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We don't know exactly when Shakespeare started writing plays, but they were probably being performed in London by 1592. Shakespeare is likely to have written his final plays just a couple of years before his death in 1616.
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.
However, scholars have decided upon a specific play chronology, based upon the following sources of information: 1) several historical events and allusions to those events in the plays; 2) the records of performances of the plays -- taken from such places as Henslowe's diary and the diaries of other Shakespeare contemporaries like John ...
3 days ago · Chronology of Shakespeare’s plays. in William Shakespeare. Also known as: Bard of Avon, Swan of Avon, William Shakspere. Written by. John Russell Brown. Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Drama, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Author of Shakespeare, Actors, and Audiences and others; editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre...
Aug 1, 2022 · Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in his lifetime (conspiracy theorists aside), spanning the genres of tragedy, history, comedy and tragic-comedy. His plays have been translated into every language, and continue to be enjoyed by audiences around the world.
- Ben Grafton
Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number of plays as well as their classifications as tragedy, history, comedy, or otherwise is a matter of scholarly debate.
The plays listed here reflect those published in the First Folio of 1623, with the addition of Pericles and The Two Noble Kinsmen (both believed to be collaboratively written with Shakespeare).
