Welcome to the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. ThoughtCo, Feb. 16, 2021, thoughtco.com/list-of-shakespeare-plays-2985250. Iago, for instance, is a Galician form of Jacob, which means supplanter, while Shakespeare probably invented the name Othello himself based on Otho, the name of a short-lived Roman emperor whose downfall was remarkably similar to Othellos. But with 850 lines to himself, Timon is Shakespeares fifth largest role (after Hamlet, Iago, Henry V and Othello), and a considerably longer role than the likes of King Lear, Marc Antony, and Richard III. The entire casts of characters are then brought together and Prosperos identity is revealed. Palamon faces death for losing but Arcite is accidentally killed after falling from his horse. Titus Andronicus is the story of Roman general Titus and his thirst for bloody revenge against Tamora Queen of Goths may well qualify as the most violent of Shakespeare plays. Troilus son of Trojan King Priam is in love with Cressida daughter of Calchas a Trojan siding with the Greeks. Shylock resenting Antonio agrees to lend the money on condition of extracting a pound of his flesh in case of default of payment. Share your own to gain free Course Hero access. Octavius orders Cleopatra to be brought to Rome, but Cleopatra commits suicide by getting bitten by a poisonous Asp. The average length of a play in Elizabethan England was 3000 lines. Winter 2023, MUSIC 100 The second shortest play of Shakespeare is a The Winters Tale b Much ado about from ACC 102 at Boston University Meanwhile Innogen dressed a page in the service of Lucius the Roman representative is given to him who reveals herself as Innogen. In his will, what did Shakespeare leave to his wife? This style of writing is made up of what is called four trochees that have a syllable that is accented followed by an unaccented syllable. An enraged Achilles then slays Hector. In his diary on September 29, 1662, he wrote that it was a play which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. And nor was he alone: Tolstoy thought that Shakespeares plays were trivial and positively bad. Tolkien dismissed reading Shakespeare as folly. And Voltaire referred to the handful of scenes and plays that he actually liked out of Shakespeares complete works as a few pearls found in his enormous dunghill. But perhaps most critical of all was George Bernard Shaw, who once wrote that, apart from Homer, there is no eminent writerwhom I despise so entirely as I despise Shakespear [sic]. Othello was melodramatic, Twelfth Night was a potboiler, and Cymbeline was stagey trash of the lowest melodramatic orderso terrible in fact that Shaw wrote his own ending for it, Cymbeline Refinished, in 1937. (Indeed, the 1594 printing of Henry VI: Part 2 gives the play the original title The First Part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of Yorke & Lancaster, with the Death of the Good Duke Humphrey.Part 3 is called The True Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke and the Good King Henry the Sixt [sic].) Hotspurs army is defeated at the battle of Shrewsbury. Roman general Mark Anthony also friend to Caesar swears revenge. Tragic events of anger and hate end in the death of both lovers which reunite both factions overcome with remorse. Shakespeare Play, Richard II is a historical play that depicts the common power struggle for the throne and Richards attempts to establish his rule. His son ascends the throne as King Henry III. And because its through misunderstandings and mis-notings that much of the action of the play comes about, Much Ado About Nothing could be interpreted as being much ado about actually quite a lot. Cymbeline meets with Belarus who has been instrumental in the defense of Britain along with his two adopted sons Guiderius and Aviragus. Richard III (Richard the third) could well qualify as one of the most treacherous of Shakespearean characters. He was named for the real-life Sir John Fastolf, a knight who had fought in the Hundred Years War, but he was originally called Oldcastle and named in honor of Sir John Oldcastle, a companion of Henry V who was executed for heresy in 1417. Thebes helped by the two cousins is defeated. However both men are duped by the women on several occasions. Shakespeares error ultimately led to the phrase the seacoast of Bohemia entering the languageas another name for any fictitious Utopia.And although some Shakespeare apologists have attempted to explain away this inaccuracy, one inescapable fact remains: Bohemia has no desert either. This article presents a possible chronological listing of the composition of the plays of William Shakespeare. A complete list of the plays in order of length. - Shakespeare kept much of Greenes plot and structure intact (and to do so had to insert a 16-year gap in the story between Acts 3 and 4) but as a result, when Greenes facts were wrong, that meant Shakespeares facts were wrong: Act 3, scene 3 opens in Bohemia, a desert country near the sea, despite the fact that Bohemia, roughly equivalent to modern-day Czech Republic, was landlocked. - Amidst events surrounding the Roman attack of Britain in which the British emerge victorious. This truncated sonnet marks the completion of the "fair youth" sequence. By comparison, his conspirators Brutus (722 lines), Cassius (507), and Antony (329) each have much larger roles, and Caesar has nearly three times more lines in Antony and Cleopatra(419)than he does in Julius Caesar, making his the smallest of all Shakespeares title roles. November 5, 2021 by Elodie. Ultimately, its likely Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice (and this noticeably contemporary line) sometime in late 1596 or early 1597. He reaches Pentapolis where he marries a noblewoman Thaisa. Before then, performances had only ever been staged by all-male acting companiesincluding Shakespeares own Kings Men, who staged the first performance in London in 1606. 5. The version printed in the Second Quarto is the longest version of "Hamlet," though it does . Unfortunately for him, he has several enemies the worst of whom is his most trusted ensign Iago. The Andrew in question is the San Andrs or St. Andrew, a Spanish galleon that was run aground during an English attack on Cadz in southwest Spain in June 1596, and subsequently commandeered by the English Navy. Tragedy. Winter 2023, ENG 105 King Lear might be Shakespeares crowning masterpiece, but theres no escaping the fact that its pretty bleakin finest traditions of Shakespeares tragedies, everybody dies in the end. His son Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, attempts to retrieve his inheritance from the King. Medium plays fall somewhere in between the two extremes with a average runtime of around 5-6 hours. It is the first of four connected playsincluding 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, and Henry Vgenerally considered Shakespeare's finest history plays. Like Shakespeare playHamlet, Othello is a significant and popular tragedy. Winter 2023, PSYC 3002 Cordelia goes on to marry the King of France. As a rule of thumb, 1000 lines of Shakespeare's text converts to about one hour of stage time, when performed. - Despite of several warnings from his wife Caliphurnia, Caesar goes to the capitol and is assassinated by the conspirators. They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder!. His "second-best bed" 6. With 2512 lines, Timon of Athens is the second shortest of all Shakespeares tragedies, and his eighth shortest play overall. The premiere was postponed until the following January, but during the opening performance, the female lead, Peg Woffington, fainted, and her part had to be read by another actress. The link you clicked may be broken or the page may have been removed. He might steal the scene, but Crab isnt treated very well: I think Crab, my dog, be the sourest-natured dog that lives, Launce laments in his famous monologue, complaining that while he said goodbye to his family, did not this cruel-hearted cur shed one tear. Even the family cat, he explains, was wringing her hands at his departure. Co-written with John Fletcher, Shakespeares Two Noble Kinsmen is believed to be the last play he worked on, written sometime between early 1613 and autumn 1614. Meanwhile another romantic tryst takes place between the Count Benedick and heros cousin Beatrice. - The play they performed was The Comedy of Errors (which Shakespeare likely wrote especially for that night), but things didnt go quite to planThe Lord Chamberlains Men arrived late, by which time their audience was drunk and the stage had all but been dismantled. The Winter's Tale B. The French, however, continue to wage war against John. Total words in all plays: 835,997 Total plays: 37 Average per play: 22,595 Performance history is often of limited use, as the first recorded performances of many plays were not necessarily when the plays were first performed. Everyone knows Macbeth is supposed to be unlucky, but if youre superstitious, you might be best off avoiding Alls Well That Ends Well, too. - The untimely demise of the Princesss father dashes all hopes of marriage for the men who are instructed by the women to engage in several tasks for a year before contemplating marriage. The princes initial plot to kill Claudius fails with him killing his sweetheart Ophelias father instead. Winter 2023, BUSI 2334 All 2803 lines in Shakespeares Richard II are written in verse, with no prose passages at all. Biography of William Shakespeare, History's Most Famous Playwright, Everything You Need to Know About Shakespeare's Plays, The Shakespeare Authorship Controversy Continues, the play does include the work of Christopher Marlowe, M.A., Theater Studies, Warwick University, B.A., Drama and English, DeMontfort University, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" (15941595). Based upon the quintessential and common theme of love, the play is set in an enchanted forest in a fictional land called Athens. In 1719, the dramatist John Dennis went one better and rewrote the entire play, calling it The Invader of His Country and using it as an attack on the Jacobite Rising of 1715; it was booed off the stage after three performances. Macbeth is the third shortest of all the plays. Tates version and its happy ending prevailed in theaters for the next 150 years, and it wasnt until 1838 that a version of Shakespeares original text was staged with the 19th century actor William Macready in the title role. Top 25 Shakespeare Sonnets. He has to flee from wrath of Antiochus after solving a riddle that revealed his incestuous relationship with his daughter. - Valentine becomes a leader of outlaws in the forest while Silvia attempts to flee and reunite with him. The last 71 lines of Act 3, scene 2 of Henry VI: Part 3 comprise the longest soliloquy in all of Shakespeare. In a turn events Richard reluctantly hands over the throne to Bolingbroke who is crowned as King Henry the IV. Although this seems very straightforward, it is notoriously difficult to categorize the plays. ' All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. Winter 2023, HISTORY CHAPTER 3 Answer (1 of 6): Sonnet 126 has the fewest lines: Twelve lines, instead of fourteen, in rhyming couplets. Hermiones daughter grows up as Perdita a shepherd girl and is wooed by Prince Florizel Polixenes son. General Macbeth after a victorious battle is prophesied by witches to become king. It narrates the story of Duke Vincentio who wishes to take stock of his kingdom disguised as Friar Lodwick. Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. - Honigmann argues that Shakespeare began his career with Titus Andronicus in 1586, though the conventional dating is that Shakespeare began writing plays after arriving in London in about 1590. ThoughtCo. The comedy depicts Petruchios witty but psychological treatment of Katrina in a bid to temper her obstinate behavior. Thus begins a series of events overseen by the Duke aka Friar Lodwick. Some of Shakespeare's most famous plays are tragedies. 36. Winter 2023, SPANISH 2 101 So he and his men turned up at Greenwich, performed for the queen, then raced across London to their second booking only for the night to end in chaos. Responda: 2 para a pergunta: 1)Still on Willian Shakespeare, fill in the second column according to the First. His ghosts always had a purpose, however, whether or not that purpose was full of good or bad intent may be left to the reader or audience's discretion. However, the central character besides Henry is Richard Plantagenet, the Duke of York who along with his sons, Edward and Richard the II raises an army and plots to overthrow Henry VI and name himself king. In the play, Shakespeare portrays Charles as a decent and astute king whounlike his overconfident son, the Dauphinis wise and experienced enough not to downplay Henrys threat to his kingdom. It narrates the comical drama of mistaken identities involving two sets of identical twins separated since birth. Shakespeares lecherous knight Sir John Falstaff first appeared in Henry IV: Part 1; the character was so popular with audiences that he was featured in Henry IV: Part 2, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Meanwhile, the second heroine Julia, the fiance of Proteus disguises herself as a boy to spy on Proteus. Future editions of the play published by Oxford University Press will credit Marlowe as co-author. Also, the lines end in couplets that rhyme. Shakespeare's shortest play, The Comedy of Errors contains just 1,770 lines and is only a third of the length of his longest, Hamlet, which takes four hours to perform. He wrote sonnets throughout his career for a private readership. Its based on Un Capitano Moro (The Moorish Captain), a tale by the 16th century Italian writer Cinthio, whose Story of Epitia Shakespeare also used as the basis of Measure For Measure. Choosing love over friendship, Proteus betrays Valentines plan to elope with Silvia resulting in Valentines banishment from Milan. In 2016, a group of scholars performed an analysis of all three parts of "Henry VI" and came to the conclusion that the play does include the work of Christopher Marlowe. Shakespeare isnt known for his historical accuracy at the best of times, but his portrayal of the French king Charles VI in Henry V is perhaps one of his most obvious deviations from the truth. Pericles thinking her dead arrives in Mytilene where marina is introduced to him as a maid. They are revealed to him as his sons. She hatches a plan to win Bertrams love. Winter 2023, COMPSCI MISC - His characters run the gamut of . Thus begins the war of the roses. The dates listed below are approximate and based on the general consensus of when the plays were first performed: The chronology of Shakespeare's plays remains a matter of some scholarly debate. Ultimately he is bankrupt and none of his so called friends help him. Cardinal Wosley head of the church had earlier instigated the execution of Henrys Father the duke of Buckingham. The scene in the play in which a baboon dances a Morris dance, however, is not thought to be one Shakespeare worked on . Line references are to the 2011 Arden Shakespeare edition, edited by John Jowett, which does not divide the play into acts. Despite the questionable authorship, however, Pericles is known to have been the first Shakespeare play performed in the modern era, revived in 1660 after the reopening of the theatres by a 17th century actor named Thomas Betterton. This is the third play in the second tetralogy of history plays, along with Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry V. Earliest known text: Quarto (1600). Edmund in his bid to take over his brothers property imprisons Lear and executes Cordelia. William Shakespeare plays are of diverse nature and consist of comedies, tragedies, and historical plays. For good measure, Puck has replaced his head with that of a Donkeys. His plan eventually works, of coursethe next play in Shakespeares Wars of the Roses cycle is Richard III. In editions which do divide the play, Oxford's Scene 7 is usually Act 3, Scene 3. Its well known that Shakespeare based many of his plays on earlier folktales, plays, histories and legends, and Othello is no different. \u201cAt the World Economic Forum in Davos, Sens. Julius Caesar was first performed in 1599, the first show to be performed at the Globe Theater in London. The Two Gentlemen of Verona is the only one of Shakespeares plays to commonlyfeature a dog, Crab, the pet of the comic servant, Launce. Rebellion continues to plague Henry where rebels lead by the Archbishop of York, Lords Mowbray and Hastings wage a second attempt of war against Henry. Winter 2023, MO 205 Jamieson, Lee. He also wrote two long narrative poems, which were published in the 1590s, and a few other verses. - However his daughter Rosalind is allowed to remain but subsequently flees to join her father. Two Shakespeare plays are available in Klingon After escaping they constantly feud with each other to win her affection. Where was Shakespeare born? He might be the title character, but Julius Caesar only appears in three scenes in his own play and delivers just 151 lines. Winter 2023, SCIENCE 3946 - Dates that many of them were performed have been worked out by many . Winter 2023, WORLD HISTORY 807 Titus Andronicus is Shakespeares first Tragedy. Set in 15th century England, It portrays Henry V a wise and matured King as compared to his erroneous past. Winter 2023, ENGLISH POETRY Act 5, Scene 2 of Loves Labours Lost is Shakespeares longest single scene, running to an impressive 1016 lines; in comparison, the entire script of The Comedy of Errors runs to just 1786 lines, while this one scene alone is just 15 lines shorter than the entire role of Henry V, Shakespeare's third most talkative character. In what appears to be a treacherous plot of mindless murder and revenge, Shakespeares characters namely Titus and Tamora along with their respective supporters revel in plotting a gory and macabre killing spree of each other. Shakespeare play, Coriolanus is the tale of a Roman general whose victories against the Volscians led by Aufidius lead him to the political arena of Rome. For other Shakespeare resources, visit the Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Web site. However the prophesy predicts his friend Banquos lineage as his successors. However, she turns out to be none other than his love, the Lady Hero. 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