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Shakespeare's plays are traditionally organised into three groups: Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories. The following list separates the plays according to their classification in the [[First Folio]], the first published edition of Shakespeare's plays. Today, some of the comedies are usually considered as a separate subgenre, the [[Shakespeare's late romances|'romances']] or tragicomedies; these plays are highlighted with an asterisk (*). | Shakespeare's plays are traditionally organised into three groups: Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories. The following list separates the plays according to their classification in the [[First Folio]], the first published edition of Shakespeare's plays. Today, some of the comedies are usually considered as a separate subgenre, the [[Shakespeare's late romances|'romances']] or tragicomedies; these plays are highlighted with an asterisk (*). | ||
{| class="sortable wikitable" | {| class="sortable wikitable" | ||
!Title | !Title | ||
!Genre | |||
!Precis | |||
!Main Characters | |||
!Date Written | !Date Written | ||
!First Published | !First Published | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Tempest (play)|Tempest, The]]''||Prospero, Miranda | |''[[The Tempest (play)|Tempest, The]]''||Comedy||Prospero, Miranda | ||
| | | | ||
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|''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|Two Gentlemen of Verona, The]]''||Valentine, Proteus | |''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|Two Gentlemen of Verona, The]]''||Comedy||Valentine, Proteus | ||
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|''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' | |''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]''||Comedy|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Measure for Measure]]'' | |''[[Measure for Measure]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' | |''[[The Comedy of Errors]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' | |''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'' | |''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' | |''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' | |''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[As You Like It]]'' | |''[[As You Like It]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[Taming of the Shrew]]'' | |''[[Taming of the Shrew]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' | |''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''||Comedy|| | ||
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|''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night or What You Will]]'' | |''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night or What You Will]]'' | ||
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|''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]'' | |''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''† | ||
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|''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]'' | |''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]''† | ||
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|''[[King John]]'' | |''[[King John]]'' | ||
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|''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]'' | |''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]'' | ||
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|''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' | |''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' | ||
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|''[[Cymbeline]]'' | |''[[Cymbeline]]'' | ||
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† Not included in the First Folio. | |||
===Poems=== | ===Poems=== |
Revision as of 12:08, 7 November 2007
Shakespeare's plays are traditionally organised into three groups: Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories. The following list separates the plays according to their classification in the First Folio, the first published edition of Shakespeare's plays. Today, some of the comedies are usually considered as a separate subgenre, the 'romances' or tragicomedies; these plays are highlighted with an asterisk (*).
Title | Genre | Precis | Main Characters | Date Written | First Published |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tempest, The | Comedy | Prospero, Miranda | |||
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The | Comedy | Valentine, Proteus | |||
The Merry Wives of Windsor | Comedy | ||||
Measure for Measure | Comedy | ||||
The Comedy of Errors | Comedy | ||||
Much Ado About Nothing | Comedy | ||||
Love's Labour's Lost | Comedy | ||||
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Comedy | ||||
The Merchant of Venice | Comedy | ||||
As You Like It | Comedy | ||||
Taming of the Shrew | Comedy | ||||
All's Well That Ends Well | Comedy | ||||
Twelfth Night or What You Will | |||||
The Winter's Tale|- | |||||
Pericles, Prince of Tyre† | |||||
The Two Noble Kinsmen† | |||||
King John | |||||
Richard II | |||||
Henry IV, part 1 | |||||
Henry IV, part 2 | |||||
Henry V | |||||
Henry VI, part 1 | |||||
Henry VI, part 2 | |||||
Henry VI, part 3 | |||||
Richard III | |||||
Henry VIII | |||||
Romeo and Juliet | |||||
Coriolanus | |||||
Titus Andronicus | |||||
Timon of Athens | |||||
Julius Caesar | |||||
Macbeth | |||||
Hamlet | |||||
Troilus and Cressida | |||||
King Lear | |||||
Othello | |||||
Antony and Cleopatra | |||||
Cymbeline |
† Not included in the First Folio.
Poems
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Venus and Adonis
- The Rape of Lucrece
- The Passionate Pilgrim
- The Phoenix and the Turtle
- A Lover's Complaint