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|''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|Two Gentlemen of Verona, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Valentine, Proteus||1593||1623
|''[[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||1597||1602
|''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor|Merry Wives of Windsor, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Falstaff, Ford||1597||1602
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|''[[Measure for Measure]]''||Comedy||Precis||Vincentio, Angelo||1604||1623
|''[[Measure for Measure]]''||Comedy||Precis||Vincentio, Angelo||1604||1623
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|''[[The Comedy of Errors]]''||Comedy||Precis||Antipholus, Dromio||1590||1623
|''[[The Comedy of Errors|Comedy of Errors, The]]''||Comedy||Precis||Antipholus, Dromio||1590||1623
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|''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''||Comedy||Precis||Beatrice, Benedick||1598||1600
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|''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''||Comedy||Precis||Oberon, Titania||1594||1600
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|''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''†||Romance||Precis||Pericles, Marina||1607||1609
|''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''†||Romance||Precis||Pericles, Marina||1607||1609
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|''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]''†||Romance||Precis||Arcite, Palamon||1612-3||1634
|''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen|Two Noble Kinsmen, The]]''†||Romance||Precis||Arcite, Palamon||1612-3||1634
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|''[[King John]]''||History||Precis||John, Arthur||1596||1623
|''[[King John]]''||History||Precis||John, Arthur||1596||1623

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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 		Date
Published
Tempest, The Comedy Precis Prospero, Miranda 1611 1623
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy Precis Valentine, Proteus 1593 1623
Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy Precis Falstaff, Ford 1597 1602
Measure for Measure Comedy Precis Vincentio, Angelo 1604 1623
Comedy of Errors, The 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
Midsummer Night's Dream, A 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
Winter's Tale, The Romance Precis Leontes, Perdita 1610 1623
Pericles, Prince of Tyre† Romance Precis Pericles, Marina 1607 1609
Two Noble Kinsmen, The† 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 Two "star-cross'd lovers" have a passionate affair, defying their families, with tragic results. 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

Lost plays

Apocrypha

Shakespeare on screen

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