William Shakespeare | Chronology of Shakespeare's Works

Note: All dates are based on The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd ed., 1997.

1 Henry VI 1589–92

2 Henry VI 1590–91

3 Henry VI 1590–92

Richard III 1591–93

Venus and Adonis 1592–93

The Comedy of Errors 1592–94

Sonnets 1592–1609

Titus Andronicus 1593–94

The Rape of Lucrece 1593–94

The Taming of the Shrew 1593–94

The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1594

Love’s Labor’s Lost 1594

King John 1594–96

Richard II 1595

Romeo and Juliet 1595

A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1595–96

Henry IV, Part 1 1596

The Merchant of Venice 1596–97

Henry IV, Part 2 1596–97

The Merry Wives of Windsor 1597

Much Ado About Nothing 1598–99

Henry V 1599

Julius Caesar 1599

As You Like It 1599–1600

Hamlet 1600–01

The Phoenix and Turtle 1601

Twelfth Night 1601–02

Troilus and Cressida 1601–02

All’s Well That Ends Well 1602–03

A Lover’s Complaint 1602–08

Measure for Measure 1604

Othello 1604

King Lear 1605

Macbeth 1606

Antony and Cleopatra 1606–07

Pericles 1606–08

Coriolanus 1607–08

Timon of Athens 1607–08

Cymbeline 1609–10

The Tempest 1610–11

The Winter’s Tale 1611

Henry VIII 1613

The Two Noble Kinsmen 1613