Collected works of Shakespeare

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and causes tragic results for Romeo and Juliet. Revenge love and a secret marriage force the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly—and fate causes them to commit suicide in despair. Contrast and conflict are running themes throughout Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet—one of the Bard's most popular romantic tragedies.Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599 as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio published in 1623.By means of noting (which in Shakespeare's day sounded similar to nothing as in the play's title and which means gossip rumour and overhearing) Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar on the erroneous belief that she has been unfaithful. At the end Benedick and Beatrice join forces to set things right and the others join in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples.Julius Caesar is a highly successful but ambitious political leader of Rome and his goal is to become an unassailable dictator. Caesar is warned that he must beware the Ides of March. The prophecy comes true and Caesar is assassinated. Marcus Brutus is a well respected Roman senator who helps plan and carry out Caesar's assassination which he believes will rid Rome of a tyrant. Caesar's friend Mark Antony provides the famous funeral oration (Friends Romans and countrymen…). Brutus and Cassius meet their inevitable defeat. Brutus the noble Roman whose decision to take part in the conspiracy for the sake of freedom plunges his country into civil war.Written toward the end of William Shakespeare's theatrical career The Winter's Tale (1609-1611) is a story of loss and redemption. In a fit of wild and unfounded jealousy Leontes the King of Sicily convinces himself that his pregnant wife is carrying his best friend's love child.The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark often shortened to Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle Claudius by the ghost of Hamlet's father King Hamlet. Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne also marrying his deceased brother's widow. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and is ranked among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature with a story capable of seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others. The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1610–11 and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island where the sorcerer Prospero rightful Duke of Milan plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a storm the eponymous tempest to cause his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to believe they are shipwrecked and marooned on the island. There his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's lowly nature the redemption of the King and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son Ferdinand.Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enemity and suspicion he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.King john explores inheritance and illegitimacy and the subsequent political deals and struggle for power.it is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays.