Play |
Approximate
date of
composition |
Date of
first
publication |
Major characters |
Genre |
Henry VI, Part II |
1590 |
1594 |
King Henry VI
Queen Margaret
Richard Plantagenet,
Duke of York |
History |
Henry VI, Part III |
1590 |
1595 |
King Henry VI
Queen Margaret
Edward, Prince of Wales
Richard,
Duke of Gloucester
Richard Nevil,
Earl of Warwick |
History |
Henry VI, Part I |
1590 |
1623 |
King Henry VI
Lord Talbot
Joan of Arc
Richard Plantagenet,
Duke of York |
History |
Richard III |
1592 |
1597 |
King Richard III
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Buckingham
Lady Anne
George,
Duke of Clarence |
History |
The Comedy of Errors |
1592 |
1623 |
Antipholus of Syracuse
Antipholus of Ephesus
Dromio of Syracuse
Dromio of Ephesus |
Comedy |
Titus Andronicus |
1593 |
1594 |
Titus of Andronicus
Tamora
Aaron the Moor |
Tragedy |
The Taming of the Shrew |
1593 |
1623 |
Petruchio
Katherine |
Comedy |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
1594 |
1623 |
Valentine
Proteus
Julius
Silvia |
Comedy |
Love's Labour's Lost |
1594 |
1598 |
King of Navarre
Princess of France
Holofernes
Don Adriano de Armado |
Comedy |
Romeo and
Juliet |
1594 |
1597 |
Romeo
Juliet
Mercutio
Tybalt
Friar Laurence
Nurse |
Tragedy |
Richard II |
1595 |
1597 |
King Richard II
Henry Bolingbroke
Edmund of Langley,
Duke of York |
History |
A
Midsummer Night's Dream |
1595 |
1600 |
Hermea
Lysander
Theseus
Helena
Demetrius
Oberon
Titania
Puck
Bottom |
Comedy |
King John |
1596 |
1623 |
King John
Philip the Bastard
Arthur,
Duke of Britain
Constance |
History |
The Merchant of Venice |
1596 |
1600 |
Bassanio
Shylock
Antonio
Portia |
Comedy |
Henry IV, Part I |
1597 |
1598 |
King Henry IV
Falstaff
Henry, Prince of
Wales (Prince Hal)
Henry Percy
(“Hotspur”) |
History |
Henry IV, Part II |
1597 |
1600 |
King Henry IV
Falstaff
Henry,
Prince of Wales |
History |
Much Ado About Nothing |
1598 |
1600 |
Prince of Arragon
Beatrice
Benedick
Claudio
Hero |
Comedy |
Henry V |
1598 |
1600 |
King Henry V
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Fluellen
Pistol |
History |
Julius Caesar |
1599 |
1623 |
Brutus
Cassius
Marc Antony
Caesar |
Tragedy |
As You Like It |
1599 |
1623 |
Rosalind
Orlando
Touchstone |
Comedy |
Twelfth Night |
1599 |
1623 |
Sir Toby Belch
Viola
Sebastian
Duke Orsino
Olivia |
Comedy |
Hamlet |
1600 |
1603 |
Hamlet
Horatio
Ophelia
Laertes
Claudius
Polonius
Gertrude |
Tragedy |
The Merry Wives of Windsor |
1600 |
1602 |
Falstaff
Mrs. Page
Mr. Ford |
Comedy |
Troilus and Cressida |
1601 |
1609 |
Troilus
Ulysses
Pandarus
Cressida |
Comedy |
All's Well That Ends Well |
1602 |
1623 |
Betram
Helena
Parolles
King of France |
Comedy |
Measure
for Measure |
1604 |
1623 |
Vincentio
Angelo
Isabella
Claudio
Mariana |
Comedy |
Othello |
1604 |
1622 |
Othello
Desdemona
Iago
Cassio |
Tragedy |
King Lear |
1605 |
1608 |
King Lear
Cordelia
Earl of Gloucester
Edgar
Earl of Kent
Edmund
Goneril
Regan
Duke of Albany
Lear's Fool |
Tragedy |
Macbeth |
1605 |
1623 |
Duncan
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Malcolm
Macduff |
Tragedy |
Antony and Cleopatra |
1606 |
1623 |
Mark Antony
Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar |
Tragedy |
Coriolanus |
1607 |
1623 |
Coriolanus
Tullus Aufidius
Caius Marcius
Menenius Agrippa
Volumnia |
Tragedy |
Timon of Athens |
1607 |
1623 |
Timon of Athens
Apemantus
Alcibiades
Flavius |
Tragedy |
Pericles |
1608 |
1609 |
Pericles
Thaisa
Marina
Simonides
Lysimachus |
Tragicomedy |
Cymbeline |
1609 |
1623 |
Cymbeline
Imogen
Posthumus
Iachimo |
Tragicomedy |
The Winter's
Tale |
1610 |
1623 |
Leontes
Hermione
Paulina
Autolycus
Perdita
Florizel
Polixenes |
Tragicomedy |
The Tempest |
1611 |
1623 |
Prospero
Miranda
Ferdinand
Ariel
Caliban |
Tragicomedy |
Henry VIII |
1612 |
1623 |
King Henry VIII
Queen Katherine
Cardinal Wolsey
Duke of Buckingham
Anne Boleyn |
History |
Two Noble Kinsmen |
1612 |
1634 |
Palamon
Arcite |
Comedy |