Timeline of Shakespeare's plays - The Taming of the Shrew Considered to be one of Shakespeare's earliest works, the play is generally believed to have been written before Reference in Act 1 Scene 2 to courtiers being afraid of a strange lion may allude to an incident in Scotland in Romeo and Juliet Astrological allusions and earthquake reference may suggest composition in Richard II Typically dated Described in as 'old and long out of use' King John Written between and ; an anonymous two-part King John was published in but Shakespeare's version is stylistically close to later histories The Merchant of Venice Registered for publication in , reference to a ship Andrew suggests late or early as a Spanish ship of the name was captured around that time Henry IV Part I Probably written and first performed , registered for publication in Henry IV Part II Written around and registered for publication in , both parts are based on Holinshed's Chronicles Much Ado About Nothing Late , not mentioned in Francis Meres's list of Shakespeare's plays but included the role Dogberry for Will Kemp, a comic actor who left the company in early Henry V Written in , mentions a 'general Not mentioned in Meres's list of plays, seen at the Globe by Swiss visitor Thomas Platter in Hamlet Dated around , registered for publication in summer There are allusions to Julius Caesar , which was written in The Merry Wives of Windsor Estimated - , though an allusion to the Order of the Garter might indicate that it was performed at the Garter Feast in Twelfth Night Not mentioned in Meres's list of plays and alludes to a map first published in Troilus and Cressida Dated , registered for publication early and alludes to the play Thomas Lord Cromwell , which was registered for publication in Othello Dated though some argue for a slightly earlier date.
It is recorded to have been performed in court in November Measure for Measure Performed at court for Christmas , probably written earlier the same year All's Well That Ends Well No strong evidence for date written or first performed, but it is usually dated on stylistic grounds Timon of Athens Estimated based on stylistic similarity to King Lear King Lear Dated Performed at court December and seems to refer to eclipses of September and October Macbeth Certainly more Jacobean than Elizabethan based on the play's several compliments to King James Antony and Cleopatra Dated , registered for publication in and perhaps performed at court in or Coriolanus Perhaps written in Registered for publication in ; Wilkin's novel The Painful Adventures of Pericles, cashing in on the success of the play, was published in Cymbeline A performance in is recorded.
They probably learned the skills of writing plays whilst working as young actors. What were the plays about? Playwrights at this time were not too bothered about being original. There are six different writers on this manuscript, the original playwrights and others who have made edits and notes. It is believed some of these notes were written by Shakespeare. Harley , f. His first play about Henry VI was so popular that he wrote a sequel and then a prequel.
The tragedies often contained lots of blood and gore to entertain the crowds. Comedies , on the other hand, could be relied upon for happy endings, often weddings. Other comedies were more satirical. Ben Jonson wrote The Alchemist to make fun of London society. The Master of the Revels was an official of the royal court. His job was to grant licenses to theatres, theatre companies and plays.
Above all, nothing has been found documenting the composition of the more than 36 plays and sonnets attributed to him, collectively considered the greatest body of work in the history of the English language. Thousands of books and articles have been devoted to the subject, many of which propose their own candidates for the true author of the Shakespeare canon. Essayist Francis Bacon and playwright Christopher Marlowe may have their supporters, but for the last 90 years the favored candidate has been Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford.
First proposed in by J. But until hard evidence surfaces linking his plays to someone else, the man with the strongest claim to the plays of William Shakespeare appears to be…William Shakespeare. This includes the printed copies of his plays and sonnets with his name on them, theater company records and comments by contemporaries like Ben Jonson and John Webster.
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