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Az 1602 körül keletkezett Troilus és Cressida Shakespeare legkeserubb komédiája. Az idealista-tapasztalatlan trójai királyfi, Troilus és a görögökhöz pártolt Calchas lánya, az alig felfoghatóan hutlenné lett Cressida körül forgó szerelmi és harci történet lerántja az ókor nagy küzdelmérol a romantikus mázat. A cinikus Pandarus és a mocskos szájú Thersites kommentárjainak fényében a trójai háború hosi témája komikus béka-egér harccá változik, és az emberi erolködések hiábavalóságára, az eszmények fertozöttségére és az emberek aljasságára mutat rá. Shakespeare cinikus megvetéssel vájkál az államférfiak és nemzeti hosök indítékainak szennyében, gogben, brutalitásban, féltékenységben, a hamis becsületeszmény okozta hiábavaló vérpazarlásban, kicsinyes gyulölködésben és magasztos szavakkal takarózó kéjvágyban. Az ember alantas ösztönök rabja csupán, és gyarlósága megrontja a becsületes eszményeket is.

All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608, and was first published in the First Folio in 1623.The name of the play comes from the proverb All's well that ends well, which means that problems do not matter so long as the outcome is good.

The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatizes the reign of King John of England (ruled 1199–1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623.

Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591. The play is an unflattering depiction of the short reign of Richard III of England. While generally classified as a history, as grouped in the First Folio, the play is sometimes called a tragedy (as in the first quarto). It picks up the story from Henry VI, Part 3 and concludes the historical series that stretches back to Richard II.

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623.The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Markus Antonius and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Parthian War to Cleopatra's suicide. The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow triumvirs and the future first emperor of Rome. The tragedy is a Roman play characterized by swift, panoramic shifts in geographical locations and in registers, alternating between sensual, imaginative Alexandria and the more pragmatic, austere Rome. Many consider the role of Cleopatra in this play one of the most complex female roles in Shakespeare's work. She is frequently vain and histrionic, provoking an audience almost to scorn; at the same time, Shakespeare's efforts invest both her and Antony with tragic grandeur. These contradictory features have led to famously divided critical responses.

Cymbeline is a play by William Shakespeare, based on an early Celtic British King. Although listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify it as a romance. Like Othello, Measure for Measure, and The Winter's Tale, it deals with the themes of innocence and jealousy. While its date of composition is unknown, the play is known to have been produced as early as 1611. (From Wikipedia)

Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. The play (also described as one of Shakespeare's problem plays) is not a conventional tragedy, since its protagonist (Troilus) does not die. The play ends instead on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus and Cressida. Throughout the play, the tone lurches wildly between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom, and readers and theatre-goers have frequently found it difficult to understand how one is meant to respond to the characters.

Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V.

The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, or Henry VI, Part 2, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed written in approximately 1590-91. It is the second part of the trilogy on Henry VI, and often grouped together with Richard III as a tetralogy on The Wars of the Roses—the success of which established Shakespeare's reputation as a playwright.

A túlnyomórészt prózai, itt-ott verses komédia ? inkább bohózat, mint vígjáték ? csupa jókedv, csupa móka, csupa bujkáló poézis. Hangja a Szentivánéji álom táncos könnyedségére, tündéri játékosságra emlékeztet. Foalakja: Falstaff a IV. Henrikben hódította meg eloször a közönséget. A pocakos lovag itt már kissé más, öregebb és ostobább, de éppen olyan mulatságos, mint a IV. Henrikben. Hetykesége most halkabb, hiszen alaposan megcsúfolják a windsori polgárasszonyok. A darab Shakespeare egyetlen olyan muve, melyben a vezeto szerepeket javarészt a polgárok játsszák. Iróniája a nemesurak ostobaságát és kapzsiságát teszi nevetségessé.

"To the Queen" (or "To The Queen by the players") is a short poem attributed to William Shakespeare. It was included in 2007 by Jonathan Bate in his complete Shakespeare edition for the Royal Shakespeare Company.The poem, written on the back of an envelope, is thought to have been written as an epilogue for a performance of As You Like It given at court on Shrove Tuesday in February 1599. American scholars William Ringler and Steven May discovered the poem in 1972 in the notebook of a man called Henry Stanford, who is known to have worked in the household of the Lord Chamberlain.It consists of 18 lines.

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works. The play is based on the legend of King Leir of Britain. It has been widely adapted for stage and screen, with the part of Lear being played by many of the world's most accomplished actors. (From Wikipedia)

Már a költo életében négy negyedrét-kiadás jelent meg e drámából, a mi nagy népszeruségét bizonyítja. Általában a kiadások számából ítélve, Hamlet kivételével, e historiák, az angol történetbol merített drámák, voltak Shakspere életében legkedveltebb muvei. II. Richard elso negyedrét-kiadása 1597-ben jelent meg, a második 1598-ban Andrew Wise kiadásában, a másik ketto 1608-ban és 1615-ben Matthew Law kiadása volt.

Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was originally classified as a comedy, but is now also classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays.The play deals with the issues of mercy, justice, truth and their relationship to pride and humility: "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall"

William Shakespeare drámája, a János király, az 1199-1216 között uralkodott János angol király életérol és haláláról szól.

King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, part 1, Henry IV, part 2, and Henry V. It may not have been written as a stand-alone work.