The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life StoryTHE MAN SHAKESPEAREReading editionChapter navigation26 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE MAN SHAKESPEAREHIS TRAGIC LIFE STORYINTRODUCTIONChapter I · HAMLET: ROMEO—JAQUESChapter II · HAMLET—MACBETHChapter III · DUKE VINCENTIO—POSTHUMUSChapter IV · SHAKESPEARE'S MEN OF ACTION: THE BASTARD, ARTHUR, AND KING RICHARD II.Chapter V · SHAKESPEARE'S MEN OF ACTION (continued). HOT-SPUR, HENRY V., RICHARD III.Chapter VI · SHAKESPEARE'S MEN OF ACTION (concluded): KING HENRY VI. AND RICHARD III.Chapter VII · SHAKESPEARE AS LYRIC POET: “TWELFTH NIGHT”Chapter VIII · SHAKESPEARE'S HUMOUR: FALSTAFFChapter I · SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY ATTEMPTS TO PORTRAY HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE: BIRON, ADRIANA, VALENTINEChapter II · SHAKESPEARE AS ANTONIO, THE MERCHANTChapter III · THE SONNETS: PART I.Chapter IV · THE SONNETS: PART II.Chapter V · THE SONNETS: PART III.Chapter VI · THE FIRST-FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE: BRUTUSChapter VII · DRAMAS OF REVENGE AND JEALOUSY: HAMLET.Chapter VIII · DRAMAS OF REVENGE AND JEALOUSY: PART II “OTHELLO”Chapter IX · DRAMAS OF LUST: PART I. Troilus and CressidaChapter X · DRAMAS OF LUST: PART II. Antony and CleopatraChapter XI · THE DRAMA OF MADNESS: “LEAR”Chapter XII · THE DRAMA OF DESPAIR: “TIMON OF ATHENS”Chapter XIII · SHAKESPEARE'S LAST ROMANCES: ALL COPIES.Chapter XIV · SHAKESPEARE'S LIFEChapter XV · SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE—continuedBeginning of this editionNext chapter →HIS TRAGIC LIFE STORYAll chapters and sections (26)Other sectionsTHE MAN SHAKESPEAREHIS TRAGIC LIFE STORYINTRODUCTIONBook 1 · Chapters12345678Book 2 · Chapters123456789101112131415ANDHIS TRAGIC LIFE STORY →