Shakespeare,
William.
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Time line. Comedies, histories
& tragedies a 1616 (First folio 1623)
—The Cambridge Shakespeare
(1863–66, 1891–93)
—The Globe edition
(1866)Comedies, histories & tragedies a 1616 (First folio 1623)
—The Cambridge Shakespeare
(1863–66, 1891–93)
—The Globe edition (1866)
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abbreviated forms used in the OED for the titles
of Shakespeare's plays.
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Time line from the OED
Shakespeare, William
Comedies, histories &
tragedies a
1616 (First
folio 1623)
—The Cambridge Shakespeare
(1863–66,
1891–93)
—The Globe edition
(1866)
Alls well, that ends well
1601
The tragedie of Anthonie, and
Cleopatra 1606
As you like it
1599
or early 1600
The comedie of errors
1590
The tragedy of Coriolanus
1607
The tragedie of Cymbeline
1611
The tragedie of Hamlet, prince of
Denmarke 1602
—The tragicall historie of
Hamlet, prince of Denmarke (1603, 1604)
The first part of Henry the fourth
1596
—The history of Henrie the
fourth
(1598)
The second part of Henry the fourth
1597
—The second part of Henrie
the fourth (1600)
The life of Henry the fift
1599
—The cronicle history of
Henry the fift (1600,
1619)
The first part of Henry the sixt
1591
—The second part
1593
—The third part
1593
The famous history of the life of
king Henry the eight 1613
The life and death of king Iohn
1595
The tragedie of Ivlivs
Cæsar
1601
The tragedie of king Lear
1605
—His true chronicle
historie of the life and death of king Lear and his three daughters
(1608)
A louers complaint
1597
(at end of Sonnets 1609)
Loues labour's lost
1588
—A pleasant conceited
comedie called Loues labors lost (1598)
Lucrece
1593
(1594;
The rape of Lucrece
(1616)
The tragedie of Macbeth
1605
Measure for measure
1603
The merchant of Venice
1596
—The most excellent
historie of the merchant of Venice (1600,
1619)
The merry wiues of Windsor
1598
—A most pleasaunt and
excellent conceited comedie, of Syr Iohn Falstaffe and the merrie wiues
of Windsor
(1602)
A midsommer nights dreame
1590 (also
1600, 1619)
Much adoe about nothing
1599
(also 1600)
The tragedie of Othello, the Moore of
Venice 1604 (also 1622)
The late and much admired play,
called Pericles, prince of Tyre 1608 (1609)
The phnix and the turtle -
1601
- (in R. Chester's Loves
martyr, repr. New Shaks. Soc. 1878)
The life and death of king Richard
the second 1593
—The tragedie of king
Richard the second
(1597)
The tragedy of Richard the third
1594 (also
1597)
The tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet
1592
—An excellent conceited
tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet (1597, 1599)
Sonnets
c
1600 (1609)
The taming of the shrew
1596
The tempest
1610
The life of Tymon of Athens
1607
The lamentable tragedy of Titus
Andronicus 1588
—The most lamentable
Romaine tragedie of Titus Andronicus (1594)
The tragedie of Troylus and Cressida
1606
—The historie of Troylus
and Cresseida (1609)
Twelfe night, or what you will
1601
The two gentlemen of Verona
1591
Venus and Adonis
1592
(1593)
The winters tale
1611
—— et al.
The passionate pilgrime
1599
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