The play picks up where Henry IV, Part One left off. Its focus is on Prince Hal's journey toward kingship, and his ultimate rejection of Falstaff. However, unlike Part One, Hal and Falstaff's stories are almost entirely separate, as the two characters meet only twice and very briefly. The tone of much of the play is elegiac, focusing on Falstaff's age and his closeness to death.
Falstaff is still drinking and engaging in petty criminality in the London underworld. Falstaff appears, followed by a new character, a young page whom Prince Hal has assigned him as a joke. Falstaff enquires what the doctor has said about the analysis of his urine, and the page cryptically informs him that the urine is healthier than the patient. Falstaff promises to outfit the page in "vile apparel" (ragged clothing). He then complains of his insolubility, blaming it on "consumption of the purse." They go off, Falstaff vowing to find a wife "in the stews" (i.e., the local brothels).
He has a relationship with Doll Tearsheet, a prostitute. When news of a second rebellion arrives, Falstaff joins the army again, and goes to the country to raise forces. There he encounters Mouldy, Bullcalf, Feeble, Shadow and Wart, a band of rustic yokels who are to be conscripted into the loyalist army, with two of whom, Mouldy and Bullcalf, bribing their way out. He also visits an old school friend, Justice Shallow, and they reminisce about their youthful follies.
In the other storyline, Hal remains an acquaintance of London lowlife and seems unsuited to kingship. His father, King Henry IV, has apparently forgotten his reconciliation with his son in Henry IV, Part One, and is again disappointed in the young prince. Another rebellion is launched against Henry IV, but this time it is defeated, not by a battle, but by the duplicitous political machinations of Hal's brother, Prince John. King Henry then sickens and appears to die. Hal, seeing this, believes he is King and exits with the crown. King Henry, awakening, is devastated, thinking Hal cares only about becoming King. Hal convinces him otherwise and the old king subsequently dies contentedly.
The two storylines meet in the final scene, in which Falstaff, having learned that Hal is now King, travels to London in expectation of great rewards. But Hal rejects him, saying that he has now changed, and can no longer associate with such people. The London lowlifes, expecting a paradise of thieves under Hal's governance, are instead purged and imprisoned by the authorities.
[edit]Epilogue
At the end of the play, an epilogue thanks the audience and promises that the story will continue in a forthcoming play "with Sir John in it, and make you merry with fair Katharine of France; where, for all I know, Falstaff shall die of a sweat". In fact, the subsequent play, Henry V, does not feature Falstaff. The Merry Wives of Windsor, set a hundred or more years after the Henry plays, does have "Sir John in it", but cannot be the play referred to, since the passage clearly describes the forthcoming story of Henry V and his wooing of Katherine of France. Falstaff does "die of a sweat" in Henry V, but in London at the beginning of the play. His death is offstage, described by another character and he never appears. His role as a cowardly soldier looking out for himself is taken by Ancient Pistol, his braggart sidekick in Henry IV, Part 2 and Merry Wives.

The play picks up where Henry IV, Part One left off. Its focus is on Prince Hal's journey toward kingship, and his ultimate rejection of Falstaff. However, unlike Part One, Hal and Falstaff's stories are almost entirely separate, as the two characters meet only twice and very briefly. The tone of much of the play is elegiac, focusing on Falstaff's age and his closeness to death.
Falstaff is still drinking and engaging in petty criminality in the London underworld. Falstaff appears, followed by a new character, a young page whom Prince Hal has assigned him as a joke. Falstaff enquires what the doctor has said about the analysis of his urine, and the page cryptically informs him that the urine is healthier than the patient. Falstaff promises to outfit the page in "vile apparel" (ragged clothing). He then complains of his insolubility, blaming it on "consumption of the purse." They go off, Falstaff vowing to find a wife "in the stews" (i.e., the local brothels).
He has a relationship with Doll Tearsheet, a prostitute. When news of a second rebellion arrives, Falstaff joins the army again, and goes to the country to raise forces. There he encounters Mouldy, Bullcalf, Feeble, Shadow and Wart, a band of rustic yokels who are to be conscripted into the loyalist army, with two of whom, Mouldy and Bullcalf, bribing their way out. He also visits an old school friend, Justice Shallow, and they reminisce about their youthful follies.
In the other storyline, Hal remains an acquaintance of London lowlife and seems unsuited to kingship. His father, King Henry IV, has apparently forgotten his reconciliation with his son in Henry IV, Part One, and is again disappointed in the young prince. Another rebellion is launched against Henry IV, but this time it is defeated, not by a battle, but by the duplicitous political machinations of Hal's brother, Prince John. King Henry then sickens and appears to die. Hal, seeing this, believes he is King and exits with the crown. King Henry, awakening, is devastated, thinking Hal cares only about becoming King. Hal convinces him otherwise and the old king subsequently dies contentedly.
The two storylines meet in the final scene, in which Falstaff, having learned that Hal is now King, travels to London in expectation of great rewards. But Hal rejects him, saying that he has now changed, and can no longer associate with such people. The London lowlifes, expecting a paradise of thieves under Hal's governance, are instead purged and imprisoned by the authorities.
[edit]Epilogue
At the end of the play, an epilogue thanks the audience and promises that the story will continue in a forthcoming play "with Sir John in it, and make you merry with fair Katharine of France; where, for all I know, Falstaff shall die of a sweat". In fact, the subsequent play, Henry V, does not feature Falstaff. The Merry Wives of Windsor, set a hundred or more years after the Henry plays, does have "Sir John in it", but cannot be the play referred to, since the passage clearly describes the forthcoming story of Henry V and his wooing of Katherine of France. Falstaff does "die of a sweat" in Henry V, but in London at the beginning of the play. His death is offstage, described by another character and he never appears. His role as a cowardly soldier looking out for himself is taken by Ancient Pistol, his braggart sidekick in Henry IV, Part 2 and Merry Wives.

哈姆雷特快要疯了。父亲由于奇怪的病症暴毙，母亲改了嫁。在那么多人之中，她偏偏嫁给了亡夫的弟弟，还在父亲过世短短一个月之后。哈姆雷特总是能在夜间看见父亲的鬼魂，他呼喊着自己被弟弟毒害，并恳求哈姆雷特替他报仇，去杀死他的继父。哈姆雷特为了复仇大计装疯卖傻，却在实施的过程中迷失了现实。世界，对他来说成了污浊的泥淖。对性的渴望和唤醒成了恐怖的深渊。周围的朋友变成了继父的耳目，为了时刻监视他。甚至奥菲利亚，他的爱人，也变成了密谋中的一颗棋子。
哈姆雷特的偏执并非全无依据，一个告密者在幕帘后对他密切监视、窃听，终于，复仇者成了凶恶的捕食者。愚蠢的行为变成了彻底的疯狂，哈姆雷特错杀了波洛涅斯——奥菲利亚的父亲。哈姆雷特的母亲和继父为他掩盖了谋杀的罪行，并有意安排他远离公众的实现。哈姆雷特的大计似乎要化为泡影。他迷失了自我，失去了人生的方向。面对这一切，奥菲利亚再也无法承受，她自杀了。当哈姆雷特的继父决定让哈姆雷特永远不再发声的时候，哈姆雷特也抓住了这手边的机会，给了继父最后的沉痛一击，迫使他臣服。
莎士比亚再现了丹麦皇室堕落的政治网络，让哈姆雷特的人生变成了彻底迷幻的悲剧。谋杀、背叛、篡权和对性的渴望成了这场战争中捍卫皇权的武器。哈姆雷特因为无法采取行动，对抗这场在皇廷中充满冷嘲热讽的游戏规则，他变得沉郁、闭塞、甚至自我伤害。他生性犹疑，在好坏两方面难以抉择，这也成为他复仇之路上难以逾越的障碍。除他之外，再无他人对皇室存疑，他的人生注定是场悲剧。

1. "True Commitment" (26 February 1996)
Kavanagh finds himself defending a left-leaning protester accused of stabbing a skinhead at a protest march. The accused claims that it was entirely his fault, but when he hears that his upper middle class girlfriend has shopped him to the police, he changes his story saying he was just being chivalrous and that it was his girlfriend who did the stabbing. The Kavanaghs continue their commuter marriage with Lizzie working in Strasbourg and it all proves to be a challenge to them both. Kate has left for Cambridge and Lizzie is pleased to hear that her tutor is the husband of one of her closest childhood friends. She is far less pleased when she learns that her daughter and the tutor are having an affair and Kavanagh himself simply blows a gasket. And has Jeremy found true love at last?
2. "Men of Substance" (4 March 1996)
Kavanagh finds himself prosecuting a case for HM Customs. The case is anything but straightforward however. While 15 kilos of heroin was seized being smuggled in condemned meat, there is no physical or forensic evidence linking the drugs to any of the accused. One of them, Kevin Gregson, may have eliminated a witness in a previous case and he seems true to form when Kavanagh and his wife are threatened. Kavanagh suspects that not all is on the up an and as far as the evidence is concerned.
3. "The Burning Deck" (11 March 1996)
Kavanagh defends Lt. Ralph Kinross RN accused of starting a fire in a barracks. His co-accused is Jones, a childhood friend who is a sailor in the same unit, who had loaned money to the sailor whose bed was set on fire. Kavanagh's colleague Eleanor Harker QC is defending Jones but is also having problems at home. The defence focuses on the role of Chief Evans, the senior rating in charge of the engineering department, who was also Jones' main tormentor. In Chambers, Julia receives a proposal of marriage but has only a very short time to make up her mind.
4. "A Sense of Loss" (19 March 1996)
Kavanagh defends a teenage boy accused of shooting dead a policewoman. The boy confessed to the police but is pleading 'not guilty' but refuses to help Kavanagh with his defence.
5. "A Stranger in the Family" (25 March 1996)
An industrial accident at a recycling plant leaves a young man mentally and physically impaired. Kavanagh goes to court to secure a fair settlement from the insurance company for the family.
6. "Job Satisfaction" (2 April 1996)
Kavanagh faces the most complex case of his career: a man and his sister appear to have murdered their father, a farmer, and his second wife.

本片根据著名侦探小说家阿加莎·克里斯蒂的小说改编，故事情节和人物关系都略有改动，克里斯蒂小说的拥趸不应错过这样的好戏。乔治·巴顿是个白手起家的千万富翁，虽然上了年纪，但却娶了 年轻貌美的罗丝玛丽为妻。在一次他组织的社交晚会上，罗丝玛丽在饮酒后突然死亡，检验结果表明，罗丝玛丽的酒里掺有致命的氰化钾，于是同桌的客人都成了杀人嫌疑犯。此事惊动了首相办公室的麦凯恩，他召集旧部杰弗里上校及其妻子凯瑟琳联手调查此案。作为资深的调查员，老夫妻杰弗里和凯瑟琳一方面兴奋，一方面还要瞒着家人办案，因为儿孙们对他们的身份都不清楚。他们先了解了同桌的客人，除了乔治和罗丝玛丽，在场的还有乔治的私人助理露丝、文化体育部长斯蒂芬和妻子瑞贝卡、巴顿赞助的球队的主力菲茨杰拉德，以及罗丝玛丽的妹妹艾丽斯和姨妈露西亚。通过尸检报告，杰弗里和凯瑟琳了解到，罗丝玛丽身亡前两周做过流产，而她和乔治结婚后一直希望有个孩子却一直没能怀孕，凯瑟琳能干的助手安迪通过电脑网络解密了解了斯蒂芬部长的财务状况，发现了他和罗丝玛丽之间一桩的隐藏的丑闻。虽然罗丝玛丽有过自杀史，又流掉了部长的骨肉，但她没有理由用激烈的毒药把自己毒死。为了仕途荣耀的斯蒂芬应该不会杀死自己的情人，但发现了真相、发觉丈夫不爱自己的瑞贝卡会对罗丝玛丽下手吗？乔治会因为嫉妒杀死妻子吗？调查员分析了罗丝玛丽的遗嘱，发现这个富有的女人死后把遗产都留给了自己的妹妹艾丽斯。作为最大的财富收益人，她、她的未婚夫菲茨杰拉德、甚至姨妈、未出现的表兄马克是否都有杀人可能呢？疯狂的乔治为了寻找真凶，再次邀请妻子被杀当晚出现的客人赴宴，企图重现杀人现场，但他却在喝过酒后，和妻子一样突然死去。连续杀人案迫使杰弗里和凯瑟琳加倍努力，最终他们发现，杀害罗丝玛丽的凶手原来是……

查尔斯·狄更斯 (Charles Dickens) 令人难以忘怀的半自传故事，讲述了一个男孩在母亲去世后被继父送走，但他设法战胜了难以置信的逆境。

康德公爵（让·雷诺 Jean Reno饰）是12世纪的贵族，这天他前来城堡与公主订婚，却遭到奸人迫害。他的酒杯里被投下巫婆的毒药，让他喝下了迷魂药。神志不清中，康德杀死了公主，被抓入大牢。 　　 仆人安德烈（克里斯汀·克拉维尔 Christian Clavier饰）去找巫师，让康德回到事件之前。但是，粗心的巫师却抓错了药，结果康德和安德烈去到了21世纪的芝加哥。他们遇上了康德的后人朱莉亚（克里斯蒂娜•艾伯盖特 Christina Applegate 饰），得知如果他们不及时回到12世纪，罗萨琳公主将无法复活，后人就会消失。但是安德烈却乐不思蜀了。他和一个女孩打得火热，并不大愿意回到12世纪。然而时间不等人，康德的归去越来越迫切，而安德烈却还在温柔乡里磨蹭。事情越来越棘手。

记者尼克穆伦与维南贝礼斯接获匿名者提供的政治丑闻内幕，指称议员丹尼斯马克韩是与苏联秘密警察有所接触的间谍。虽然此指控的证据有限，迪斯派日报为求独家仍事先向大众报导此事件，引发马克韩辞去议员一职。当尼克专研马克韩事件之际，维南却有不同的看法。在维南突然死亡后，尼克才发现整个事件涉及层面更深，而维南是因为知道太多而导致杀生之祸。更具影响力的人士想要掩盖事实。