The lecherous old Falstaff schemes to seduce two wives in order to access their husbands’ money. They discover his motives easily and devise a series of elaborate jokes to humiliate him. Meanwhile, a wealthy daughter plots against her parents to wed the suitor of her choosing.

A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He is joined by Clare Higgins (Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King) and Ruth Negga (Ophelia).

骁勇善战的奥赛罗（艾德里安·莱斯特 Adrian Lester 饰）爱上了元老的女儿苔丝狄蒙娜（琳赛·马歇尔 Lyndsey Marshal 饰），然而奥赛罗的身份卑微，两人的感情注定要经受风雨的打击。尹阿古（罗里·金奈尔 Rory Kinnear 饰）是奥赛罗手下的旗官，阴险狡诈的他妒忌奥赛罗的成就，想将其除之而后快。

丹麦王子哈姆雷特（本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰）被传召回家参加父亲的葬礼以及自己母亲和叔父克劳迪斯的婚礼。父亲的突然离世，加上母亲的改嫁，使哈姆雷特终日郁郁寡欢。一次哈姆雷特在半夜里来到城堡高台上，与父亲的鬼魂相会，得知父王被叔父克劳迪斯毒死。鬼魂要求哈姆雷特向那个篡夺王位、霸占王妃的凶手复仇。背负了复仇任务的哈姆雷特决定用假装发疯的办法来掩饰自己，以窥探克劳迪斯的一举一动。随后他安排了一场宫廷戏，将国王被害一幕以戏剧形式表演出来。叔父看后原形毕露，而哈姆雷特却误杀了恋人（珊·布鲁克 Sian Brooke 饰）的父亲，导致恋人发疯死去。随后哈姆雷特的母亲也饮毒酒死亡，最终哈姆雷特愤怒杀死叔父。