Selected Plays of William Shakespeare.
No CoverA collection of iconic plays by William Shakespeare, selected and introduced by James Putnam, exploring timeless human themes.
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A collection of iconic plays by William Shakespeare, selected and introduced by James Putnam, exploring timeless human themes.
will contain mild spoilers
Romantic plots with sexual innuendo in plays such as Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Murders, battles, and deaths depicted in tragedies including Macbeth, Hamlet, and Titus Andronicus.
Period oaths and mild curses typical of Elizabethan dialogue.
Drinking and revelry scenes appear in Macbeth, Twelfth Night, and Henry IV.
Cross-dressing and gender disguise in comedies such as Twelfth Night and As You Like It.
Frequent biblical allusions and Christian references throughout the canon.
Witches in Macbeth and magical elements in The Tempest.
Witchcraft and apparitions in Macbeth.
Power struggles, monarchy, and civil conflict in the history plays and tragedies.
Suicides occur in Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Antony and Cleopatra.
Betrayal, madness, familial cruelty, and systemic suffering in King Lear, Othello, and Hamlet.
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