King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength.
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled.
Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendacious womanizer; a smooth-talking office flirt, Cornelius; and an aging barrister, Emlyn, who is enchanted by Mary's youthful vitality and charm.
미국인 의사 벤 맥케나와 조 부부는 아들 행크와 함께 프랑스령 모로코로 휴가를 즐기러 간다. 그들이 시장에서 쇼핑을 하고 있을 때 한 아랍인이 등에 칼을 맞은 채 그들 앞에 쓰러진다. 그는 벤에게 암브로스 채플이라는 말 한마디를 남긴채 죽고 어린 아들은 누군가에 의해 납치당한다. 아들을 구하러 나선 맥케나 부부는 추적끝에 국제 스파이 조직이 런던의 앨버트 홀에서 외교관을 암살할 계획임을 알아낸다. 교향악단의 연주가 시작되고 암살의 신호인 심벌즈가 울리기 직전 맥케나 부부의 노력으로 외교관의 암살은 저지되고 그들은 아들을 스파이 조직으로부터 구해낸다.
