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|''[[The Tempest (play)|Tempest, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Prospero, Miranda | |''[[The Tempest (play)|Tempest, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Prospero, Miranda||1611|| | ||
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|''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|Two Gentlemen of Verona, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Valentine, Proteus | |''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|Two Gentlemen of Verona, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Valentine, Proteus||1593|| | ||
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|''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]''||Comedy||Precis||Falstaff, Ford|| | |''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]''||Comedy||Precis||Falstaff, Ford|| | ||
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|''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''||Comedy||Precis||Bertram, Helena|| | |''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''||Comedy||Precis||Bertram, Helena|| | ||
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|''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night or What You Will]]''Comedy||Precis||Orsino, Viola, Olivia|| | |''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night or What You Will]]''||Comedy||Precis||Orsino, Viola, Olivia|| | ||
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|''[[The Winter's Tale]]''||Romance||Precis||Leontes, Perdita|| | |''[[The Winter's Tale]]''||Romance||Precis||Leontes, Perdita|| | ||
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|''[[Othello]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Othello, Iago, Desdemona|| | |''[[Othello]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Othello, Iago, Desdemona|| | ||
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|''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Antony, Cleopatra | |''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''||Tragedy||Precis||Antony, Cleopatra|| | ||
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|''[[Cymbeline]]''||Romance||Precis||Imogen, Iachimo|| | |''[[Cymbeline]]''||Romance||Precis||Imogen, Iachimo|| | ||
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† Not included in the First Folio. | † Not included in the First Folio. | ||
===Poems | ''Sources:'' | ||
* "[http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t142.e15080 plays of William Shakespeare"] (requires subscription). ''World Encyclopedia.'' Philip's, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed November 7, 2007. | |||
* Terry A. Gray, "[http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/canon.htm Shakespeare's Canon.]" Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet (website). Accessed November 7, 2007. | |||
==Poems== | |||
*''[[Shakespeare's Sonnets]]'' | *''[[Shakespeare's Sonnets]]'' | ||
*''[[Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)|Venus and Adonis]]'' | *''[[Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)|Venus and Adonis]]'' | ||
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*''[[A Lover's Complaint]]'' | *''[[A Lover's Complaint]]'' | ||
==Lost plays== | |||
*''[[Love's Labour's Won]]'' | *''[[Love's Labour's Won]]'' | ||
*''[[Cardenio]]'' | *''[[Cardenio]]'' | ||
==Apocrypha== | |||
*''[[Edmund Ironside (play)]]'' | *''[[Edmund Ironside (play)]]'' | ||
*''[[Edward III (play)|Edward III]]'' | *''[[Edward III (play)|Edward III]]'' | ||
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*''[[Arden of Faversham]]'' | *''[[Arden of Faversham]]'' | ||
==Shakespeare on screen== | |||
* [[BBC Television Shakespeare]] | * [[BBC Television Shakespeare]] | ||
* [[Shakespeare in Love]] | * [[Shakespeare in Love]] |
Revision as of 12:44, 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 | First Published |
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Tempest, The | Comedy | Precis | Prospero, Miranda | 1611 | |
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The | Comedy | Precis | Valentine, Proteus | 1593 | |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | Comedy | Precis | Falstaff, Ford | ||
Measure for Measure | Comedy | Precis | Vincentio, Angelo | ||
The Comedy of Errors | Comedy | Precis | Antipholus, Dromio | ||
Much Ado About Nothing | Comedy | Precis | Beatrice, Benedick | ||
Love's Labour's Lost | Comedy | Precis | Ferdinand, Berowne | ||
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Comedy | Precis | Oberon, Titania | ||
The Merchant of Venice | Comedy | Precis | Antonio, Shylock | ||
As You Like It | Comedy | Precis | Rosalind, Orlando | ||
Taming of the Shrew | Comedy | Precis | Petruchio, Katherine | ||
All's Well That Ends Well | Comedy | Precis | Bertram, Helena | ||
Twelfth Night or What You Will | Comedy | Precis | Orsino, Viola, Olivia | ||
The Winter's Tale | Romance | Precis | Leontes, Perdita | ||
Pericles, Prince of Tyre† | Romance | Precis | Pericles, Marina | ||
The Two Noble Kinsmen† | Romance | Precis | Arcite, Palamon | ||
King John | History | Precis | John, Arthur | ||
Richard II | History | Precis | Richard, Bolingbroke | ||
Henry IV, part 1 | History | Precis | Henry, Hal, Hotspur | ||
Henry IV, part 2 | History | Precis | Henry, Falstaff, Hal | ||
Henry V | History | Precis | Henry, Pistol | ||
Henry VI, part 1 | History | Precis | Henry, Talbot | ||
Henry VI, part 2 | History | Precis | Henry, Margaret | ||
Henry VI, part 3 | History | Precis | Henry, Margaret | ||
Richard III | History | Precis | Richard, Clarence | ||
Henry VIII | History | Precis | Henry, Catherine | ||
Romeo and Juliet | Tragedy | Precis | Romeo, Juliet | ||
Coriolanus | Tragedy | Precis | Coriolanus, Volumnia | ||
Titus Andronicus | Tragedy | Precis | Titus, Aaron | ||
Timon of Athens | Tragedy | Precis | Timon, Apemantus | ||
Julius Caesar | Tragedy | Precis | Brutus, Antony | ||
Macbeth | Tragedy | Precis | Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo | ||
Hamlet | Tragedy | Precis | Hamlet, Ophelia | ||
Troilus and Cressida | Tragedy | Precis | Troilus, Cressida | ||
King Lear | Tragedy | Precis | Lear, Cordelia, Regan Gloucester, Goneril | ||
Othello | Tragedy | Precis | Othello, Iago, Desdemona | ||
Antony and Cleopatra | Tragedy | Precis | Antony, Cleopatra | ||
Cymbeline | Romance | Precis | Imogen, Iachimo |
† 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