Henry V and Richard III are Shakespeare's most famous histories, both of which enjoy an enduring popularity to this day. Check out Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film of Henry V or Ian McKellen's 1995 Richard III as examples. These are probably the best film versions of the plays.
Ten of Shakespeare's plays are categorized as histories.
Shakespeare wrote almost twice as many comedies as he did tragedies or histories.
If we divide Shakespeare's plays into comedies, histories and tragedies, the comedies outnumber the others almost two to one. There are ten histories and ten tragedies and eighteen comedies.
Shakespeare most famous poem is Sonnet #18
Shakespeare's Histories.
For the theatre, Shakespeare wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories. He also wrote poetry, including a famous series OS sonnets.
To be or not to be
You might think that William Shakespeare mainly wrote tragedies because he is most famous for his tragedies, but actually he wrote almost twice as many comedies (18) as tragedies (10) and histories (10).
Shakespeare wrote comedies, tragedies, histories, and tragicomedies.
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William Shakespeare
His most famous quote is probably "to be or not to be"