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 “Who is Sylvia? What is she, that all our commend her?” – Host (sung)
 == Histories ==
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 “A good riddance” – Patroclus
 Problem plays – the three plays Shakespeare wrote between the last of his pure comedies (''Twelfth Night'') and the first of his pure tragedies (''Othello''). They are '''''All’s Well That Ends Well''''', '''''Measure for Measure''''' and '''''Troilus and Cressida'''''
 '''''The Two Noble Kinsmen''''', by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, is a retelling of ''The Knight's Tale'' by Chaucer. Sometimes considered the 38th play. The noble kinsmen are Palamon and Arcite, who both fall in love with a jailer’s daughter
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 '''''Cardenio''''' is a lost play, known to have been performed by the King's Men in 1613. The play is attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher
 The first 17 poems, traditionally called the procreation sonnets, are addressed to a young man urging him to marry and have children
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 The Dark Lady sequence (sonnets 127–152), distinguishes itself from the Fair Youth sequence by being overtly sexual in its passion
-Sonnet 18 begins ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer's day’
+'''Sonnet 18''' begins ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer's day’
 ‘Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May’ – from sonnet 18
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 Dramatist Ben Jonson's first original play, ''Every Man in His Humour'' was performed in 1598 by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, with William Shakespeare in the cast

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 “We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep” – Prospero
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 Aaron, a Moor
-'''''Timon of Athens'''''
+Troilus, son of Priam
-''Timon of Athens'' is a collaborative play by William Shakespeare and perhaps Thomas Middleton about the fortunes of Timon, a well beloved citizen of Athens who through tremendous generosity spends his entire fortunes on corrupt hangers-on only interested in getting the next payout
+Paris, son of Priam
-Timon – a lord of Athens
+Cressida
-Flaminius – one of Timon's servants
+Agamemnon, King of the Greeks and leader of the Greek invasion
-Servilius – one of Timon's servants
+Achilles, a prince
-Lucilius – a romantic youth and Timon's servant
+Ajax, a prince
-'''''Titus Andronicus'''''
+Menelaus, King of Sparta, brother to Agamemnon
-Set during the latter days of the Roman Empire and tells the fictional story of Titus, a general in the Roman army, who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with Tamora, Queen of the Goths. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is Shakespeare's bloodiest and most violent work
+Helen, wife to Menelaus, living with Paris
-Titus Andronicus – renowned Roman general
+<u>Quotes</u>
-Martius – Titus's son
+“A good riddance” – Patroclus

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 “Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs” – Iago
-'''''Much Ado about Nothing'''''
+Montague, the patriarch of the house of Montague.
-The main plot concerns the deception of Don John, while Claudio believes Hero to be unfaithful. The sub-plot is the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick
+Lady Montague, his wife
-Benedick – a lord and soldier from Padua; companion of Don Pedro
+Benvolio, Romeo's cousin and best friend
-Don Pedro – Prince of Aragon
+Capulet, the patriarch of the house of Capulet.
-Don John – the Bastard Prince, brother of Don Pedro
+Lady Capulet, his wife
-Claudio – of Florence; a count, companion of Don Pedro, friend to Benedick
+Juliet, the 13-year-old daughter of Capulet
-Leonato – governor of Messina
+Tybalt, a cousin of Juliet and the nephew of Lady Capulet
-Beatrice – niece of Leonato.
+The Nurse, Juliet's personal attendant and confidante
-Hero – daughter of Leonato
+Rosaline, Lord Capulet's niece, and Romeo's love in the beginning of the story
-Dogberry – a constable in charge of Messina's night watch
+Prince Escalus, the ruling Prince of Verona
-Are you good men and true? – Dogberry
+Mercutio, a kinsman of Escalus and a friend of Romeo
-Comparisons are odorous – Dogberry
+Friar Laurence, a Franciscan friar who marries Romeo and Juliet
-'''''Othello'''''
+“Two households, both alike in dignity in fair Verona” – first line, spoken by Chorus
-''Othello'' revolves around four central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army; his beloved wife, Desdemona; his loyal lieutenant, Cassio; and his trusted but unfaithful ensign, Iago. By subtle innuendo, Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona has slept with Cassio – his deceit results in tragedy
+“A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” – Chorus
-Othello is believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story ''Un Capitano Moro'' (‘A Moorish Captain’) by Cinthio
+“O happy dagger, this is thy sheath! There rust and let me die” – Juliet (last words)
-''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'' – full title
+“O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you” – Mercutio
-Partly set in Cyprus c. 1570
+“Parting is such sweet sorrow” – Juliet
-Tush, never tell me! – first line, spoken by Roderigo
+“Thus with a kiss I die” – Romeo (last words)
-This heavy act with heavy heart relate – last line, spoken by Lodovico
+“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet” – Juliet

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 “Comparisons are odorous” – Dogberry
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 “To gild refined gold, to paint the lily” – Salisbury
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 Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs – Iago

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	Dull, a constable		Dull, a constable
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		+	=== Measure for Measure ===
		+	Only Shakespeare play set in Vienna. The action centres around the dilemma of Isabella, a novice nun, whose brother is to be executed unless she succumbs to the attentions of Angelo
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		+	<u>Characters</u>
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		+	Vincentio, the Duke, who also appears disguised as Friar Lodowick
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		+	Angelo, the Deputy, who rules in the Duke's absence
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		+	Claudio, a young gentleman
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		+	Isabella, sister to Claudio
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		+	Mariana, betrothed to Angelo
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		+	Juliet, beloved of Claudio, pregnant with his child
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		+	Mistress Overdone, the manager of a thriving Viennese brothel
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		+	Elbow, a simple constable
		+
		+	=== The Merchant of Venice ===
		+	The Jewish moneylender Shylock demands a pound of flesh from the merchant Antonio if he fails to pay his debts on time. Set in 16th century Venice
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		+	Shylock cannot remove the flesh of Antonio, as the contract only allows Shylock to collect the flesh, and not the blood of Antonio
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		+	<u>Characters</u>
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		+	Antonio, a merchant of Venice
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		+	Bassanio, Antonio's friend. Suitor to Portia
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		+	Portia, a rich heiress
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		+	Nerissa, Portia's waiting maid. In love with Gratiano
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		+	Balthazar, Portia's servant, who Portia later disguises herself as
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		+	Shylock, a rich Jew. Moneylender. Father of Jessica
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		+	Jessica, daughter of Shylock. Lorenzo's girlfriend
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		+	Launcelot Gobbo, a servant to Shylock
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		+	Prince of Morocco, suitor to Portia
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		+	<u>Quotes</u>
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		+	“In sooth I know not why I am so sad” – first line, spoken by Antonio
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		+	“All that glisters is not gold” – Morocco
		+
		+	“Hath not a Jew eyes?” – Shylock
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		+	“I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys” – Shylock
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		+	“The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, upon the place beneath” – Portia
		+
		+	=== The Merry Wives of Windsor ===
		+	Falstaff arrives in Windsor very short on money. He decides, to obtain financial advantage that he will court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Falstaff decides to send the women identical love letters. three different men are trying to win the hand of Page's daughter, Mistress Anne Page
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		+	It is generally believed that Shakespeare originally named Falstaff ‘John Oldcastle’, and that Lord Cobham, a descendant of the historical John Oldcastle, complained, forcing Shakespeare to change the name
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		+	<u>Characters</u>
		+
		+	Sir John Falstaff
		+
		+	Mistress Margaret Page
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		+	Master George Page, her husband
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		+	Anne Page, their daughter. In love with Fenton
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		+	Mistress Alice Ford
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		+	Master Frank Ford, her husband who is jealous of Falstaff
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		+	Doctor Caius, a French physician
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		+	Mistress Quickly, his housekeeper
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		+	Pistol, a soldier
		+
		+	<u>Quotes</u>
		+
		+	“Why then, the world’s mine oyster, which I with sword will open” – Pistol
		+
		+	=== A Midsummer Night’s Dream ===
		+	The play portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (mechanicals) rehearsing for ''Pyramus and Thisbe'', who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set
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		+	<u>Characters</u>
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		+	Theseus, Duke of Athens
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		+	Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus
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		+	Egeus, father of Hermia, wants her to marry Demetrius
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		+	Hermia, in love with Lysander
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		+	Helena, in love with Demetrius
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		+	Lysander, in love with Hermia at first but later loves Helena and then goes back to love Hermia
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		+	Demetrius, in love with Hermia at first and then loves Helena at the end
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		+	Oberon, Titania's husband and King of the Fairies
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		+	Titania, Queen of the Fairies
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		+	Robin Goodfellow / Puck, servant to Oberon
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		+	Peaseblossom, fairy servant to Titania
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		+	Cobweb, fairy servant to Titania
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		+	Moth, fairy servant to Titania
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		+	Mustardseed, fairy servant to Titania
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		+	Peter Quince, carpenter, leads the troupe and plays Prologue
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		+	Nick Bottom, weaver, plays Pyramus
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		+	Francis Flute, bellows-mender, plays Thisbe
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		+	Robin Starveling, tailor
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		+	Tom Snout, tinker
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		+	Snug, joiner
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		+	<u>Quotes</u>
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		+	“Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace” – first line, spoken by Theseus
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		+	“Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania” – Oberon
		+
		+	“I’ll put a girdle round the Earth in forty minutes” – Puck
		+
		+	“That is the true beginning of our end” – Quince
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		+	“The course of true love never did run smooth” – Lysander

	== Histories ==		== Histories ==

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	“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers” – Henry V		“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers” – Henry V
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		+	=== Henry VI, Part I ===
		+	''Henry VI, Part I'' deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, as the English political system is torn apart by personal squabbles and petty jealousy
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		+	Shakespeare’s first play, believed to have been written in 1591
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		+	<u>Characters</u>
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		+	King Henry VI
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		+	Duke of Bedford, Henry VI's uncle and Regent of France
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		+	Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, Henry VI's uncle and Lord Protector of England
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		+	Duke of Exeter, Henry VI's great-uncle
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		+	Charles, Dauphin of France
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		+	Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc)
		+
		+	Bastard of Orleans
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		+	John Talbot
		+
		+	=== Henry VI, Part II ===
		+	''Henry VI, Part II'' focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, the death of his trusted adviser Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the rise of the Duke of York and the inevitability of armed conflict. As such, the play culminates with the opening battle of the War, the First Battle of St Albans (1455)
		+
		+	Largest cast of all Shakespeare's plays
		+
		+	Original title of the play was ''The First Part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster''
		+
		+	<u>Characters</u>
		+
		+	King Henry VI
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		+	Queen Margaret, Queen to Henry VI (Margaret of Anjou)
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		+	Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, Henry VI's uncle and Lord Protector of England
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		+	Duchess Eleanor of Gloucester, Gloucester's wife
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		+	Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester. Henry VI's great-uncle
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		+	William de la Pole, Marquis, later Duke, of Suffolk. Lover of Queen Margaret
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		+	Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York who asserts he should be king
		+
		+	Jack Cade, leader of the Kentish rebellion
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		+	<u>Quotes</u>
		+
		+	“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” – Dick the butcher
		+
		+	=== Henry VI, Part III ===
		+	''Henry VI, Part III'' deals primarily with the horrors of The Wars of the Roses, where moral codes are subverted in the pursuit of revenge and power. Covers the period from 1455 to 1471
		+
		+	Features the longest soliloquy in all of Shakespeare, and has more battle scenes (four on stage, one reported) than any other of Shakespeare's plays
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		+	<u>Characters</u>
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		+	King Henry VI
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		+	Queen Margaret, Queen to Henry VI
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		+	Edward, Prince of Wales. Their son
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		+	Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York who asserts he should be King
		+
		+	Edward Plantagenet, Earl of March. Later King Edward IV. York's eldest son
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		+	<u>Quotes</u>
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		+	“My crown is in my heart, not on my head” – Henry VI

	== Tragedies ==		== Tragedies ==