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There are thirty-eight plays regularly attributed to Shakespeare. Their names can be found in the related question. They were all written between 1588 and 1614, but it is very difficult to discover when a specific play was written. We have hints in knowing when the plays were published and sometimes when they were performed, as well as occasional topical references in the texts. Also, Shakespeare's style changed throughout his career so we know that Romeo and Juliet and Midsummer Night's Dream were written at about the same time because they sound so alike.

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How many histories did Shakespeare write?

Ten of Shakespeare's plays are categorized as histories.


Was Romeo and Juliet one of the last plays Shakespeare wrote?

No, Romeo and Juliet is a relatively early play by Shakespeare. It was written in about 1594 or 1595, but Shakespeare kept on writing for almost 20 years more, to 1613. Out of Shakespeare's tragedies, Romeo and Juliet is the second of ten. Only Titus Andronicus is earlier.


What are the most famous tragedies by shakespeare?

Ten of his tragedy plays are:Antony and CleopatraCoriolanusHamletJulius CaesarKing LearMacbethOthelloRomeo and JulietTimon of AthensTitus Andronicus


Who is the most popular anti-Stratfordian candidate for Romeo and Juliet?

Anti-Stratfordians are people who believe that for some person other than William Shakespeare wrote all of Shakespeare's plays, including Romeo and Juliet. Nobody has yet advanced the claim that each one of Shakespeare's plays was really written by a different playwright that was not Shakespeare, so that the Henry VI plays were written by Peele, Titus Andronicus by Kyd, The Merry Wives of Windsor by Dekker, Much Ado About Nothing by Jonson and so on. Therefore there is no "anti-Stratfordian candidate for Romeo and Juliet". Anti-Stratfordians generally attack each piece of evidence connecting Shakespeare with his plays to show that there really is no proof that he wrote them. They often add to that that the author of the plays must have been better educated or more aristocratic than Wm. Shakespeare, depending on whether they are intellectual snobs or social snobs. Picking holes in the idea that Shakespeare wrote his plays is relatively easy compared to finding evidence of the authorship of the plays that does not point to Shakespeare. Nevertheless a number of people have been proposed. Francis Bacon was a strong contender in the nineteenth century, and Christopher Marlowe has had a few votes. The leading contender at the present time is Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, notwithstanding the fact that he died before a number of the Shakespeare plays were produced, leading to the theory that he wrote about ten plays in a frenzy just before his death and then had them leaked out gradually over the next eight years or so. This is the leading theory, and it's that crazy.


How many toes does William Shakespeare have?

Since it was not otherwise mentioned we can assume that Harry Potter has ten toes, five on each foot.

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What Shakespeare plays were not comedies?

All of the ten histories and the ten tragedies.


How many histories did Shakespeare write?

Ten of Shakespeare's plays are categorized as histories.


Did Shakespeare have ten children?

William Shakespeare had three children. See the related question link below.


Which plays did Shakespeare write the most?

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.


What has the author William A Caldwell written?

William A. Caldwell has written: 'Ten thousand on a life'


How many plays did Shakespeare write before 1596?

Since we don't know exactly when he wrote his plays, this necessarily involves a bit of guesswork, but using the dating in the Signet series, ten to thirteen plays were written before 1596.


Was Romeo and Juliet one of the last plays Shakespeare wrote?

No, Romeo and Juliet is a relatively early play by Shakespeare. It was written in about 1594 or 1595, but Shakespeare kept on writing for almost 20 years more, to 1613. Out of Shakespeare's tragedies, Romeo and Juliet is the second of ten. Only Titus Andronicus is earlier.


Did william Shakespeare do anything in his life?

Apart from getting married and having three kids, he wrote some 37 or 38 plays, at least ten of which are counted among the best plays written at any time by anyone, as well as a number of extremely successful poems. He was a working actor for over twenty years, and an astute businessman which left him quite well-off by the time he died.


What has the author William Benson Storey written?

William Benson Storey has written: 'The relation of the railroads to the return of normal conditions' 'Ten years after'


What are the most famous tragedies by shakespeare?

Ten of his tragedy plays are:Antony and CleopatraCoriolanusHamletJulius CaesarKing LearMacbethOthelloRomeo and JulietTimon of AthensTitus Andronicus


What has the author William Ainsworth written?

William Ainsworth has written: 'Travels in the track of the ten thousand Greeks' -- subject(s): Historical geography, History


Who is the most popular anti-Stratfordian candidate for Romeo and Juliet?

Anti-Stratfordians are people who believe that for some person other than William Shakespeare wrote all of Shakespeare's plays, including Romeo and Juliet. Nobody has yet advanced the claim that each one of Shakespeare's plays was really written by a different playwright that was not Shakespeare, so that the Henry VI plays were written by Peele, Titus Andronicus by Kyd, The Merry Wives of Windsor by Dekker, Much Ado About Nothing by Jonson and so on. Therefore there is no "anti-Stratfordian candidate for Romeo and Juliet". Anti-Stratfordians generally attack each piece of evidence connecting Shakespeare with his plays to show that there really is no proof that he wrote them. They often add to that that the author of the plays must have been better educated or more aristocratic than Wm. Shakespeare, depending on whether they are intellectual snobs or social snobs. Picking holes in the idea that Shakespeare wrote his plays is relatively easy compared to finding evidence of the authorship of the plays that does not point to Shakespeare. Nevertheless a number of people have been proposed. Francis Bacon was a strong contender in the nineteenth century, and Christopher Marlowe has had a few votes. The leading contender at the present time is Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, notwithstanding the fact that he died before a number of the Shakespeare plays were produced, leading to the theory that he wrote about ten plays in a frenzy just before his death and then had them leaked out gradually over the next eight years or so. This is the leading theory, and it's that crazy.