Shakespeare's Plays in Chronological order
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Plays by Date of Composition
Plays Date
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590-1)
The Taming of the Shrew (1590-1)
The first part of the Contention(Henry VI, part two) (1591)
Richard, Duke of York (Henry VI, Part Three) (1591)
Henry VI, Part One (1592)
Richard III (1592-3)
Titus Andronicus (1592)
Venus and Adonis (1592-3)
The Rape of Lucrece (1593-4)
The Comedy of Errors (1594)
Love's Labour's Lost (1594-5)
Richard II (1595)
Romeo and Juliet (1595)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
King John (1596)
The Merchant of Venice (1596-7)
Henry IV, Part One (1596-7)
The Merry Wives of Windsor [1597-8]
Henry IV, Part Two [1597-8]
Much Ado About Nothing [1598]
Henry V (1598-9)
Julius Caesar (1599)
As You Like it (1599-1600)
Hamlet (1600-1)
Twelfth Night (1600-1)
Troilus and Cressida (1602)
The Sonnets (1593-1603)
A Lover's Complaint (1603-1604)
Sir Thomas More (1603-1604)
Measure for Measure (1603)
Othello (1603-4)
All's Well that Ends Well (1604-5)
Timon of Athens (1605)
King Lear (1605-6)
Macbeth (1606)
Antony and Cleopatra (1606)
Pericles (1607)
Coriolanus [1608]
The Winter's Tale (1609)
Cymbeline (1610)
The Tempest (1611)
All is True (1613)
The Two Noble Kinsmen (1613-4)
Plays Date
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590-1)
The Taming of the Shrew (1590-1)
The first part of the Contention(Henry VI, part two) (1591)
Richard, Duke of York (Henry VI, Part Three) (1591)
Henry VI, Part One (1592)
Richard III (1592-3)
Titus Andronicus (1592)
Venus and Adonis (1592-3)
The Rape of Lucrece (1593-4)
The Comedy of Errors (1594)
Love's Labour's Lost (1594-5)
Richard II (1595)
Romeo and Juliet (1595)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
King John (1596)
The Merchant of Venice (1596-7)
Henry IV, Part One (1596-7)
The Merry Wives of Windsor [1597-8]
Henry IV, Part Two [1597-8]
Much Ado About Nothing [1598]
Henry V (1598-9)
Julius Caesar (1599)
As You Like it (1599-1600)
Hamlet (1600-1)
Twelfth Night (1600-1)
Troilus and Cressida (1602)
The Sonnets (1593-1603)
A Lover's Complaint (1603-1604)
Sir Thomas More (1603-1604)
Measure for Measure (1603)
Othello (1603-4)
All's Well that Ends Well (1604-5)
Timon of Athens (1605)
King Lear (1605-6)
Macbeth (1606)
Antony and Cleopatra (1606)
Pericles (1607)
Coriolanus [1608]
The Winter's Tale (1609)
Cymbeline (1610)
The Tempest (1611)
All is True (1613)
The Two Noble Kinsmen (1613-4)
