Shakespeare & Co.

Plays of the English Renaissance. (Introductory post.)

All dates are approximate. (See here for Shakespearean play dates.)

1. Kyd, Thomas: The Spanish Tragedy, or Hieronimo is Mad Again (1582-92)
2. Marlowe, Christopher:
   1. Dido, Queen of Carthage (1586)
   2. Tamburlaine, Part 1 (1587)
   3. Tamburlaine, Part 2 (1587-88)
   4. The Jew of Malta (1589)
   5. Doctor Faustus (1589 or 1593)
   6. Edward II (1592)
3. Shakespeare, William: Complete Works:
   1. The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1589-91)
   2. Taming of the Shrew (1590-91)
   3. Henry VI, Part I (1591) – with other authors
   4. Henry VI, Part II (1590-91)
   5. Henry VI, Part III (1590-91)
   6. Titus Andronicus (1592)
   7. Richard III (1592-93)
   8. Venus and Adonis (1592-93) – narrative poem
   9. The Comedy of Errors (1594)*
   10. Edward III (1594)
   11. The Rape of Lucrece (1594) – narrative poem
   12. Love’s Labour’s Lost (1594-95)
   13. Richard II (1595)
   14. Romeo and Juliet (1595)*
   15. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595)*
   16. King John (1596)
   17. The Merchant of Venice (1596)
   18. Henry IV, Part I (1596-97)
   19. Henry IV, Part II (1596-97)
   20. The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597-98)
   21. Henry V (1598-99)
   22. Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99)
   23. Julius Caesar (1599)*
   24. As You Like It (1599-1600)*
   25. Hamlet (1599-1601)*
   26. The Phoenix and the Turtle (1601) – allegorical poem
   27. Twelfth Night (1601)
   28. Troilus and Cressida (1602)
   29. Measure for Measure (1603-04)
   30. Othello (1603-04)
   31. King Lear (1605-06)
   32. Timon of Athens (1605-06) – probably with Thomas Middleton
   33. Macbeth (1606)*
   34. All’s Well That Ends Well (1606-07)
   35. Antony and Cleopatra (1606-07)
   36. Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1607) – probably with George Wilkins
   37. Coriolanus (1608)
   38. Sonnets (1609)
   39. The Winter’s Tale (1606-10)
   40. The Tempest(1610-11)
   41. Cymbeline (1610-11)
   42. Henry VIII (1613) – probably with John Fletcher
   43. The Two Nobel Kinsmen (1613) – with John Fletcher
4. Jonson, Benjamin:
   1. Sejanus His Fall (1603)
   2. Volpone (1605-06)
   3. The Alchemist (1610)
   4. Catiline His Conspiracy (1611)
   5. Bartholomew Fair (1614)
5. Background Sources
   1. Bryson, Bill: Shakespeare: The World as Stage (2007)
   2. Crystal, Ben: Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard (2016 ed.)

* Indicates a reread