Please see below for links to useful information about each play including a plot summary and an RSC Staging History 1960-2007.
For a key to the staging histories click here
The Tempest
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Measure for Measure
The Comedy of Errors
Much Ado about Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
The Taming of the Shrew
All's Well That Ends Well
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
The Winter's Tale
The Life and Death of King John
The Life and Death of King Richard the Second
The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry surnamed Hotspur
The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing his Death and the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth
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 Tragedy of Richard the Third
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth
The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
The Life of Timon of Athens
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The Tragedy of King Lear
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
The Tragedy of Cymbeline
Pericles
The Two Noble Kinsmen
A Scene for Sir Thomas More
Arden of Faversham
There has been much scholarly debate focusing on the extent of Shakespeare's co-authorship for this play. Click here to download a PDF document including the text of Shakespeare's possible scene, a plot summary for the whole play and a brief introduction by Jonathan Bate.
Please click here for an RSC Staging History 1960-2007.
The Reign of King Edward the Third
There has been much scholarly debate focusing on the extent of Shakespeare's co-authorship for this play. Click here to download a PDF document including the text of Shakespeare's possible scene, a plot summary for the whole play and a brief introduction by Jonathan Bate.
Please click here for an RSC Staging History 1960-2007.