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16th Century

3 plays · ordered by views in May 2026

  1. 01

    The Merchant of Venice

    William Shakespeare · 1598 · 9 views

    A brilliant and deeply uncomfortable play about prejudice, money and power whose greatest strength lies in its refusal to offer easy moral certainty.

  2. 02

    Doctor Faustus

    Christopher Marlowe · 1592 · 7 views

    A thrilling and unsettling play about ambition, vanity and the terror of realising too late that knowledge cannot save you from yourself.

  3. 03

    Romeo and Juliet

    William Shakespeare · 1597 · 7 views

    A play everyone thinks they already know until they see how violent, funny, reckless and emotionally overwhelming it actually is.