This DVD presents six half-hour programs that contains certain spoken texts (from his plays or poetry) and linked musical excerpts within a given theme. The programs are centered on vocal excerpts but also contain instrumental and chamber-music pieces, directly derived from and inspired by the works of William Shakespeare.

The six principal themes are:
• The Elizabethan and The Restoration Rules
• Shakespeare and opera
• Shakespeare abroad
• Shakespearian heroine
• Shakespeare and Broadway
• Shakespeare in Love