When Jan Citron is stopped on the Autobahn by the police, he is charged for more than a simple traffic offense.

Comical misunderstandings arise when two sets of twins, unaware of their other halves' existence, inadvertently end up in the same town.

Jealous at the promotion of the Moorish general Othello, Iago plots to secure his downfall by provoking him into believing his wife Desdemona is being unfaithful.

King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his daughters basing on their protestations of love for him. But the youngest refuses to answer and finds herself banished, and the other two instead plot to take all his power from him.

King Richard II sows the seeds of his own downfall when he exiles Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray. The invasion followed forces the vain King to abdicate the throne, and rebellion ensues.

Writer Lewis Duncan hides his sexuality for fear of alienating his audience. However, he may be forced to leave the closet.

Poor doctor's daughter Helena seeks to win the hand of Bertram the son of the Countess of Rousillon, but despite her success in persuading both his mother and the King of France to agree to her plans, he is unwilling to co-operate.

The rise and fall of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, whose murderous Machiavellian schemes help him to the throne of England, but make him far too many enemies along the way.

Following French military successes, Henry's hold over his kingdom begins to slip, and his court splits into two warring factions. Meanwhile, a revolutionary insurrection by a disaffected Kentish mob threatens to bring anarchy to London.

An account of the political machinations surrounding the divorce of Henry VIII from Katharine of Aragon, the subsequent Reformation, and wedding to Anne Bullen and the birth of the future Queen Elizabeth I.