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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.
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. Shakespeare's plays are widely regarded as among the greatest in the ...
This was most likely Shakespeare's play. There is no immediately obvious alternative candidate. (While the story of Julius Caesar was dramatised repeatedly in the Elizabethan/Jacobean period, none of the other plays known are as good a match with Platter's description as Shakespeare's play.) [4] Summary
This alphabetical list includes everything listed as a comedy in the First Folio of 1623, in addition to the two quarto plays (The Two Noble Kinsmen and Pericles, Prince of Tyre) which are not included in the Folio but generally recognised to be Shakespeare's own. Plays marked with an asterisk (*) are now commonly referred to as the romances ...
Numerous characters are clowns, or are comic characters originally played by the clowns in Shakespeare's company. See also Fool and Shakespearian fool. A cobbler and a carpenter are among the crowd of commoners gathered to welcome Caesar home enthusiastically in the opening scene of Julius Caesar. Cobweb is a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Characters appearing in the plays of William Shakespeare whose names begin with the letters L to Z include the following.. Characters who exist outside Shakespeare are marked "(hist)" where they are historical, and "(myth)" where they are mythical.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is the standard name given to any volume containing all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare.Some editions include several works that were not completely of Shakespeare's authorship (collaborative writings), such as The Two Noble Kinsmen, which was a collaboration with John Fletcher; Pericles, Prince of Tyre, the first two acts of which are ...
Pages in category "Plays by William Shakespeare" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...