The Comedy of Errors is the shortest. Hamlet is the longest only because there are two quite different shorter versions which are mashed together into one really long version. The longest play as it was published in Shakespeare's day (that is, before 1624) is in fact Richard III.
THE OPPOSITE is true: it is one of the shortest (and it's the shortest of all the tragedies). The two plays that are shorter are both comedies: A Comedy Of Errors is the shortest and The Tempest is the next shortest. Macbeth is the third shortest of all the plays.
The Comedy of Errors was Shakespeare's shortest play. Macbeth is his shortest tragedy.
Yes Shakespeare's plays were written in verses.
No they were not.
prose
THE OPPOSITE is true: it is one of the shortest (and it's the shortest of all the tragedies). The two plays that are shorter are both comedies: A Comedy Of Errors is the shortest and The Tempest is the next shortest. Macbeth is the third shortest of all the plays.
The Comedy of Errors was Shakespeare's shortest play. Macbeth is his shortest tragedy.
Yes Shakespeare's plays were written in verses.
The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest and Macbeth in that order.
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All of the plays of William Shakespeare were written in English.
No they were not.
As with all Shakespeare plays, they were written for Shakespeare's acting company.
As with all Shakespeare plays, they were written for Shakespeare's acting company.
prose
All of Shakespeare's plays were written exclusively to entertain his audiences, although the history plays did inform them (and also misinform them) incidentally. Shakespeare did not have a moral or intellectual agenda in his plays, which is why they are so good.
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