Summer nights, romance, music, comedy, pairs of lovers who have yet to confess their feelings to each other, comedy and more than a touch of magic are all woven into one of Shakespeare's most delightful and ethereal creations – A Midsummer Night's Dream. The plot is as light and enchanting as the s...

Despite its optimistic title, Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well has often been considered a "problem play." Ostensibly a comedy, the play also has fairy tale elements, as it focuses on Helena, a virtuous orphan, who loves Bertram, the haughty son of her protectress, the Countess of Rousillon. ...

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Marcus Antonius and follows the relationship between Cleopatr...

In a tiny French dukedom, a younger brother usurps his elder brother's throne. Duke Senior is banished to the Forest of Arden along with his faithful retainers, leaving his lovely daughter Rosalind behind to serve as a companion for the usurper's daughter, Celia. However, the outspoken Rosalind soon...

Dans les deux textes présentés ici, Alexandre Dumas raconte ses débuts au théâtre. Le premier : Comment je devins auteur dramatique, a paru, le 20 décembre 1833, dans La Revue des Deux Mondes. Il figurera ensuite, comme préface du Théâtre complet de l’écrivain. Le second est un chapitre de ses Souv...

Shakespeare was passionately interested in the history of Rome, as is evident from plays like Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra. His tragedy Coriolanus was probably written around 1605-07, and dramatizes the rise and fall of a great Roman general, Caius Martius (later surname...

Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare's late romances, which (like The Tempest and The Winter's Tale) combines comedy and tragedy. Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline of Britain, angers her father when she marries Posthumus, a worthy but penniless gentleman. The King banishes Posthumus, who goes to Rom...

"Un salon dans un appartement de garçon. Mobilier élégant. Une petite table carrée à gauche, pouvant servir de table à manger. Un petit meuble-console où se trouvent déjà quatre assiettes, quatre couteaux, quatre fourchettes, nappe, serviettes, quatre verres, pain, une bouteille de vin. À droite, un...

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taki...

L'action se déroule à la cour d'Henri III. Catherine de Médicis, la mère du roi, profite de la faiblesse de celui-ci pour gouverner à sa place. Pour écarter du pouvoir deux de ses rivaux, le duc de Guise et le comte de Saint-Mégrin, elle va solliciter l'aide de Come Ruggieri, l'astrologue de la cour...