List of Shakespeare Plays

Read our list of Shakespeare plays below, sorted alphabetically, by date written and by word length.

Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays during his lifetime, possibly more (there is at least one ‘lost’ play – Cardenio). Then there are a number of plays that most academics agree Shakespeare was involved in writing at least part of, collaborating with other writers, such as Love’s Labour’s Won, Edward III, Sir Thomas More, and The Two Noble Kinsmen.

Each list of Shakespeare plays contains links to a page on each play, which contains a range of resources: plot summariescharacter informationsettings, famous quotes, and much more:

Alphabetical List of Shakespeare Plays

All’s Well That Ends Well (1602)

Antony and Cleopatra (1606)

As You Like It (1599)

The Comedy of Errors (1589)

Coriolanus (1607)

Cymbeline (1609)

Hamlet (1600)

Henry IV, Part 1 (1597)

Henry IV, Part 2 (1597)

Henry V (1598)

Henry VI, Part 1 (1591)

Henry VI, Part 2 (1590)

Henry VI, Part 3 (1590)

Henry VIII (1612)

Julius Caesar (1599)

King John (1596)

King Lear (1605)

Love’s Labour’s Lost (1594)

Macbeth (1605)

Measure for Measure (1604)

The Merchant of Venice (1596)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595)

Much Ado About Nothing (1598)

Othello (1604)

Pericles (1608)

Richard II (1595)

Richard III (1592)

Romeo and Juliet (1594)

The Taming of the Shrew (1593)

The Tempest (1611)

Timon of Athens (1607)

Titus Andronicus (1593)

Troilus and Cressida (1601)

Twelfth Night (1599)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594)

Winter’s Tale (1610)


List of Shakespeare Plays by Date

1589

 

The Comedy of Errors

1590

 

Henry VI, Part 2

  

Henry VI, Part 3

1591

 

Henry VI, Part 1

1592

 

Richard III

1593

 

The Taming of the Shrew

  

Titus Andronicus

1594

 

Romeo and Juliet

  

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

  

Love’s Labour’s Lost

1595

 

Richard II

  

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

1596

 

King John

  

The Merchant of Venice

1597

 

Henry IV, Part 1

  

Henry IV, Part 2

1598

 

Henry V

  

Much Ado About Nothing

1599

 

Twelfth Night

  

As You Like It

  

Julius Caesar

1600

 

Hamlet

  

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1601

 

Troilus and Cressida

1602

 

All’s Well That Ends Well

1604

 

Othello

  

Measure for Measure

1605

 

King Lear

  

Macbeth

1606

 

Antony and Cleopatra

1607

 

Coriolanus

  

Timon of Athens

1608

 

Pericles

1609

 

Cymbeline

1610

 

The Winter’s Tale

1611

 

The Tempest

1612

 

Henry VIII


List of Shakespeare Plays by Length

Hamlet – 30,557 words

Richard III – 29,278 words

Coriolanus – 27,589 words

Cymbeline – 27,565 words

Othello – 26,450 words

King Lear – 26,145 words

Henry V – 26,119 words

Troilus and Cressida – 26,089 words

Henry IV, Part II – 25,689 words

Henry VI, Part II – 25,439 words

The Winter’s Tale – 24,914 words

Antony and Cleopatra – 24,905 words

Henry VIII – 24,629 words

Henry IV, Part I – 24,579 words

Romeo and Juliet – 24,545 words

Henry VI, Part III – 24,294 words

All’s Well That Ends Well – 23,009 words

Richard II – 22,423 words

The Merry Wives of Windsor – 21,845 words

Measure for Measure – 21,780 words

As You Like It – 21,690 words

Henry VI, Part I – 21,607 words

Love’s Labour’s Lost – 21,459 words

The Merchant of Venice – 21,291 words

Much Ado About Nothing – 21,157 words

The Taming of the Shrew – 21,005 words

King John – 20,772 words

Titus Andronicus – 20743 words

Twelfth Night – 19,837 words

Julius Caesar – 19,703 words

Pericles – 18,529 words

Timon of Athens – 18,216 words

The Two Gentlemen of Verona – 17,129 words

Macbeth – 17,121 words

The Tempest – 16,633 words

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 16,511 words

The Comedy of Errors – 14,701 words


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  1. Why was his plays considered art? How/why was he famous for his plays? What is his most famous play? I am a teacher. We are learning about the Renaissance. Can someone please answer these questions? Thank You!

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