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154sonnets
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Hamlet — Act III, Scene I
Alone on stage, unaware that Claudius and Polonius are watching.
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Every play is a journey. Pick one.

Shakespeare wrote about becoming, about ambition, about the cost of not seeing. Start with a theme that pulls you in — the plays will find their own order from there.

01

Courts and taverns

A young heir weighed against the inheritance waiting for him.

  1. ACT I
    Henry IV, Part 1Prince Hal splits his days between the tavern and the court, while rebellion gathers in the north.
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  2. ACT II
    Henry IV, Part 2The old king grows sick. The prince is measured against the man he may soon have to become.
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  3. ACT III
    Henry VA new king takes the throne and leads an army into France.
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