KING LEAR is a tragedy. The traitor Gloucester has his eyes gouged out in punishment for warning the king of his planned murder....

“I do desire we may be better strangers“ AS YOU LIKE IT Act 3, Scene 2 In other words, I wish I didn’t know you.

“The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.“ CORIOLANUS Act 5, Scene 4 Marcius, now called Coriolanus, has grown in power and has become...

“Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood.“ KING LEAR Act 2, Scene 4 An open sore is a part of you —...

"You Banbury cheese!" THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Act 1, Scene 1 Banbury cheese was a strong, yellow cheese made in Banbury, Oxfordshire. ...

“Out of my sight! thou dost infect my eyes.“ RICHARD III Act 1, Scene 2 In a ficticious scene the future Richard III attempts to woo the...