TLDR and Mr Shakespeare

TLDR is a term I learned today. It means "Too Long, Didn't Read". I came across it whilst watching a YouTube video copy of a previously live stream. Someone joined Chat and asked "I've just caught the stream; could you give me a TLDR?". The valiant streamer then proceeded to summarise the game, which had so far lasted some 6 hours, in one sentence. 10/10 Potato McWhiskey.

TLDR is apparently a common internet acronym dating back to the early 2000s so I don't know why I haven't come across it before, but it now constitutes "one new thing I learned today". I have no idea in what context its usage is common but I thought I might apply TLDR to books I have recently read so that busy, or impatient, readers won't have to read them. Idle, patient readers can skip to the quiz at the end.

Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (Claire Tomalin) - Pepys is born and grows up, writes a diary, works for the navy and gets married, although continuing to lead a lustful life.

The Machine Stops (E. M. Forster) - Everyone lives underground, each in one room, where the Machine controls and supports their life, until the Machine breaks down.

The Three Body Problem (Liu Cixin) - Young scientist foolishly sends a message to the universe, which reveals Earth's location to everyone else, causing problems when the Solarians threaten to invade.

And here's a famous - possibly infamous - movie: "A family's first Airbnb experience goes badly wrong".

And a well-known TV series: "Small man manipulates everyone to get his own way".

Meanwhile, here is today's quiz, using info from theodysseyonline.com. Identify the following plays of William Shakespeare from their TLDRs:

• Some hooligans run away and end up getting their dream weddings.
• A fully-grown, college-educated man mopes and whines like a child about his home life.
• Identity theft runs rampant in a beach community.
• A wife loses a hankie and also her life.
• A small boy battles it out with an experienced weasel and nobody wins.
• A bunch of royals get stuck on the most wicked awesome deserted island ever.
• Some shady characters make a whole bunch of outdated law puns; also a woman clearly says no yet in a play full of lawyers no one brings up the issue of consent.

Anyone getting 7/7 is a genius - or at least a Shakespearean nerd.

Answers in one week - watch out for it!