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rcbanks
rcbanks
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High School - 9th Grade

How many plays did William Shakespeare write?

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Posted by rcbanks on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 6:37 AM and tagged with number of plays, shakespeare, william shakespeare.

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  1. accessteacher
    accessteacher Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as some longer poems. The plays are in the best chronological order available: Henry VI, Part One, Henry VI, Part Two. The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry VI, Part Three, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Titus Andronicus, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, Richard II, King John, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, Part One, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV, Part Two, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Twelfth Night Or What You Will, Troilus and Cressida, All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, Othello, Measure for Measure, Timon of Athens, King Lear, Macbeth, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Coriolanus, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Cardenio Henry VIII.

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    http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-harold-bloom-salem

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    Posted by accessteacher on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 8:03 AM

  2. namminga
    namminga Student
    Graduate School

    Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays that we know of and he also collaborated on several more.  If you would like to read more about Shakespeare's plays and his life, the British library has some great information.  

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    http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/basics.html

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    Posted by namminga on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 2:04 PM


  3. esanders Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    Shakespeare wrote 37 plays.

    These plays are:

    (In Chronological Order)


    1 Two Gentlemen of Verona
    2 Taming of the Shrew
    3 Henry VI, part 1
    4 Henry VI, part 3
    5 Titus Andronicus
    6 Henry VI, part 2
    7 Richard III
    8 The Comedy of Errors
    9 Love's Labours Lost
    10 A Midsummer Night's Dream
    11 Romeo and Juliet
    12 Richard II
    13 King John
    14 The Merchant of Venice
    15 Henry IV, part 1
    16 The Merry Wives of Windsor
    17 Henry IV, part 2
    18 Much Ado About Nothing
    19 Henry V
    20 Julius Caesar
    21 As You Like It
    22 Hamlet
    23 Twelfth Night
    24 Troilus and Cressida
    25 Measure for Measure
    26 Othello
    27 All's Well That Ends Well
    28 Timon of Athens
    29 The Tragedy of King Lear
    30 Macbeth
    31 Anthony and Cleopatra
    32 Pericles, Prince of Tyre
    33 Coriolanus
    34 Winter's Tale
    35 Cymbeline
    36 The Tempest
    37 Henry VIII

    Sources:
    http://www.william-shakespeare.info

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    Posted by esanders on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 3:24 PM