William Shakespeare (1564–1616) dikenal luas sebagai salah satu dramawan dan penyair terhebat dalam khazanah sastra berbahasa Inggris. Tak ada lakon penulis lainnya di dunia yang dipentaskan di begitu banyak negara dan tak ada puisi penyair mana pun yang dibaca di berbagai belahan dunia seluas Shakespeare. Karya-karyanya termasuk dalam daftar karya sastra yang paling banyak diterjemahkan ke berbagai bahasa sepanjang masa. Di dalam buku ini, enam cerita lakon paling terkenal Shakespeare ...

In the English countryside, a poor tinker named Christopher Sly becomes the target of a prank by a local lord. Finding Sly drunk out of his wits in front of an alehouse, the lord has his men take Sly to his manor, dress him in his finery, and treat him as a lord. When Sly recovers, the men tell him that he is a lord and that he only believes himself to be a tinker because he has been insane for the past several years. Waking in the lord’s bed, Sly at first refuses to accept the men’s story, ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged in their own ...