Memorize Shakespeare

Shakespeare plays to read and rehearse

Read every scene, meet the characters and learn any role, each line after its cue.

  • Comedy · Written 1599

    As You Like It

    All the world’s a stage

    Banished to the Forest of Arden, a duke’s daughter disguises herself as a young man and finds wit, love, and freedom among exiles, shepherds, and fools.

  • Tragedy · Written 1600

    Hamlet

    Prince of Denmark

    A young prince navigates grief, betrayal, and the weight of revenge after his father’s ghost charges him with reclaiming the throne of Denmark.

  • History · Written 1599

    Henry V

    England’s warrior king

    A once-wayward prince becomes England’s warrior-king, uniting his nation before the climactic Battle of Agincourt.

  • Tragedy · Written 1599

    Julius Caesar

    The Ides of March

    A conspiracy of Roman senators assassinates their most powerful man, only to find that killing Caesar is far easier than controlling what comes after.

  • Tragedy · Written 1606

    King Lear

    The Divided Kingdom

    An ageing king’s fateful division of his kingdom between his daughters unleashes chaos, cruelty, and catastrophic loss.

  • Tragedy · Written 1606

    Macbeth

    Scotland’s usurper king

    A Scottish general’s ambition is ignited by prophecy, leading him and his wife down a path of murder, tyranny, and inexorable ruin.

  • Comedy · Written 1603

    Measure for Measure

    Justice, mercy, and disguise in Vienna

    A duke’s secret experiment in disguise exposes the hypocrisy of the deputy he leaves to enforce Vienna’s strictest laws.

  • Comedy · Written 1595

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Magic and midsummer madness

    A tangle of lovers, fairies, and players collide in an enchanted forest, where magic transforms desire and devotion.

  • Comedy · Written 1598

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Wit and love in Messina

    A witty war of words between two confirmed bachelors slowly becomes something more, while dark conspiracy threatens an innocent love.

  • Tragedy · Written 1603

    Othello

    The Moor of Venice

    A celebrated general’s love and authority are systematically destroyed by the treacherous machinations of his ensign, Iago.

  • Tragedy · Written 1597

    Romeo and Juliet

    Star-crossed lovers of Verona

    Two young lovers from feuding Veronese families are swept into a tragic collision of passion, loyalty, and fate.

  • Comedy · Written 1601

    Twelfth Night

    Or, What You Will

    A shipwrecked young woman disguised as a man becomes entangled in Illyria’s webs of unrequited love and mistaken identity.

  • Tragedy · Written 1606

    Antony and Cleopatra

    Love and empire at the edge of the world

    A Roman general and the queen of Egypt risk their empires for love, as ambition, desire, and loyalty collide across the ancient world.

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  • Comedy · Written 1596

    The Merchant of Venice

    A pound of flesh

    A merchant’s bond with a moneylender, a romantic test of caskets, and a courtroom battle of mercy against justice.

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  • History · Written 1592

    Richard III

    The Last Plantagenet

    A brilliant, bitter duke manipulates, seduces, and murders his way to the English throne with cold, unflinching cunning.

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  • Romance · Written 1611

    The Tempest

    The Enchanted Island

    A sorcerer stranded on an island conjures a storm that brings his enemies to his shores, and reckons with the cost of revenge.

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