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This puzzle explores the characters and settings within the works of William Shakespeare. Best of luck.
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      1. The head of an abbey of monks, can be found in "Richard III" (1592-4)
      4. Published between 1595 and 1596, "A Midsummer Night's ___"
      7. He utters the line "Now is the winter of our discontent"; The Duke of Gloucester, aka Richard ___
      8. English military leader, appears in "Richard II" (1595-6); John of ___
      9. Romeo uses this spiritual being to describe Juliet's beauty; "O, speak again, bright ___"
      10. Vase used for storing ashes
      11. Term to describe places such as Rome, Verona & Elsinore, all of which appear in his plays
      14. Lover of Tamora & main antagonist in 3 Down; ___ the Moor
      17. Alternate name for the "Three Witches" that appear in "Macbeth" (1606-07); "The ___ Sisters"
      20. Henry & Thomas Percy (for example), who appear in "Henry IV, Part 1" (1596-97) (Plural)
      23. Latin word for "hail", as in "Hail Caesar"
      24. Tragedy written between 1605-08; "___ of Athens"
      25. Juliet, Cleopatra or Rosalind (for example) in Shakespeare's plays (Singular)
      26. One of the fairies in 4 Across or, the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
      27. Figure associated with Windsor Forest in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (1597-1601); ___ the Hunter
      28. Nationality of Duncan, Malcolm and Donalbain in "Macbeth" (1606-07)

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      1. No bull, nobleman in the Scottish court who plots to overthrow "Macbeth" (1606-07)
      2. Servant to the "bawd" (a female brothel owner) in Mytilene in "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" (1606-08)
      3. Story of a Roman general; "The Lamentable Tragedy of ___ Andronicus" (1589-92)
      4. Florentine woman who resists Bertram's advances in "All's Well That Ends Well" (1601-05)
      5. Gloucester's eldest son & heir to his land in "King Lear" (1605-06)
      6. French lord who serves the Dauphin, Louis in "King John" (1594-96)
      12. In wooing Katherine in "Taming of the Shrew" (1590-94) Petruchio is told to "break the ___"
      13. "Julius Caesar" (1599), what does Mark Antony call "friends, Romans & countrymen" to provide (Sing.)
      15. Comedy written in 1598 and 1599; "Much ___ About Nothing"
      16. Aged, as in "My ___ heart is cracked; it's cracked" ("King Lear" 1605-06)
      17. Supernatural being that appears in "Macbeth" (1606-07)
      18. Third most populous city in Turkey, where part of the "Shakespeare Festival" was held in 2019
      19. Pavan, Galliard or Scotch Jig (for example) in 15 Down (Singular)
      20. English form of name of King of France in "Henry VI, Part 3" (1591-92); ___ the Eleventh
      21. Juliet's lover
      22. Country lord who flirts with Anne Boleyn in "Henry VIII" (1613)