In preparation for studying William Shakespeare's works I compiled a list of his plays with genre and date. The list can be sorted chronologically (CHRON) based on scholarly research into when they were written and by popularity (POP). The following links are included:
- PLAY: The name of the play is linked to a production available though Kanopy
- GENRE: The genre is linked to the play's wikipedia article
- MEDIA: In 1993 MIT put The Complete Works of William Shakespeare on the internet. The 'MIT' in the MEDIA column is a link to the play's script in that collection.
- MEDIA: 'Folger' is a link to play's webpage in the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- MEDIA: 'YouTube' is a link to a production of the play on YouTube
- MEDIA: 'Network' is a link to a Shakespeare Network public domain audio recording of the play
The list includes his 38 recognized plays plus 3 plays he may have had a hand in.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE,
THE PLAYS |
| PLAY | GENRE
(wiki) | DATE | CHRON | POP | MEDIA |
| Henry VI, Part 1 | HISTORY | 1591 - 1592 | 1 | 34 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
| Henry VI, Part 2 | HISTORY | 1591 - 1592 | 2 | 34 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
| Henry VI, Part 3 | HISTORY | 1591 - 1592 | 3 | 34 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Sir Thomas More
(written by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle and possibly revised by Shakespeare) | HISTORY | 1592 - 1593 | | | Gutenberg
YouTube
Librivox |
Richard III
(Lawrence Olivier stars in this 1955 production) | HISTORY | 1592 - 1953 | 4 | 15 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Comedy of Errors
(BBC 1984 production) | COMEDY | 1592 - 1953 | 5 | 9 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
| Titus Andronicus | TRAGEDY | 1593 - 1954 | 6 | 25 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
The Taming of the Shrew
(BBC 1980 production) | COMEDY | 1593 - 1954 | 7 | 11 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
(BBC 1984 production) | COMEDY | 1594 - 1595 | 8 | 21 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Love's Labor Lost
(BBC 1985 production) | COMEDY | 1594 - 1595 | 9 | 17 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Romeo and Juliet
(Franco Leffirelli's 1968 version) | TRAGEDY | 1594 - 1595 | 10 | 2 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Richard II
(BBC 1984 version) | HISTORY | 1595 - 1596 | 11 | 28 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
A Midsummer's Night Dream
(BBC 1981 production) | COMEDY | 1595 - 1596 | 12 | 1 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
| Edward III | HISTORY | 1596 - 1596 | | | Gutenberg
YouTube
Librivox |
| King John | HISTORY | 1596 - 1597 | 13 | 30 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Merchant of Venice
(BBC 1980 production) | COMEDY | 1596 - 1597 | 14 | 20 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Henry IV, Part 1
(BBC 1984 production) | HISTORY | 1597 - 1598 | 15 | 23 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Henry IV, Part 2
(BBC 1984 production) | HISTORY | 1597 - 1598 | 16 | 31 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Much Ado About Nothing
(directed by Kenneth Branagh, 1993) | COMEDY | 1598 - 1599 | 17 | 6 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Henry V
(BBC 1979 production) | HISTORY | 1598 - 1599 | 18 | 18 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Julius Ceasar
(BBC 1979 production) | TRAGEDY | 1599 - 1600 | 19 | 10 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
As You Like It
(BBC 1978 production) | COMEDY | 1599 - 1600 | 20 | 7 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
(Trevor Nunn's 1996 version) | COMEDY | 1599 - 1600 | 21 | 5 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(Kenneth Branagh) | TRAGEDY | 1600 - 1601 | 22 | 2 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
The Merry Wives of Windsor
(BBC 1982 production) | COMEDY | 1600 - 1601 | 23 | 13 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
| Troilus and Cressida | TRAGEDY | 1601 - 1602 | 24 | 32 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
| All's Well That Ends Well | COMEDY | 1601 - 1602 | 25 | 27 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Measure for Measure
(BBC 1979 production) | COMEDY | 1604 - 1605 | 26 | 19 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Othello, The Moor of Venice
(staged in The Globe, 2005) | TRAGEDY | 1604 - 1605 | 27 | 13 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
King Lear
(1998 production starring Iam Holm) | TRAGEDY | 1605 - 1606 | 28 | 12 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Macbeth
(Patrick Stewart) | TRAGEDY | 1605 - 1606 | 29 | 4 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Antony and Cleopatra
(2005 production in The Globe theater) | TRAGEDY | 1606 - 1607 | 30 | 22 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
| Coriolanus | TRAGEDY | 1607 - 1608 | 31 | 28 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
| Timon of Athens | TRAGEDY | 1607 - 1608 | 32 | 32 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
(BBC 1984 production) | HISTORY | 1608 - 1609 | 33 | 22 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Cymbeline
(BBC 1984 production) | TRAGEDY | 1609 - 1610 | 34 | 26 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
The Winter's Tale
(BBC 1981 production) | COMEDY | 1610 - 1611 | 35 | 15 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
The Tempest
(BBC 1980 Production) | COMEDY | 1611 - 1612 | 36 | 8 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
Henry VIII
(co-authored with John Fletcher) | HISTORY | 1612 - 1613 | 37 | 35 | MIT
Folger
YouTube
Network |
The Two Noble Kinsmen
(co-authored with John Fletcher) | COMEDY | 1612 - 1613 | 38 | 35 | Folger
YouTube
Network |
Double Falsehood
(possibly based on the lost play, Cardenio, co-authored with John Fletcher) | COMEDY | 1612 - 1613 |
| | Folger
YouTube
Librivox |
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