Mark Antony’s passion for Cleopatra compromises his duties as a Roman triumvir, provoking rivalry with Octavius Caesar and fracturing the Rome–Egypt power balance. Political manoeuvre, the marriage pact with Octavia and the naval defeat at Actium precipitate Antony’s collapse, desertion by his allies and his suicide. Cleopatra evades Roman triumph by taking her own life, Caesar secures Egypt and orders honourable rites for the fallen.

Пьеса показывает смутное время: после гибели царевича Димитрия Борис Годунов правит, мучимый виной и страхом, при том что бояре и народ колеблются.
На границе появляется самозванец, выдающий себя за воскресшего Димитрия, собирает войско и сеет мятеж, опираясь на религиозные знамения и политические интриги.
В развившейся борьбе власть Бориса рушится — царь умирает, смута обостряется, семейство Годуновых погибает.

On a moonlit palace terrace the prophet Jokanaan denounces the incestuous court of Herod and Herodias; Princess Salomé becomes obsessed, Narraboth summons Jokanaan and then kills himself when the prophet rejects her. After Salomé’s sensuous "dance of the seven veils" for Herod, she obtains his oath and demands Jokanaan’s head on a silver charger, kisses the severed head, and is immediately executed by the enraged Tetrarch.

The play "Hamlet" revolves around Prince Hamlet of Denmark, who grapples with the murder of his father by his uncle Claudius, now king, while dealing with his own sorrow and madness. As Hamlet seeks to uncover the truth and exact revenge, he faces a web of intrigue, betrayal, and tragedy, culminating in a deadly confrontation that claims multiple lives, including his own. The themes of existential doubt, morality, and the human experience are explored against the backdrop of political turmoil and personal loss.