| CYMBELINE | Play by William Shakespeare set in ancient Britain (9) |
| HAMLET | Tragedy by William Shakespeare set in Denmark; his longest play (6) |
| GLADIATOR | Russell Crowe film set in ancient Rome (9) |
| HENRYV | History play by William Shakespeare adapted for film by Laurence Olivier in 1944 and Kenneth Branagh in 1989 |
| PICT | One of the chosen people we hear in ancient Britain? |
| TORC | Metal neck ornament in ancient Britain (4) |
| MAGOG | Gog and ----, mythical giants in ancient Britain (5) |
| ESSED | Chariot in ancient Britain |
| TROILUS | ____ And Cressida, play by William Shakespeare first published in 1609 (7) |
| CASANOVA | A place in the Spanish sun, perhaps, by river synonymous with Shakespeare set up by lover boy (8) |
| SHREW | Comedy by Shakespeare, set partly in Padua and partly in a country house (3,6,2,3,5) |
| THETAMINGOFTHE | Comedy by Shakespeare, set partly in Padua and partly in a country house (3,6,2,3,5) |
| KINGJOHN | The Life and Death of ___, stage play by William Shakespeare first published in 1623 (4,4) |
| REGAN | One of the three daughters of King Lear in a play by William Shakespeare (5) |
| HENRYIV | Son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster born in Bolingbroke Castle in 1367 who became the subject of two plays by William Shakespeare (5,2) |
| JULIET | "Romeo and ___", play by William Shakespeare (6) |
| THEMERCHANT | Play by William Shakespeare featuring the character Shylock (3,8,2,6) |
| ENDS | All's Well That - Well ; play by William Shakespeare (4) |
| ERRORS | Complete the title of this play by William Shakespeare - The Comedy Of ___ (6) |
| VERONA | The Two Gentlemen of -; play by William Shakespeare (6) |
