- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
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- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
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- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
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- The Tempest
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- Twelfth Night
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- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
Eight years prior to Act One, Scene 1, Jason and Chris are hanging out in the local bar that all of the play’s main characters frequent. Chris has just shared with Jason and Stan his intentions to pursue teaching at Albright College, which surprises both of them. Prior to this exchange, Stan expresses disapproval on a practical level: he believes it’s crazy to walk away from the sought-after high pay at Olstead’s Steel Tubing (where Chris and Jason currently work). This attitude is a potential reason behind why working-class laborers tend to get stuck in jobs that are unfulfilling and…