World Theatre Day: Shakespeare’s best plays

Mar 27, 2024

Aakanksha Sharma

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The ‘Bard of Avon’ and ‘Master of Theatre’, Shakespeare and his writings have always enchanted his readers and the audience. From feelings of revenge to intense love, he has captured it all! And on World Theatre Day, here we list some of his best plays.

Romeo and Juliet

‘Romeo and Juliet’ will always be Shakespeare’s most famous, loved, and tragic plays. With so many adaptations into films and plays, this tragic love story of a young couple from enemy families perfectly shows passion, young love, and its consequences.

​Hamlet

With the iconic lines of ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’, Hamlet has to be his second most famous play. The play features a Prince, Hamlet, who is mad with rage and fury and wants to avenge the death of his father, who was killed by his uncle Claudius.

​Macbeth

A story of betrayal and wild ambition, Macbeth is about a Scottish General and his wife. When Macbeth receives a prophecy about him eventually becoming the King, ambition consumes him and he betrays a lot of people, eventually resulting in his downfall.

​Othello

A tragedy like no other, Othello follows the noble Moor Othello who is manipulated by one of his men into believing that his long-time love and wife Desdemona is cheating on him. Jealousy takes the better of Othello and what happens next is a story to be read.

​A Midsummer Night’s Dream

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ features four people, a fairy, and tons of humour. As the 4 Athenians run to the forest, a fairy, Puck, makes both of the boys fall in love with the same girl, but eventually, after many incidents, Puck reverses the magic he did and it ends well.

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Twelfth Night

‘Twelfth Night’ follows two twins who are separated in a shipwreck but eventually find their way back to each other. It is a story of mistaken identities, romantic confusion, and above all is not a tragedy.

The Merchant of Venice

A play that was probably a part of many people’s school curriculum, ‘The Merchant of Venice’ follows Antonio, Shylock, Bassanio and Portia. It involves Antonio helping Bassanio with money, Shylock trying to take revenge on Antonio, and then Portia comes to save the day.

King Lear

King Lear, as the name suggests, is a story of an aged King who decides to divide his wealth among his three daughters. Unfortunately, though, he does not consider their talent in the division but rather their flattery and so chaos ensues.

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