| A | B |
|---|
| The Comedy of Errors | Characters separated at birth are mixed up |
| As You Like It | Exiled courtiers fall in love |
| The Merchant of Venice | Jewish moneylender and his daughters |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Fairy king gets "hobgoblin" to trick fairy queen to fall in love with a human with the head of a donkey |
| The Tempest | Sorcerer shipwrecks his usurpers, his daughter falls in love with one of them |
| Othello | Soldier tricked into thinking wife is unfaithful |
| King Lear | Divides kingdom for daughters |
| Hamlet | Hero avenges father's murder |
| Macbeth | General and wife murder other contenders for Scottish throne |
| Romeo and Juliet | Try to marry despite family feud |
| Taming of the Shrew | Suitor makes soon-to-be wife obedient |
| Twelfth Night | Heroine dresses as man and acquires interest from countess whom she is trying to convince to marry the man the herione loves |
| Measure for Measure | Nun seeks forgiveness for her brother from a strict judge |
