Shakespeare

c. 1590–1614

The plays and poems of William Shakespeare — tragedies, comedies, histories, romances, and the sonnets. The single largest gravitational force in English literature.

38 works1 author4 genres

comedyhistory playromancetragedy

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare·1590

tragedyaccessible

8.0/10 influence9.5/10 popularity

King Henry VI, Part 2

William Shakespeare·1591

history playmoderate

4.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity

Henry VI, Part 1

William Shakespeare·1592

history playmoderate

4.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity

King Henry VI, Part 3

William Shakespeare·1592

history playmoderate

4.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity

Richard III

William Shakespeare·1593

history playmoderate

6.5/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare·1593

comedyaccessible

5.0/10 influence7.0/10 popularity

The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare·1594

comedyaccessible

4.0/10 influence5.5/10 popularity

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare·1594

comedyaccessible

4.0/10 influence3.0/10 popularity

Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare·1594

tragedymoderate

4.5/10 influence5.0/10 popularity

Richard II

William Shakespeare·1595

history playmoderate

5.5/10 influence6.0/10 popularity

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare·1595

comedyaccessible

6.0/10 influence9.0/10 popularity

King John

William Shakespeare·1596

history playmoderate

4.5/10 influence3.0/10 popularity

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare·1596

comedyaccessible

6.0/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

King Henry IV, Part 1

William Shakespeare·1597

history playmoderate

6.5/10 influence7.5/10 popularity

The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare·1597

comedyaccessible

4.5/10 influence5.5/10 popularity

Henry IV, Part Two

William Shakespeare·1598

history playmoderate

5.5/10 influence6.0/10 popularity

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare·1598

comedyaccessible

5.5/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

Love's Labour's Lost

William Shakespeare·1598

4.5/10 influence4.0/10 popularity

Henry V

William Shakespeare·1599

history playmoderate

6.0/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare·1599

tragedyaccessible

6.5/10 influence8.5/10 popularity

As You Like It

William Shakespeare·1599

comedyaccessible

5.0/10 influence7.0/10 popularity

Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare·1601

tragedychallenging

5.0/10 influence4.0/10 popularity

Hamlet

William Shakespeare·1601

tragedymoderate

9.5/10 influence9.5/10 popularity

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare·1601

comedyaccessible

6.0/10 influence8.0/10 popularity

Othello

William Shakespeare·1603

tragedymoderate

7.0/10 influence9.0/10 popularity

Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare·1604

5.0/10 influence5.5/10 popularity

All's Well That Ends Well

William Shakespeare·1604

4.0/10 influence3.5/10 popularity

King Lear

William Shakespeare·1605

tragedymoderate

8.5/10 influence8.5/10 popularity

Timon of Athens

William Shakespeare·1605

tragedymoderate

4.0/10 influence3.0/10 popularity

Macbeth

William Shakespeare·1606

tragedyaccessible

8.5/10 influence9.5/10 popularity

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare·1606

tragedymoderate

6.0/10 influence7.0/10 popularity

Coriolanus

William Shakespeare·1608

tragedychallenging

5.0/10 influence4.5/10 popularity

Pericles

William Shakespeare·1608

romancemoderate

4.0/10 influence3.5/10 popularity

The Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare·1610

romancemoderate

5.0/10 influence6.0/10 popularity

Cymbeline

William Shakespeare·1610

romancemoderate

4.0/10 influence4.0/10 popularity

The Tempest

William Shakespeare·1611

romanceaccessible

6.5/10 influence8.5/10 popularity

Henry VIII

William Shakespeare·1613

history playmoderate

4.0/10 influence4.0/10 popularity

The Two Noble Kinsmen

William Shakespeare·1614

romancemoderate

4.0/10 influence3.0/10 popularity