{"id":3006,"date":"2024-03-10T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T08:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2024-03-10T13:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T08:07:19","slug":"37-plays-by-william-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/37-plays-by-william-shakespeare\/","title":{"rendered":"37 plays by William Shakespeare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>William Shakespeare is credited with writing 37 plays, which include comedies, tragedies, histories, and tragicomedies. Here\u2019s a list of these plays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-22.png?resize=799%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakespeare\" class=\"wp-image-344\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-22.png?resize=799%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 799w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-22.png?resize=234%2C300&amp;ssl=1 234w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-22.png?resize=768%2C984&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-22.png?w=1030&amp;ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comedies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All\u2019s Well That Ends Well<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As You Like It<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Comedy of Errors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Love\u2019s Labour\u2019s Lost<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Measure for Measure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Merchant of Venice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Much Ado About Nothing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pericles, Prince of Tyre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Taming of the Shrew<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Tempest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twelfth Night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Winter\u2019s Tale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tragedies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Antony and Cleopatra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coriolanus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cymbeline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hamlet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Julius Caesar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>King Lear<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macbeth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Othello<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Romeo and Juliet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Timon of Athens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Titus Andronicus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Histories:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Henry IV, Part 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry IV, Part 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry V<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry VI, Part 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry VI, Part 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry VI, Part 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry VIII<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>King John<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Richard II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Richard III<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tragicomedies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Two Noble Kinsmen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Troilus and Cressida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/list-of-plays-by-Shakespeare-2069685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For more detailed information, including the chronology of when these plays were written or first performed, you can refer to resources like Britannica<sup>1<\/sup><\/a> or other dedicated Shakespearean literature websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/macbeth-the-greatest-tragedy-by-william-shakespeare\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1796\">Macbeth: The Greatest tragedy by William Shakespeare<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/list-of-plays-by-Shakespeare-2069685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/list-of-plays-by-Shakespeare-2069685<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensourceshakespeare.org\/views\/plays\/plays_numwords.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.opensourceshakespeare.org\/views\/plays\/plays_numwords.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-britain-the-official-magazine-best-of-british-history-royal-family-travel-and-culture wp-block-embed-britain-the-official-magazine-best-of-british-history-royal-family-travel-and-culture\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.britain-magazine.com\/shakespeare\/shakespeares-plays-chronology\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Shakespeare is credited with writing 37 plays, which include comedies, tragedies, histories, and tragicomedies. 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