Antony and Cleopatra - Shakespeare in Limerick Poem

There was an Egyptian queen
The fairest, they say, ever seen
But though she was pretty
And also was witty
She was most unaccountably mean.

Hamlet - Shakespeare in Limerick

There once was a gloomy young Dane
Who all frolic and fun did disdain
In his dictionary
You couldn't find "merry"
And "pleasure" defined he as "pain"

All's Well That Ends Well - Shakespeare in Limerick

There once was a girl they called Helen
And she was in trouble, yes, well in
But though in so tight
She got out all right
So it didn't much matter she fell in

Othello - Shakespeare in Limerick

There once was a man named Othello
An outrageously jealous old fellow
When they told him some lies
Quite green turned his eyes
And like a great bull he did bellow