Really get to grips with the stories, settings and characters of Shakespeare's plays. Unlock his language using the same techniques our actors use in rehearsals. Discover now. Timeline of Shakespeare's plays - The Taming of the Shrew Considered to be one of Shakespeare's earliest works, the play is generally believed to have been written before Reference in Act 1 Scene 2 to courtiers being afraid of a strange lion may allude to an incident in Scotland in Romeo and Juliet Astrological allusions and earthquake reference may suggest composition in Richard II Typically dated Described in as 'old and long out of use' King John Written between and ; an anonymous two-part King John was published in but Shakespeare's version is stylistically close to later histories The Merchant of Venice Registered for publication in , reference to a ship Andrew suggests late or early as a Spanish ship of the name was captured around that time Henry IV Part I Probably written and first performed , registered for publication in Henry IV Part II Written around and registered for publication in , both parts are based on Holinshed's Chronicles Much Ado About Nothing Late , not mentioned in Francis Meres's list of Shakespeare's plays but included the role Dogberry for Will Kemp, a comic actor who left the company in early Henry V Written in , mentions a 'general Not mentioned in Meres's list of plays, seen at the Globe by Swiss visitor Thomas Platter in Hamlet Dated around , registered for publication in summer There are allusions to Julius Caesar , which was written in The Merry Wives of Windsor Estimated - , though an allusion to the Order of the Garter might indicate that it was performed at the Garter Feast in Twelfth Night Not mentioned in Meres's list of plays and alludes to a map first published in Troilus and Cressida Dated , registered for publication early and alludes to the play Thomas Lord Cromwell , which was registered for publication in Othello Dated though some argue for a slightly earlier date.
It is recorded to have been performed in court in November Measure for Measure Performed at court for Christmas , probably written earlier the same year All's Well That Ends Well No strong evidence for date written or first performed, but it is usually dated on stylistic grounds Timon of Athens Estimated based on stylistic similarity to King Lear King Lear Dated Performed at court December and seems to refer to eclipses of September and October Macbeth Certainly more Jacobean than Elizabethan based on the play's several compliments to King James Antony and Cleopatra Dated , registered for publication in and perhaps performed at court in or Coriolanus Perhaps written in Registered for publication in ; Wilkin's novel The Painful Adventures of Pericles, cashing in on the success of the play, was published in Cymbeline A performance in is recorded.
Theatres were reopened in spring after a long closure due to the plague. The Winter's Tale Performed at the Globe May ; dance of satyrs apparently borrows from a court entertainment of January The Tempest The shortest of Shakespeare's works are his comedies, although there are also some tragedies, such as Macbeth, that have relatively low word counts.
The longest play is Hamlet, which is the only Shakespeare play with more than thirty thousand words, and the shortest is The Comedy of Errors, which is the only play with fewer than fifteen thousand words. Shakespeare's 37 plays have an average word count of Loading statistic Show source. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member?
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