Here is a complete list of the plays attributable to William Shakespeare in the approximate year of their first performances.
Just click on the title to read the entire play.
| Year First Performed | Title | First Printing |
|---|---|---|
| 1590-91 | Henry VI, Part II | 1594? |
| 1590-91 | Henry VI, Part III | 1594? |
| 1591-92 | Henry VI, Part I | 1623 |
| 1592-93 | Richard III | 1597 |
| 1592-93 | Comedy of Errors | 1623 |
| 1593-94 | Titus Andronicus | 1594 |
| 1593-94 | Taming of the Shrew | 1623 |
| 1594-95 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | 1623 |
| 1594-95 | Love’s Labour’s Lost | 1598? |
| 1594-95 | Romeo and Juliet | 1597 |
| 1595-96 | Richard II | 1597 |
| 1595-96 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | 1600 |
| 1596-97 | King John | 1623 |
| 1596-97 | The Merchant of Venice | 1600 |
| 1597-98 | Henry IV, Part I | 1598 |
| 1597-98 | Henry IV, Part II | 1600 |
| 1598-99 | Much Ado About Nothing | 1600 |
| 1598-99 | Henry V | 1600 |
| 1599-1600 | Julius Caesar | 1623 |
| 1599-1600 | As You Like It | 1623 |
| 1599-1600 | Twelfth Night | 1623 |
| 1600-01 | Hamlet | 1603 |
| 1600-01 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | 1602 |
| 1601-02 | Troilus and Cressida | 1609 |
| 1602-03 | All’s Well That Ends Well | 1623 |
| 1604-05 | Measure for Measure | 1623 |
| 1604-05 | Othello | 1622 |
| 1605-06 | King Lear | 1608 |
| 1605-06 | Macbeth | 1623 |
| 1606-07 | Antony and Cleopatra | 1623 |
| 1607-08 | Coriolanus | 1623 |
| 1607-08 | Timon of Athens | 1623 |
| 1608-09 | Pericles | 1609 |
| 1609-10 | Cymbeline | 1623 |
| 1610-11 | The Winter’s Tale | 1623 |
| 1611-12 | The Tempest | 1623 |
| 1612-13 | Henry VIII | 1623 |
| 1612-13 | The Two Noble Kinsmen* | 1634 |