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A list of some works of William Shakespeare.

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
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.

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