The world is a stage.
Everyone is an actor who plays tragedies and comedies.

My name is Shakespeare, the author of "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet", and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I wrote 37 dramas, and as you know, even today they are performed at theatres not only in England, but also in Japan. I was an actor originally, but it was not long before I became a playwright.

Recently, people have begun refering to me as "a person from the same time as ours", and in Japan my dramas have been performed with various adaptations such as changing the setting of the original era to such times as the Adsuchi Momoyama Era and the present, and others, according to each director's original understanding, interpretation, imagination, and creativity.

Talking about "Hamlet", innumerable performances have been staged throughout the world since the first performance in 1604. You may not know about the stages of 300 years ago although you know about my work. Now, I will introduce them by tripping time.