OXFORD TUTORIALS
SHAKESPEARE: EIGHT GREAT PLAYS
4 Favorite Comedies & 4 Timeless Tragedies
Reading & Assignment Schedule
1. Measure for Measure, Act 1
Dramatis Personae
Vincentio, the Duke
Elbow, a simple Constable
Angelo, Lord Deputy
Froth, a foolish Gentleman
Escalus, an ancient Lord
Pompey, a Tapster
Claudio, a young Gentleman
Abhorson,
an Executioner
Lucio, a Dandy
Barnardine,
a dissolute Prisoner
Two other Gentlemen
Isabella,
sister to Claudio
Varrius, Attendant to the Duke
Mariana,
betrothed to Angelo
Provost
Juliet,
beloved of Claudio
Thomas, a Friar
Francisca,
a Nun
Peter, a Friar
Mistress
Overdone, a Bawd
A Justice
Lords,
Officers, Citizens, Boy, etc.
2. Measure for Measure, Act 2
3. Measure for Measure, Act 3
4. Measure for Measure, Acts 4-5
5. Macbeth, Act 1
6. Macbeth, Act 2
7. Macbeth, Act 3
8. Macbeth, Acts 4-5
9. Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1
10. Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2
11. Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3
12. Much Ado About Nothing, Acts 4-5
13. Julius Caesar, Act 1
14. Julius Caesar, Act 2
15. Julius Caesar, Act 3
16. Julius Caesar, Act 4-5
Second Semester
WEEK
Session/Date Play/Act(s)
1. Taming of the Shrew, Act 1
2. Taming of the Shrew, Act 2
3. Taming of the Shrew, Act 3
4. Taming of the Shrew,
Acts 4-5
5. Hamlet, Act 1
6. Hamlet, Act 2
7. Hamlet, Act 3
8. Hamlet, Acts 4-5
9. Merchant of Venice, Act 1
10. Merchant of Venice, Act 2
11. Merchant of Venice, Act 3
12. Merchant of Venice, Acts 4-5
13. Coriolanus, Act 1
14. Coriolanus, Act 2
15. Coriolanus, Act 3
16. Coriolanus, Acts 4-5