The Tempest

1610-1611
Shakespeare
The Tempest
B

The penultimate of WS's surviving plays (until Cardenio and The Two Noble Kinsmen turn up) is his first good play in about a decade (since Hamlet).  Interesting characters and setting, memorable quotes (including "brave new world"), and the themes of reconciliation, young love, and of course getting monsters drunk, all blend well.  Weaknesses:  perhaps too many subplots and more needless cameos by the gods.  (Ires, Ceres, and Juno here, while Cymbeline brought in Jupiter.  At least As You Like It gave Hymen some good lines.)