- 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
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
After leaving Shirley, Neddy confronts the frustrating reality that he has aged and time has slipped away from him. The vision of the young man in the bathhouse contrasts Neddy’s current weakness and decrepitude, when only this morning he felt youthful and strong. It’s a further sign that Neddy can no longer persist in his former illusions of youth, success, and familial bliss. As if to emphasize that point, his sensory perceptions are intense. The “autumnal fragrance” is “strong as gas” in a sign that it can’t be ignored any longer. And the stars are unambiguous, showing unmistakable autumn constellations…