William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Welcome to Open Source Shakespeare (OSS). Since it debuted in 2003, OSS has become one of the most popular Shakespeare sites on the Internet. It is used regularly by scholars, educators, and Shakespeare lovers around the world.
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- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part I
- Henry IV, Part II
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part I
- Henry VI, Part II
- Henry VI, Part III
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labour's Lost
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- Merchant of Venice
- Merry Wives of Windsor
- Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado about Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Taming of the Shrew
- Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Winter's Tale