Shylock, the moneylender, has an amusing idea. He will lend some money to Antonio, a man he hates. If Antonio cannot pay back the money, he must give Shylock a pound of his flesh. When Antonio loses his money, Shylock shows him no mercy ...Hamlet´s father, the King, has died, and his mother has remarried Hamlet´s uncle, Claudius. Then the young prince discovers that his father was murdered, and Claudius is the killer! Hamlet swears to get revenge - but can he do it? From cold, dark Scotland to the blue sky of the Mediterranean, from the Danish court to the court of Britain long ago, the five well-known stories in this book are filled with murder, madness and magic. This book includes The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, The Tempest, Hamlet and King Lear.