The famous trail from Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice', told from an attendant's perspective

Shakespeare was in a sour mood when he told the story of the loyal Troilus and the unhappy damsel Cressida. I'm retelling this tragedy of the Trojan War in a way that allows love and forgiveness to triumph over death. Please comment nicely! Rated T for violence and some brief sensual images.

Imagine yourself as William Shakespeare, sitting at his desk at the end of the 16th century, pondering the annals of Roman history as he seeks about to craft his latest masterpiece-Julius Caesar. Replete with political drama and moral reflection, you must tread the lines of truth and political limitation, and of past and present foibles, to create a masterwork. A meta-piece.

Pendant qu'Obéron répare ses bêtises avec Hermia, Lysandre, Demetrius et Héléna, Puck en profite pour s'emparer de l'objet de toutes les convoitise, l'enfant page que se dispute les deux souverains ! Le garçon n'a que faire des ambitions du roi et de la reine pour lui : lui ce qu'il veut devenir, c'est comédien !

Poem: It's not easy being a goblin in service to the fairy king. One moment you're helping him avenge insult by his wife, the next, you're dealing with lovestruck Athenians.

In the play, Richard basically explains his decisions as coming from being unable to "prove a lover." I'm exploring what might happen if he did have a real love relationship. Owes a great deal to The Hollow Crown.

[A Midsummer Night's Dream.] No wonder Oberon is King of the Fairies. He's quite a Fairy himself.

This story was inspired by the 1996 movie version in which Orsino is first seen with his arm in a sling. This is a speculation on what Viola's early service to the Duke might have been like. I own nothing. Rated T for implied nudity. Nothing too explicit.

After enduring much misfortune in her family, Ophelia takes a stroll down to the brook. Little would she expect the plans fate had for her there. This was originally an assignment for English class when I was in my senior year of high school. The requirement was to write a scene for Ophelia's death in Hamlet using context clues from Scene 7 with a minimum of 300 words.

In the original play, Hamlet had the opportunity to kill Claudius in the Church while he prayed, but hesitated at the last moment. This is what would happen if he binge ate one million PB&J sandwiches before doing the deed.

Before his death and battle, he gave his final moment of loving his Katherine the Black Rose. He gave his speech and reunite in heaven.

Horatius Amlethum amat. Mille basia ori dulci Amlethi dat. (Fabula lasciva latine)./Horatio loves Hamlet. He gives Hamlet's sweet mouth a thousand kisses. Each chapter is written in Latin, with an English translation provided below. Please read and review!

2nd October 1452: A ten year old Edward, Earl of March, the future Edward IV, awaits with his father the birth of his new sibling. While awaiting the birth, Ned learns an anxious side to his father, the Duke of York, and ponders what it means to be the heir of a noble house and a good brother in a violent world. Can be seen as Shakespearean and non-Shakespearean.

After Act Five, scene three, Troilus drops Cressida's glove.

A one-off I wrote from Claudius's perspective. I always thought Hamlet was a little twit and that his uncle was the cooler character.

Hamlet wrote Ophelia a brief poem, each line relating to an aspect of their relationship and lives - but little to either of them know where it will lead.

What the title says! Starring Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Antony, and Casca.

What if Richard III could speak to us today, to answer his critics and tell us his side of the story? A short story, featuring the spirit of King Richard III.

It is the third anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth, and William Hobbes, once physician and surgeon to the House of York, remembers the man he once so proudly served. Short story, complete.

A collection of random prompts and pairings, because really, love can never be boxed neatly into a single category.

"It grieves me for the death of Claudio, but there's no remedy." A series of character sketches and tested loyalties, in answer to the following prompt: "delving a little deeper into the more moral characters of the play, i.e. Escalus and the Provost, and exploring how they perceive Angelo's actions and the situation unfolding around them."

The King of France has put Henry V, King of England, on trial for war crimes and not being an ideal statesman. This is sponsored by Subscribe to TAIP Studios on YouTube

Claudius is on trial for murdering Hamlet's father... This is sponsored by Subscribe to The Awesome Iron Plays Roblox on YouTube

Love, schemes, and serious psychological damage: stories from the lives of the Macbeths. These semi-connected one-shots may end up ranging from (naturally) dark material to outright fluff.

Hamlet just shrugs again. "You'll come to find that I'm a lot of things. Beautiful things, terrible things. I'm sure you're the same way- we all have our dark and light sides." What?" I stare at him, confused. He must notice the look on my face as he adds, "It's just who I am." "You're so confusing." "That's part of the fun."