Shakespeare’s
Plays explained in three lines
A.
The
Comedy of Errors
1. Two
sets of identical twins are separated at birth
2. One
set goes looking for the other set
3. Everybody
gets mixed up and some very high jinks ensue
B.
A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
1. Two
couples run into fairy-infested woods
2. Puck
puts a love potion into people’s eyes
3. Everyone
falls in love with the wrong person
C.
The
Winter’s Tale
1. Leontes
accuses his wife Hermione of adultery
2. Some
poor guy gets eaten by a bear
3. Sixteen
years later a statue comes to life and all ends well
D.
Troilus
And Cressida
1. Troilus
loves Cressida
2. Cressida
is given to the Greeks
3. Homer’s
Iliad happens
E.
Henry
VI Part 3
1. Henry
is king (twice)
2. Edward
is king (twice)
3. Henry
dies
F.
Richard
II
1. Richard
banishes his cousin Henry
2. Henry
comes back & takes Richard’s crown
3. Richard
dies
G.
Richard
III
1. Richard
wants to be king
2. Richard
kills lots of people in order to be king
3. Richard
is killed
H.
Macbeth
1. Three
witches tell Macbeth he will be king
2. Macbeth
kills lots of people in order to be king
3.
Macbeth is killed
I.
Hamlet
1. The
ghost of Hamlet’s father tells Hamlet to avenge him
2. Hamlet
talks a LOT about avenging his father. I
mean on and on and on
3. Hamlet
avenges his father
J.
Julius
Caesar
1. Cassius
and Brutus assassinate Julius Caesar
2. Mark
Anthony gives a really long speech
3. Cassius
& Brutus kill themselves
K.
King
Lear
1. Lear
gives all his wealth away to two of his three daughters
2. Lear
loses his marbles, big time
3. Lear
dies a miserable old man, along with all three of his daughters
L.
Othello
1. Othello
believes his pretty young wife has deceived him
2. He
kills her in a fit of pique
3. Lots
of people get stabbed and Othello dies. Oh bollocks!
M.
Titus
Andronicus
1. Lots
of deaths
2. More
deaths
3. Just
lots and lots of death
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