Hamlet
In one scene Hamlet tells her to go to a nunnery: In fact, her tells her five times
Who is Ophelia?
Of Othello, Iago, or Desdemona, the character to whom Shakespeare gave the most lines
Who is Iago?
Of Lady Mabeth's 165 words in her sleepwalking scene, all but 20 have this number of syllables
What is one?
This comedy was the basis for Sir John in Love
What was The Merry Wives of Windsor?
Hamlet was prince of Denmark, but Fortinbras was prince of this other Scandinavian country
What is Norway?
He not only starred in the Oscar-winning 1948 film of Hamlet, he produced and directed it
Who is Laurence Oliver?
Iago believes that his wife Emilia has had an affair with
What is Othello?
Peter O'Toole's Macbeth was called a cross between Vincent Price and this "Baby Jane" star.
Who is Bette Davis?
If you see Puck, The Fairies, or The Fairy Queen, you're watching operas based on this
What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?
In Troilus and Cressida, Troilus's father is king of this
What is Troy?
Hamlet speaks fondly of this jester while holding his skull
Who is Yorick?
This all-American football player scored in London as Othello in 1930
Who is Paul Robeson?
The Queen Mother grew up there, Princess Margaret was born in it, and Macbeth was Thane of it
What is Glamis?
This play inspired the operas La Furia Domata and Petruccio
What was The Taming of the Shrew?
At the start of the play named for him, this villain is the Duke of Gloucester
Who is Richard III
Disparaging his mother's marriage, Hamlet says, "frailty, thy name is" this
What is "woman?"
Cassio calls this "an enemy" men put "in their mouths to steal away their brains."
What is wine?
"Macbeth's" first performance was in this palace, once home to Henry VIII, which caught fire in 1986
What is Hampton Court?
Operas based on this comedy include Hermoine, Perdita and Sin Wintermaerchen
What is The Winter's Tale?
Two of the three characters in Macbeth who were kings of Scotland both in the play and in history
Who are Macbeth, Duncan, and/or Malcolm?
Claudius sends Hamlet to England with these two courtiers, but he escapes and returns to Denmark
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Act I is set in Venice, but the rest of the play takes place on this Mediterranean island
What is Cyprus?
Because it's a bad-luck play, actors often avoid saying "Macbeth" using instead this geographical euphemism
What is "The Scottish Play?"
Two of three Verdi operas based on Shakespeare's plays, all with one-word titles
What is Othello, Macbeth, or Falstaff?
Play in which the King of Naples is shipwrecked by a sorcerer
What is The Tempest?