Shakespeare's treatment of the age-old tale of love and betrayal is based on many sources, from Homer and Ovid to Chaucer andShakespeare's near contemporary Robert Greene.

Historisk drama om den østrigske ærkehertug Maximilian, der blev kejser i Mexico i årene 1864-1867 (indsat af franskmændene) og Mexicos præsident Benito Juarez

A comedy of manners concerning the Victorian moral codes of the day.