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

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