Search the plays Search: All the plays Hamlet Coriolanus Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Richard II Richard III Titus Andronicus Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry the Fifth Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry VIII King John Pericles Troilus and Cressida All's Well... As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline A Midsummer... Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives... Much Ado about Nothing The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night The Taming of... The Tempest The Two Gentlemen... The Winter's Tale for: Note: this will search onlyfor words and phrasesspoken in the plays As of 26 October 2004, we have had over 69,000 visits from 111(!) countries looking at over 195,000 pages. The most popular play page on the site is the front page of "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," viewed 10,002 times. The search engine has been used 12,386 times. So, apparently a lot of people are finding the site useful. Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions. The plays of William Shakespeare are among the most famous literature in the world. So it's not surprising that there are a number of sites that present various versions of these plays online. So why did I build another Shakespeare site? Most importantly I wanted to build a site that at least attempted to present these plays not solely as literature, but as plays intended to be heard and seen. Browse the plays Tragedies The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark The Tragedy of Coriolanus The Tragedy of Julius Caesar The Tragedy of King Lear The Tragedy of Macbeth The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet The Tragedy of King Richard the Second The Tragedy of Richard the Third The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra The Life of Timon of Athens Histories The First Part of Henry the Fourth The Second Part of Henry the Fourth The Life of Henry the Fifth The First Part of Henry the Sixth The Second Part of Henry the Sixth The Third Part of Henry the Sixth The Famous History of the Life of Henry the Eighth The Life and Death of King John Comedies and others Pericles, Prince of Tyre The History of Troilus and Cressida All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline A Midsummer Night's Dream Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives of Windsor Much Ado about Nothing The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night, or What You Will The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter's Tale To that end, one distinctive feature on this site is access to streaming audio recordings of talented actors reading select speeches from these plays. It's my belief there is no better way to understand the words of Shakespeare than to hear them read by someone who makes those words their own. This site does not attempt to analyze these plays from a literary perspective, make any authorship claims or provide definitions and explanations. Please be sure to peruse the many online Shakespeare resources for these kinds of information. Also, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any comments, suggestions, complaints, etc.
The plays of William Shakespeare are among the most famous literature in the world. So it's not surprising that there are a number of sites that present various versions of these plays online. So why did I build another Shakespeare site? Most importantly I wanted to build a site that at least attempted to present these plays not solely as literature, but as plays intended to be heard and seen.
This site does not attempt to analyze these plays from a literary perspective, make any authorship claims or provide definitions and explanations. Please be sure to peruse the many online Shakespeare resources for these kinds of information.
Also, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any comments, suggestions, complaints, etc.
