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Shakespeare on Stage
American Shakespeare Center, Return to the Forbidden Planet. To Dec. 1, 2013.
American Shakespeare Center, Twelfth Night. To Jun. 16, 2013.
American Shakespeare Center, The Duchess of Malfi. To Jun. 15, 2013.
American Shakespeare Center, Love's Labour's Lost. To Jun. 15, 2013.
Folger Shakespeare Library, Twelfth Night. To Jun. 9, 2013.
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The fifth age: plays from about 1601 to 1607

During this time Shakespeare wrote plays of dark power.

  • Two dark comedies (All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure)
  • A disturbing play that defies category (Troilus and Cressida)
  • A tragedy of love (Othello)
  • A tragedy of age, of parents and children (King Lear)
  • A tragedy of power, of husband and wife (Macbeth)
  • A tragedy of Rome, Egypt, power and love (Antony and Cleopatra)
  • A tragedy of Rome and power, of mother and child (Coriolanus)

All are listed in the Chronology.