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William Shakespeare wrote 38 plays. They are divided into comedies, histories and tragedies. See the related question for a full list of his plays.
Hamlet, Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing are three examples of plays that William Shakespeare wrote.
Hamlet,Macbeth, and King Lear.
In the First Folio, all of Shakespeare's plays were divided into Comedies, Tragedies and Histories. Although it is not always easy to place some of the plays in these three categories (and Shakespeare was well aware that they could mix and overlap and be involved with the category of the Pastoral), the division seems to have stuck.
Shakespeare wrote in English, the same as your question and my answer.
Using the standard categories, we have: Comedy: Pericles Tragedy: Timon of Athens History: King John
Males, females, and people who don't fall into either of those categories. In other words, Shakespeare wrote for everyone.
William Shakespeare wrote 38 plays. They are divided into comedies, histories and tragedies. See the related question for a full list of his plays.
Hamlet, Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing are three examples of plays that William Shakespeare wrote.
Shakespeare wrote in ink. Shakespeare wrote in the Elizabethan Era. Shakespeare wrote in London, England. Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English Shakespeare wrote in blank verse
Hamlet,Macbeth, and King Lear.
Chaucer, Dante (Alighieri), and William Shakespeare were three writers who wrote in the vernacular.
In the First Folio, all of Shakespeare's plays were divided into Comedies, Tragedies and Histories. Although it is not always easy to place some of the plays in these three categories (and Shakespeare was well aware that they could mix and overlap and be involved with the category of the Pastoral), the division seems to have stuck.
Shakespeare wrote in English, the same as your question and my answer.
Shakespeare was a professional playwright and poet. He wrote what he wrote in order to make his living.
When the first Complete Shakespeare edition (called the First Folio) was published, it was called "William Shakespeare's Histories, Tragedies and Comedies" and all the plays were put into one of those three categories.
They are traditionally divided into histories, comedies and tragedies by the first folio. Although some scholars have tried to introduce new categories, it is these three which seem to stick.