How many plays did William Shakespeare have published?

Answer 1

Most literary scholars maintain that eighteen of Shakespeare's thirty seven plays were published during his lifetime. Shakespeare never published any of his plays himself, because he did not own the rights to them--his theatrical company did. Eighteen versions of his plays were, however, published during his lifetime in quarto editions either with or without the permission of the owners. The plays published in Shakespeare's lifetime were Hamlet (1603), Henry IV Parts 1 (1598) and 2 (1600), Henry V (1600), Henry VI Parts 2 (1594) and 3 (1595), King Lear (1608), Love's Labour's Lost (1598), The Merchant of Venice (1600), The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600), Much Ado About Nothing (1600), Pericles (1609), Richard II (1597), Richard III (1597), Romeo and Juliet (1597), Titus Andronicus (1594), and Troilus and Cressida (1609).

Answer 2

Only 18 were, namely Hamlet, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard II, Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Pericles, Love's Labour's Lost, Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida and Romeo and Juliet. Some of his most famous plays, including Macbeth, were not published until the First Folio of 1623, seven years after his death

Answer 3

None. Plays published in quarto form during his lifetime were either pirate copies or published by the acting company to which Shakespeare belonged, who owned the scripts. Some of the plays were never published in his lifetime. Shakespeare did have his long poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece published at great profit to himself.

Answer 4

If the question is how many of Shakespeare's plays were published in his lifetime, only 18 were. Some of his most famous plays, including Macbeth, were not published until the First Folio of 1621, five years after his death

Answer 5

All of the thirty-eight plays we know about were published. That's how we know about them. There is also references to two Shakespeare plays which were apparently not published, Love's Labour's Won and Cardenio. So, 38 out of 40.

Answer 6

Not one. Oh, Shakespeare's plays were published during his lifetime all right, but not by him. The plays which were published during Shakespeare's lifetime were Hamlet, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, King Lear, Love's Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Pericles, Richard II, RIchard III, Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus and Troilus and Cressida. Nineteen in all.

Answer 7

About half of them were, yes.