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- Agamemnon is the first play in a trilogy, the Oresteia, which is considered Aeschylus' greatest work, and perhaps the greatest Greek tragedy.
- Oedipus Rex is that it is impossible to escape one's fate. Despite doing everything he can to avoid it, Oedipus still ends up fulfilling the prophecy.
- The Persians is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus.
- Joan of Arc was a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans in 1429 that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years' War.
- Dramatises the reign of John, King of England, the son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and the father of Henry III of England.
- Mary Stuart is a verse play by Friedrich Schiller that depicts the last days of Mary, Queen of Scots. The play consists of five acts, each divided into several scenes.
- First play in Henry VI trilogy, following death of father, Henry V, young Henry VI proclaimed king but uncles Dukes of Gloucester and Exeter hold power meanwhile, war in France and Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) leading French army.
- King Henry marries Margaret who plots against him. Tensions between Dukes York and Lancaster build gathers supporters for claim secretly leading rebellion and King Henry forced to flee.
- At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwhile, the Greeks endeavour to lessen the pride of Achilles.
- Cymbeline is the king of ancient Britain believed to be one of Shakespeare's final plays and is about deceit, pursuit and seduction.
- Oedipus undergoes a transformation from an abject beggar, banished from his city because of his sins, into a figure of immense power, capable of extending (or withholding) divine blessings.
- York's claims throne, King Henry changes succession makes York heir. Henry's queen kills York, York's son Edward seizes throne. Henry imprisoned eventually killed by King Edward's brother, Richard.