Shakespeare & Plays Trivia
A trivia pack on Shakespeare and the great plays — the Bard's tragedies, comedies and histories, the famous characters and lines, and a wider look at the great playwrights from the Greeks through Beckett and the modern theatre.
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The big four tragedies (Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello), the histories (Henry IV-V, Richard II-III), the comedies (Twelfth Night, Much Ado, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It), the romances (The Tempest, The Winter's Tale). Famous characters, famous lines ("To be or not to be", "What's in a name?", "Wherefore art thou Romeo?"), the famously-misattributed quotes.
Other playwrights
Ancient Greek (Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes), the Elizabethan / Jacobean contemporaries (Marlowe, Jonson, Webster), modern landmarks (Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Shaw, O'Neill, Williams, Miller, Beckett, Pinter, Stoppard).
Frequently asked questions
How much Shakespeare?
Substantial — he's the centre of the pack. Other playwrights round it out.
Famous lines?
Yes — and questions also call out famous misattributions.
Modern musicals?
Lightly — they're more theatre-adjacent than the dramatic canon.
How many players?
Up to six per room.