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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)

This A-Z list contains the abbreviated forms used in the OED for the titles of Shakespeare's plays.
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All's Well                All's Well that Ends Well  
Ant. & Cl.               Antony and Cleopatra  
A.Y.L.                    As you Like It   
Com. Err.                Comedy of Errors   
Cor.                        Coriolanus    
Cymb.                     Cymbeline
Ham.                       Hamlet    
1 Hen. IV                1 Henry IV    
2 Hen. IV                2 Henry IV    
Hen. V                    Henry V
1 Hen. VI                1 Henry VI
2 Hen. VI                2 Henry VI
3 Hen. VI                3 Henry VI
Hen.   VIII              Henry VIII
John                        King John
Jul.   C.                   Julius Caesar
Lear                        King Lear
L.L.L.                     Love's Labour's Lost
Macb.                     Macbeth
Meas. for M.           Measure for Measure
Merch. V.                Merchant of Venice
Merry W.                Merry Wives of Windsor
Mids. N.                  A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado               Much Ado about Nothing
Oth.                         Othello
Per.                          Pericles
Rich. II                     Richard II
Rich. III                    Richard III
Rom. & Jul.              Romeo and Juliet
Tam. Shr.                 Taming of the Shrew
Temp.                      Tempest
Timon                       Timon of Athens
Tit. A.                       Titus Andronicus
Tr. & Cr.                  Troilus and Cressida
Twel. N.                   Twelfth Night
Two Gent.                Two Gentlemen of Verona
Wint. T.                    Winter's Tale
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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
Shakespeare Apocrypha, The: being a collection of fourteen plays which have been ascribed to
This A-Z list contains the abbreviated forms used in the OED for the titles of Shakespeare's plays.
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Left col for txt,     Right fuller title for html      see below.  (NEW SITE SEARCHES Click)