What was Shakespeare's third play?

Answer 1

It is impossible to say-you can only use guesswork by examining contemporary events in the play which are referred to, any records of showing of the plays, publication dates of sources, and the date they appeared in print.

Following this system it is Twelfth Night.

Answer 2

Statistics on this would be impossible to get, so there is a certain amount of guesswork involved. However, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello, Julius Caesar, Henry V, Richard III, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tempest would clearly be the top 15. The next five would be a little more difficult to choose: Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra, and Love's Labour's Lost are a possible selection, but Coriolanus is making a comeback, and you do see Measure for Measure and the Merry Wives of Windsor more often than you used to.

Answer 3

William Shakespeare's third play was Richard III. It was written by Shakespeare in 1592 and based on King Richard III's life.