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For teachers, explore a selection of Folger Education’s classroom-tested resources. About the Folger Shakespeare Editions About the Folger Shakespeare The Folger Shakespeare brings you the complete works of the world’s greatest playwright, edited for modern readers. Search Shakespeare’s Plays & Poems Search Shakespeare’s most popular plays Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Macbeth A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Othello Othello Hamlet Hamlet See all of Shakespeare’s works Shakespeare’s works by genre Explore the comedies, histories, tragedies, romances, and sonnets and poems. Shakespeare’s comedies All’s Well That Ends Well Work All’s Well That Ends Well Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well is the story of its heroine, Helen, more so than the story of Bertram, for whose love she yearns. Helen wins Bertram as her husband despite his lack of interest and higher social standing, but she… As You Like It Work As You Like It Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and Touchstone… The Comedy of Errors Work The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is the slapstick farce of his youth. In it, the lost twin sons of the old merchant Egeon—both named Antipholus—find themselves in Ephesus, without either one even knowing of the other’s existence. Meanwhile, Egeon has arrived in… Love’s Labor’s Lost Work Love’s Labor’s Lost At first glance, Shakespeare’s early comedy Love’s Labor’s Lost simply entertains and amuses. Four young men (one of them a king) withdraw from the world for three years, taking an oath that they will have nothing to do with women. The King… Measure for Measure Work Measure for Measure Measure for Measure is among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare’s plays. In it, a duke temporarily removes himself from governing his city-state, deputizing a member of his administration, Angelo, to enforce the laws more rigorously. Angelo chooses as his first… The Merchant of Venice Work The Merchant of Venice In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio… The Merry Wives of Windsor Work The Merry Wives of Windsor In The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare’s merry wives” are Mistress Ford and Mistress Page of the town of Windsor. The two play practical jokes on Mistress Ford’s jealous husband and a visiting knight, Sir John Falstaff. Merry wives, jealous… A Midsummer Night’s Dream Work A Midsummer Night’s Dream In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus’s Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples—but not… Much Ado About Nothing Work Much Ado About Nothing One of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed comedies, Much Ado About Nothing includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick… The Taming of the Shrew Work The Taming of the Shrew Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio’s marriage to Bianca is prompted by his idealized love of an apparently ideal woman. Petruchio’s wooing of Katherine, however, is free of idealism. Petruchio takes money from… Twelfth...