Shakespeare's use of dramatic structure, especially such effects as switching between comedy and tragedy to heighten tension, his expansion of minor characters, and his use of subplots to embellish the story, has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill. The play ascribes different poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops. Romeo, for example, grows more adept at the sonnet form over the course of the play.
Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical and opera. During the Restoration, it was revived and heavily revised by William Davenant. David Garrick's 18th-century version also modified several scenes, removing material then considered indecent, and Georg Benda's operatic adaptation omitted much of the action and added a happy ending. Performances in the 19th century, including Charlotte Cushman's, restored the original text, and focused on greater realism. John Gielgud's 1935 version kept very close to Shakespeare's text, and used Elizabethan costumes and staging to enhance the drama. In the 20th century the play has been adapted for screen and musical theatre in versions as diverse as West Side Story and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet

Characters

Main article: Characters in Romeo and Juliet
Ruling house of Verona
Prince Escalus: Prince of Verona
Count Paris: Kinsman of Prince Escalus; desires to marry Juliet.
Mercutio: Another kinsman of Prince Escalus; a friend of Romeo.
Capulets
Lord Capulet: Patriarch of the house of Capulet.
Lady Capulet: Matriarch of the house of Capulet.
Juliet: Daughter of the Capulets; the female protagonist.
Tybalt: Cousin of Juliet, nephew of Lady Capulet.
Capulet Servants
Nurse: Juliet's personal attendant and confidante.
Peter: Capulet servant, assistant to the nurse.
Samson and Gregory: Capulet servants.
Montagues
Lord Montague: Patriarch of the house of Montague.
Lady Montague: Matriarch of the house of Montague.
Romeo: Son of the Montagues; the male protagonist.
Benvolio: Cousin and friend of Romeo.
Montague Servants
Abram (or Abraham[2]) and Balthasar: Montague servants.
Others
Friar Lawrence: a Franciscan friar and Romeo's confidant.
Chorus, who gives the opening prologue and one other speech.
Friar John: Another friar who is sent to deliver Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo.
Apothecary: Druggist who reluctantly sells Romeo poison.
Rosaline: unseen character with whom Romeo is in love before meeting Juliet.

Quotes

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?". - (Act II, Scene II).
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" . - (Act II, Scene II).
"Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow." - (Act II, Scene II).
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet". - (Act II, Scene II).
"Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast". - (Act II, Scene III).
"Tempt not a desperate man". - (Act V, Scene III).
"For you and I are past our dancing days" . - (Act I, Scene V).
"O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright". - (Act I, Scene V).
"It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear" . - (Act I, Scene V).
"See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!". - (Act II, Scene II).
"Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty". - (Act IV, Scene II).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet

William Shakespeare

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

(1564-1616)"To be or not to be" is among the many great lines penned by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is considered to be one of best playwrights of all time. He wrote an estimated 37 plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. Despite having been written hundreds of years ago, Shakespeare's work remains popular because of his engaging characters, intricate plots, and artful dialogue.
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. His exact birth date is a bit of mystery, like many aspects of Shakespeare's life. While the exact date wasn't recorded, it has been commonly accepted as April 23. His father was a glove maker and an important man in the town. Shakespeare attended school for a time and it is thought that some of his studies in classical poetry, plays, and history inspired his plays.
It is believed that Shakespeare left school around the age of fourteen, which was not uncommon at the time. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 when he was eighteen years old. The next year they had a daughter named Susanna. The Shakespeare family grew again in 1585 with the birth of twins named Hamnet and Judith.
Nothing is known for certain about what Shakespeare did between 1585 and 1592. There are stories that he joined a theatrical company or that he worked as a schoolteacher. Whatever the case, Shakespeare had become known as a dramatist and an actor in London by 1592. Some of his early works include Titus Andronicus and The Two Gentleman of Verona.
A deadly outbreak of a disease known as "the plague" forced many theatres to close their doors in the early 1590s. Shortly thereafter, in 1593, Shakespeare had his first work, the narrative poem entitled Venus and Adonis. Shakespeare would later earn great praise for his sonnets, a type of poem with three four-line sections and a pair of lines at the end, all following a special rhyming scheme.
The theaters reopened in 1594 and Shakespeare returned to the stage as part of a troupe called Lord Chamberlain's Men (later the King's Men). He stayed with this group as a dramatist, an actor, and a part-owner for many years. In 1599, the company built the Globe, a theater near London. Shakespeare wrote some of his greatest tragic and comedic works around this time. He created Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth as well as Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure here. Shakespeare's works were so popular that even Queen Elizabeth I of England had them performed for her.
In his later years, Shakespeare returned home to Stratford-upon-Avon around 1610 to 1613. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. Since his death, there has been some speculation whether he really wrote all of the plays himself or they were written by a group of people. Some have even questioned whether he really existed at all. The mysteries surrounding Shakespeare may never be solved, but there is no arguing about the lasting impact of the plays and poems attributed to him.
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