Read our list of Shakespeare Plays below, sorted alphabetically, by date written and by word length.
Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays during his lifetime, possibly more (there is at least one ‘lost’ play – Cardenio). Then there are a number of plays that most academics agree Shakespeare was involved in writing at least part of, collaborating with other writers, such as Love’s Labour’s Won, Edward III, Sir Thomas More, and The Two Noble Kinsmen.
Each list of Shakespeare plays contains links to a page on each play which contains a range of resources: plot summaries, character information, settings, famous quotes, and much more:
List of Shakespeare plays: Alphabetical
Alphabetical list of Shakespeare plays
All’s Well That Ends Well (1602)
Antony and Cleopatra (1606)
As You Like It (1599)
The Comedy of Errors (1589)
Coriolanus (1607)
Cymbeline (1609)
Hamlet (1600)
Henry IV, Part I (1597)
Henry IV, Part II (1597)
Henry V (1598)
Henry VI, Part I (1591)
Henry VI, Part II (1590)
Henry VI, Part III (1590)
Henry VIII (1612)
Julius Caesar (1599)
King John (1596)
King Lear (1605)
Love’s Labour’s Lost (1594)
Macbeth (1605)
Measure for Measure (1604)
The Merchant of Venice (1596)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595)
Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
Othello (1604)
Pericles (1608)
Richard II (1595)
Richard III (1592)
Romeo and Juliet (1594)
The Taming of the Shrew (1593)
The Tempest (1611)
Timon of Athens (1607)
Titus Andronicus (1593)
Troilus and Cressida (1601)
Twelfth Night (1599)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594)
Winter’s Tale (1610)
List of Shakespeare plays by date
List of Shakespeare plays by date
| 1589 | The Comedy of Errors | |
| 1590 | Henry VI, Part II | |
| Henry VI, Part III | ||
| 1591 | Henry VI, Part I | |
| 1592 | Richard III | |
| 1593 | The Taming of the Shrew | |
| Titus Andronicus | ||
| 1594 | Romeo and Juliet | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | ||
| Love’s Labour’s Lost | ||
| 1595 | Richard II | |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | ||
| 1596 | King John | |
| The Merchant of Venice | ||
| 1597 | Henry IV, Part I | |
| Henry IV, Part II | ||
| 1598 | Henry V | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | ||
| 1599 | Twelfth Night | |
| As You Like It | ||
| Julius Caesar | ||
| 1600 | Hamlet | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | ||
| 1601 | Troilus and Cressida | |
| 1602 | All’s Well That Ends Well | |
| 1604 | Othello | |
| Measure for Measure | ||
| 1605 | King Lear | |
| Macbeth | ||
| 1606 | Antony and Cleopatra | |
| 1607 | Coriolanus | |
| Timon of Athens | ||
| 1608 | Pericles | |
| 1609 | Cymbeline | |
| 1610 | The Winter’s Tale | |
| 1611 | The Tempest | |
| 1612 | Henry VIII |
List of Shakespeare plays by Length
List of Shakespeare plays by length
Hamlet – 30,557 words
Richard III – 29,278 words
Coriolanus – 27,589 words
Cymbeline – 27,565 words
Othello – 26,450 words
King Lear – 26,145 words
Henry V – 26,119 words
Troilus and Cressida – 26,089 words
Henry IV, Part II – 25,689 words
Henry VI, Part II – 25,439 words
The Winter’s Tale – 24,914 words
Antony and Cleopatra – 24,905 words
Henry VIII – 24,629 words
Henry IV, Part I – 24,579 words
Romeo and Juliet – 24,545 words
Henry VI, Part III – 24,294 words
All’s Well That Ends Well – 23,009 words
Richard II – 22,423 words
The Merry Wives of Windsor – 21,845 words
Measure for Measure – 21,780 words
As You Like It – 21,690 words
Henry VI, Part I – 21,607 words
Love’s Labour’s Lost – 21,459 words
The Merchant of Venice – 21,291 words
Much Ado About Nothing – 21,157 words
The Taming of the Shrew – 21,005 words
King John – 20,772 words
Titus Andronicus – 20743 words
Twelfth Night – 19,837 words
Julius Caesar – 19,703 words
Pericles – 18,529 words
Timon of Athens – 18,216 words
The Two Gentlemen of Verona – 17,129 words
Macbeth – 17,121 words
The Tempest – 16,633 words
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 16,511 words
The Comedy of Errors – 14,701 words
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