Shakespeare's Plays
Shakespeare's Plays (arranged by approximate date of composition)
|
Play |
Approximate date of composition |
Date of first publication |
Genre |
|
Henry VI, Part II |
1590 |
1594 |
History |
|
Henry VI, Part III |
1590 |
1595 |
History |
|
Henry VI, Part I |
1590 |
1623 |
History |
|
Richard III |
1592 |
1597 |
History |
|
The Comedy of Errors |
1592 |
1623 |
Comedy |
|
Titus Andronicus |
1593 |
1594 |
Tragedy |
|
The Taming of the Shrew |
1593 |
1623 |
Comedy |
|
The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
1594 |
1623 |
Comedy |
|
Love's Labour's Lost |
1594 |
1598 |
Comedy |
|
Romeo and Juliet |
1594 |
1597 |
Tragedy |
|
Richard II |
1595 |
1597 |
History |
|
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
1595 |
1600 |
Comedy |
|
King John |
1596 |
1623 |
History |
|
The Merchant of Venice |
1596 |
1600 |
Comedy |
|
Henry IV, Part I |
1597 |
1598 |
History |
|
Henry IV, Part II |
1597 |
1600 |
History |
|
Much Ado About Nothing |
1598 |
1600 |
Comedy |
|
Henry V |
1598 |
1600 |
History |
|
Julius Caesar |
1599 |
1623 |
Tragedy |
|
As You Like It |
1599 |
1623 |
Comedy |
|
Twelfth Night |
1599 |
1623 |
Comedy |
|
Hamlet |
1600 |
1603 |
Tragedy |
|
The Merry Wives of Windsor |
1600 |
1602 |
Comedy |
|
Troilus and Cressida |
1601 |
1609 |
Comedy |
|
All's Well That Ends Well |
1602 |
1623 |
Comedy |
|
Measure for Measure |
1604 |
1623 |
Comedy |
|
Othello |
1604 |
1622 |
Tragedy |
|
King Lear |
1605 |
1608 |
Tragedy |
|
Macbeth |
1605 |
1623 |
Tragedy |
|
Antony and Cleopatra |
1606 |
1623 |
Tragedy |
|
Coriolanus |
1607 |
1623 |
Tragedy |
|
Timon of Athens |
1607 |
1623 |
Tragedy |
|
Pericles |
1608 |
1609 |
Tragicomedy |
|
Cymbeline |
1609 |
1623 |
Tragicomedy |
|
The Winter's Tale |
1610 |
1623 |
Tragicomedy |
|
The Tempest |
1611 |
1623 |
Tragicomedy |
|
Henry VIII (probably written in collaboration with John Fletcher) |
1612 |
1623 |
History |
|
Two Noble Kinsmen (of doubtful authorship; may have been written in collaboration with John Fletcher) |
1612 |
1634 |
Comedy |
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