The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy betwee...
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of My Prime of Youth is but a Frost of Cares by Chidiock Tichborne. This was the weekly poetry p...
Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Ri...
Hero and Leander is a narrative poem by Christopher Marlowe, begun in 1593 and left unfinished at his death in 1593. It was completed by George Chapma...
In Time of Pestilence, 1593 is a remarkable work of poetry by Thomas Nashe, capturing the horrors of the bubonic plague that ravaged London in the lat...
“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a short lyrical poem by Christopher Marlowe, written in the late 16th century. It presents a shepherd's arden...
King Leir is an anonymous play that tells the story of the legendary British king Leir and his three daughters. The play was written in the late 16th...
Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks is a play by Lording Barry, a contemporary of Shakespeare, set in a vibrant and disreputable London street teeming with div...
The Shoemaker's Holiday is a play set in Elizabethan London that explores themes of love, class, and social mobility through the lens of a vibrant and...
Sir Philip Sidney's *Arcadia* is a sprawling Renaissance prose romance that transports readers to a world of idealized chivalry and adventure. Set in...
Louise Imogen Guiney's 'Blessed Edmund Campion' is a biographical account of the life and martyrdom of Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest who ministered...
Ben Jonson's "Cynthia's Revels" is a satirical comedy, a masque presented at court in 1600. The play follows a group of young men who, inspired by the...
The Sidney Psalms are a poetic rendering of the Psalms by Sir Philip Sidney and his sister, Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke. Written in...
Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's earliest and most controversial plays. It is a bloody tale of revenge and violence that has fascinated and re...
