William Shakespeare/Works
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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 'romances' or tragicomedies; these plays are highlighted with an asterisk (*).
Comedies
| Title | Date Written | First Published | Main Characters | Precis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tempest, The | Prospero, Miranda | |||
| Two Gentlemen of Verona, The | Valentine, Proteus | |||
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | ||||
| Measure for Measure | ||||
| The Comedy of Errors | ||||
| Much Ado About Nothing | ||||
| Love's Labour's Lost | ||||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | ||||
| The Merchant of Venice | ||||
| As You Like It | ||||
| Taming of the Shrew | ||||
| All's Well That Ends Well | ||||
| Twelfth Night or What You Will | ||||
| The Winter's Tale|- | ||||
| Pericles, Prince of Tyre|- | (not included in the First Folio) | |||
| The Two Noble Kinsmen|- | (not included in the First Folio)
Histories | |||
| 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
Tragedies | ||||
| Romeo and Juliet | ||||
| Coriolanus | ||||
| Titus Andronicus | ||||
| Timon of Athens | ||||
| Julius Caesar | ||||
| Macbeth | ||||
| Hamlet | ||||
| Troilus and Cressida | ||||
| King Lear | ||||
| Othello | ||||
| Antony and Cleopatra | ||||
| Cymbeline |
Poems
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Venus and Adonis
- The Rape of Lucrece
- The Passionate Pilgrim
- The Phoenix and the Turtle
- A Lover's Complaint