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|''[[The Tempest (play)|Tempest, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Prospero, Miranda||1611|| | |''[[The Tempest (play)|Tempest, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Prospero, Miranda||1611||1623 | ||
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|''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|Two Gentlemen of Verona, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Valentine, Proteus||1593|| | |''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|Two Gentlemen of Verona, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Valentine, Proteus||1593||1623 | ||
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|''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]''||Comedy||Precis||Falstaff, Ford|| | |''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]''||Comedy||Precis||Falstaff, Ford||1597||1602 | ||
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|''[[Measure for Measure]]''||Comedy||Precis||Vincentio, Angelo|| | |''[[Measure for Measure]]''||Comedy||Precis||Vincentio, Angelo||1604||1623 | ||
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|''[[The Comedy of Errors]]''||Comedy||Precis||Antipholus, Dromio|| | |''[[The Comedy of Errors]]''||Comedy||Precis||Antipholus, Dromio||1590||1623 | ||
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|''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''||Comedy||Precis||Beatrice, Benedick|| | |''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''||Comedy||Precis||Beatrice, Benedick||1598||1600 | ||
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|''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''||Comedy||Precis||Ferdinand, Berowne|| | |''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''||Comedy||Precis||Ferdinand, Berowne||1593||1598 | ||
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|''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''||Comedy||Precis||Oberon, Titania|| | |''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''||Comedy||Precis||Oberon, Titania||1594||1600 | ||
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|''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''||Comedy||Precis||Antonio, Shylock|| | |''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''||Comedy||Precis||Antonio, Shylock||1596||1600 | ||
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|''[[As You Like It]]''||Comedy||Precis||Rosalind, Orlando|| | |''[[As You Like It]]''||Comedy||Precis||Rosalind, Orlando||1598||1623 | ||
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|''[[Taming of the Shrew]]''||Comedy||Precis||Petruchio, Katherine|| | |''[[Taming of the Shrew]]''||Comedy||Precis||Petruchio, Katherine||1591|1623 | ||
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|''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''||Comedy||Precis||Bertram, Helena|| | |''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''||Comedy||Precis||Bertram, Helena||1603||1623 | ||
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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||1600||1623 | ||
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|''[[The Winter's Tale]]''||Romance||Precis||Leontes, Perdita|| | |''[[The Winter's Tale]]''||Romance||Precis||Leontes, Perdita||1610||1623 | ||
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|''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''†||Romance||Precis||Pericles, Marina|| | |''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''†||Romance||Precis||Pericles, Marina||1607||1609 | ||
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|''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]''†||Romance||Precis||Arcite, Palamon|| | |''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]''†||Romance||Precis||Arcite, Palamon||1612-3||1634 | ||
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|''[[King John]]''||History||Precis||John, Arthur|| | |''[[King John]]''||History||Precis||John, Arthur||1596||1623 | ||
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|''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''||History||Precis||Richard, Bolingbroke|| | |''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''||History||Precis||Richard, Bolingbroke||1595||1597 | ||
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|''[[Henry IV, part 1]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Hal, Hotspur|| | |''[[Henry IV, part 1]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Hal, Hotspur||1597||1598 | ||
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|''[[Henry IV, part 2]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Falstaff, Hal|| | |''[[Henry IV, part 2]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Falstaff, Hal||1598||1600 | ||
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|''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''||History||Precis||Henry, Pistol|| | |''[[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|| |
Revision as of 12:56, 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 | 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 | 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 | ||
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