Messina, Cedric

The tempest by William Shakespeare ( )
72 editions published between 1978 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 2,171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Television adaption of Shakespeare's play revolving around an enchanted island, an exiled Duke, young lovers, and a framework of conspiracy

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare ( )
49 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in and held by 1,840 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Hamlet, considered the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters, examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt, and death

As you like it by William Shakespeare ( )
53 editions published between 1975 and 2009 in and held by 1,815 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A dramatization of Shakespeare's comedy entitled As you like it

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare ( )
67 editions published between 1978 and 2009 in and and held by 1,615 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves

Twelfth night by William Shakespeare ( )
59 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in and and held by 1,547 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and Andrew to humble the presumptuous Malvolio

Measure for measure by William Shakespeare ( )
59 editions published between 1978 and 2009 in and and held by 1,518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Cruel Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town. Angelo revives an old law against fornication and sentences Claudio to death for seducing Juliet, Claudio's betrothed. Claudio's sister, Isabella, pleads for his life and Angelo offers to spare him in exchange for her virginity. Angelo's corruption and severity are punished when the Duke reveals that he has witnessed it all

Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare ( )
49 editions published between 1978 and 2009 in and held by 1,476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their feuding families, and take their own lives

King Richard the Second by William Shakespeare ( )
40 editions published between 1978 and 2009 in and held by 1,053 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shakespeare's historical play about the dynastic struggle between Richard II and Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV)

The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eight by William Shakespeare ( )
25 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in and and held by 775 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's historical play, which tells of the intrigues during the first part of Henry's reign, his divorce from Katharine of Aragon, and marriage to Anne Bullen, who gives birth to a baby girl, Elizabeth

The first part of King Henry the Fourth with the life and death of Henry surnamed Hotspur by William Shakespeare ( )
27 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in and held by 676 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After the murder of Richard II, Henry assumes the throne, and is immediately confronted with rebellion by Owen Glendower, Douglas of Scotland, Northumberland and his son Hotspur. The play also treats the moral development of the king's son Hal (later Henry V) as he appears to waste his youth in London taverns in the company of the irresponsible Sir John Falstaff