The supernatural figure of the sorcerer, someone with magic powers for both good and evil, features in storytelling and legends...

Find out what happened when King Midas was granted his wish, how Icarus flew too close to the sun, and relive the adventures of...

The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives intertwine...

Written at the end of the life of Elizabeth I, Henry V is an inspirational, gripping play that struck a chord in a time of...

In Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare uses the most notorious murder in classical history to tell a tragic tale of friendship,...

Initially described as a comedy, Shakespeare's explorations of prejudice, duty and the nature of justice make The Merchant of...

In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm...

Shakespeare’s gentle melancholy, enlivened by a comic sub-plot of considerable accomplishment, has long made Twelfth Night a...

Mark Twain’s first historical novel, The Prince and the Pauper, is a classic adventure of mistaken identity that champions social...

A collection of eighteen romantic short stories from the award-winning and much-loved Eva Ibbotson, A Glove Shop in Vienna will...

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in...

Shooting stars tear across the night sky, then a gigantic artificial cylinder descends from Mars to land near London. Inquisitive...