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 summaries, character information, settings, 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)

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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

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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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