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The Chronology of Shakespeare's Plays. Establishing the chronology of Shakespeare's plays is a most frustrating and difficult task. It is impossible to know the exact order of succession because there is no record of the first production date of any of Shakespeare's works. However, scholars have decided upon a specific play chronology, based ...
May 18, 2024 · Shakespeare's Plays in Chronological Order. The exact order of the composition and performances of Shakespeare’s plays is difficult to prove —and therefore often disputed. The dates listed below are approximate and based on the general consensus of when the plays were first performed: Read More.
- Lee Jamieson
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We don't know exactly when Shakespeare started writing plays, but they were probably being performed in London by 1592, and he's likely to have written his final plays just a couple of years before his death in 1616. It is believed that he wrote around 38 plays, including collaborations with other writers.
This is an alphabetically ordered list of plays by William Shakespeare. Dates following titles indicate the dates the plays were written unless otherwise noted. Asterisks indicate plays likely written by Shakespeare and other playwrights, though evidence has been disputed.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Arden Shakespeare presents the plays in alphabetical order of their titles, without any attempt to construct an overall chronology. The Oxford, Riverside, Norton and RSC collections each rely on chronologies that differ from one another and attempt only approximate dating.
Chronology of Shakespeare's plays date of composition title of play 1588–97 Love's Labour's Lost: 1589–92 Henry VI, Part 1; Titus Andronicus: 1589–94 The Comedy of Errors: 1590–92 Henry VI, Part 2: 1590–93 Henry VI, Part 3: 1590–94 The Taming of the Shrew; The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Mar 20, 2021 · A timeline chronology of the Plays of William Shakespeare in order of performance including dates, genre, setting and plot summary.
