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|''[[The Tempest (play)|Tempest, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Prospero, Miranda||1611||1623 | |''[[The Tempest (play)|Tempest, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Prospero, Miranda||1611||1623 | ||
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|''[[As You Like It]]''||Comedy||Precis||Rosalind, Orlando||1598||1623 | |''[[As You Like It]]''||Comedy||Precis||Rosalind, Orlando||1598||1623 | ||
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|''[[Taming of the Shrew]]''||Comedy||Precis||Petruchio, Katherine||1591|1623 | |''[[Taming of the Shrew]]''||Comedy||Precis||Petruchio, Katherine||1591||1623 | ||
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|''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''||Comedy||Precis||Bertram, Helena||1603||1623 | |''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''||Comedy||Precis||Bertram, Helena||1603||1623 | ||
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|''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Pistol||1599||1600 | |''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Pistol||1599||1600 | ||
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|''[[Henry VI, part 1]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Talbot|| | |''[[Henry VI, part 1]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Talbot||1592||1623 | ||
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|''[[Henry VI, part 2]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Margaret|| | |''[[Henry VI, part 2]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Margaret||1591||1594 | ||
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|''[[Henry VI, part 3]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Margaret|| | |''[[Henry VI, part 3]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Margaret||1591||1595 | ||
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|''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''||History||Precis||Richard, Clarence|| | |''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''||History||Precis||Richard, Clarence||1592||1597 | ||
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|''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Catherine|| | |''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Catherine||1613||1623 | ||
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|''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Romeo, Juliet|| | |''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Romeo, Juliet||1595||1597 | ||
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|''[[Coriolanus (play)|Coriolanus]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Coriolanus, Volumnia|| | |''[[Coriolanus (play)|Coriolanus]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Coriolanus, Volumnia||1608||1623 | ||
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|''[[Titus Andronicus]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Titus, Aaron|| | |''[[Titus Andronicus]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Titus, Aaron||1590||1594 | ||
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|''[[Timon of Athens]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Timon, Apemantus|| | |''[[Timon of Athens]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Timon, Apemantus||1606||1623 | ||
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|''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Brutus, Antony|| | |''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Brutus, Antony||1599||1623 | ||
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|''[[Macbeth]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo|| | |''[[Macbeth]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo||1605||1623 | ||
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|''[[Hamlet]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Hamlet, Ophelia|| | |''[[Hamlet]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Hamlet, Ophelia||1601||1603 | ||
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|''[[Troilus and Cressida]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Troilus, Cressida|| | |''[[Troilus and Cressida]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Troilus, Cressida||1602||1609 | ||
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|''[[King Lear]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Lear, Cordelia, Regan Gloucester, Goneril|| | |''[[King Lear]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Lear, Cordelia, Regan Gloucester, Goneril||1605||1608 | ||
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|''[[Othello]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Othello, Iago, Desdemona|| | |''[[Othello]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Othello, Iago, Desdemona||1604||1622 | ||
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|''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Antony, Cleopatra|| | |''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Antony, Cleopatra||1606||1623 | ||
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|''[[Cymbeline]]''||Romance||Precis||Imogen, Iachimo|| | |''[[Cymbeline]]''||Romance||Precis||Imogen, Iachimo||1609||1623 | ||
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† Not included in the First Folio. | † Not included in the First Folio. |
Revision as of 13:06, 7 November 2007
The Plays
Shakespeare's plays are traditionally organised into three groups: Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories. The following (resortable) list sorts the plays according to their order in the First Folio (with excluded plays marked by †), 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 so marked in the "Genre" column.
Title | Genre | Precis | Main Characters | Date Written |
Date Published |
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Tempest, The | Comedy | Precis | Prospero, Miranda | 1611 | 1623 |
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The | Comedy | Precis | Valentine, Proteus | 1593 | 1623 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | Comedy | Precis | Falstaff, Ford | 1597 | 1602 |
Measure for Measure | Comedy | Precis | Vincentio, Angelo | 1604 | 1623 |
The Comedy of Errors | Comedy | Precis | Antipholus, Dromio | 1590 | 1623 |
Much Ado About Nothing | Comedy | Precis | Beatrice, Benedick | 1598 | 1600 |
Love's Labour's Lost | Comedy | Precis | Ferdinand, Berowne | 1593 | 1598 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Comedy | Precis | Oberon, Titania | 1594 | 1600 |
The Merchant of Venice | Comedy | Precis | Antonio, Shylock | 1596 | 1600 |
As You Like It | Comedy | Precis | Rosalind, Orlando | 1598 | 1623 |
Taming of the Shrew | Comedy | Precis | Petruchio, Katherine | 1591 | 1623 |
All's Well That Ends Well | Comedy | Precis | Bertram, Helena | 1603 | 1623 |
Twelfth Night or What You Will | Comedy | Precis | Orsino, Viola, Olivia | 1600 | 1623 |
The Winter's Tale | Romance | Precis | Leontes, Perdita | 1610 | 1623 |
Pericles, Prince of Tyre† | Romance | Precis | Pericles, Marina | 1607 | 1609 |
The Two Noble Kinsmen† | Romance | Precis | Arcite, Palamon | 1612-3 | 1634 |
King John | History | Precis | John, Arthur | 1596 | 1623 |
Richard II | History | Precis | Richard, Bolingbroke | 1595 | 1597 |
Henry IV, part 1 | History | Precis | Henry, Hal, Hotspur | 1597 | 1598 |
Henry IV, part 2 | History | Precis | Henry, Falstaff, Hal | 1598 | 1600 |
Henry V | History | Precis | Henry, Pistol | 1599 | 1600 |
Henry VI, part 1 | History | Precis | Henry, Talbot | 1592 | 1623 |
Henry VI, part 2 | History | Precis | Henry, Margaret | 1591 | 1594 |
Henry VI, part 3 | History | Precis | Henry, Margaret | 1591 | 1595 |
Richard III | History | Precis | Richard, Clarence | 1592 | 1597 |
Henry VIII | History | Precis | Henry, Catherine | 1613 | 1623 |
Romeo and Juliet | Tragedy | Precis | Romeo, Juliet | 1595 | 1597 |
Coriolanus | Tragedy | Precis | Coriolanus, Volumnia | 1608 | 1623 |
Titus Andronicus | Tragedy | Precis | Titus, Aaron | 1590 | 1594 |
Timon of Athens | Tragedy | Precis | Timon, Apemantus | 1606 | 1623 |
Julius Caesar | Tragedy | Precis | Brutus, Antony | 1599 | 1623 |
Macbeth | Tragedy | Precis | Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo | 1605 | 1623 |
Hamlet | Tragedy | Precis | Hamlet, Ophelia | 1601 | 1603 |
Troilus and Cressida | Tragedy | Precis | Troilus, Cressida | 1602 | 1609 |
King Lear | Tragedy | Precis | Lear, Cordelia, Regan Gloucester, Goneril | 1605 | 1608 |
Othello | Tragedy | Precis | Othello, Iago, Desdemona | 1604 | 1622 |
Antony and Cleopatra | Tragedy | Precis | Antony, Cleopatra | 1606 | 1623 |
Cymbeline | Romance | Precis | Imogen, Iachimo | 1609 | 1623 |
† Not included in the First Folio.
Sources:
- "plays of William Shakespeare" (requires subscription). World Encyclopedia. Philip's, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed November 7, 2007.
- Terry A. Gray, "Shakespeare's Canon." Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet (website). Accessed November 7, 2007.
Poems
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Venus and Adonis
- The Rape of Lucrece
- The Passionate Pilgrim
- The Phoenix and the Turtle
- A Lover's Complaint