Shylock, the moneylender, has an amusing idea. He will lend some money to Antonio, a man he hates. If Antonio cannot pay back the money, hemust give Shylock a pound of his flesh. When Antonio loses his money,Shylock shows him no mercy ... Hamlet´s father, the King, has died,and his mother has remarried Hamlet´s uncle, Claudius. Then the youngprince discovers that his father was murdered, and Claudius is thekiller! Hamlet swears to get revenge - but can he do it? From cold,dark Scotland to the blue sky of the Mediterranean, from the Danishcourt to the court of Britain long ago, the five well-known stories in this book are filled with murder, madness and magic. This bookincludesThe Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, The Tempest, HamletandKingLear.
