William Shakespeare (1564-1616)[1] was an English poet and playwright. He wrote approximately[2] 38 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Venus and Adonis. London: Printed by Richard Field, sold by J. Harrison I, 1593.
- Lucrece. London: Printed by Richard Field for John Harrison, 1594
- republished as The Rape of Lucrece. Newly Revised. London: Printed by T. Snodham for R. Jackson, 1616.
- The Passionate Pilgrime (attributed to Shakespeare). London: William Jaggard, 1599.
- "The Phoenix and Turtle", appended to Loves Martyr: or, Rosalins Complaint, by Robert Chester. London: Printed by Richard Field for E. Blount, 1601.
- Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Printed by G. Eld for Thomas Thorpe, sold by W. Aspley & John Wright, 1609
- Shakespeare's Sonnets (illustrated by Henry Ospoval). London: John Lane, 1899.[3]
- Poems. Written by Wil. Shake-speare, Gent. London: Thomas Cotes & John Benson, 1640.
Plays[]
- The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster [abridged and corrupt text of Henry VI, part 2]. London: Printed by Thomas Creede for Thomas Millington, 1594.
- The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus. London: Printed by John Danter, sold by Edward White & Thomas Middleton, 1594.
- A Pleasant Conceited Historie, Called The Taming of a Shrew [corrupt text]. London: Printed by John Danter, sold by Edward White & Thomas Middleton, 1594
- London: Printed by Peter Short, sold by Cuthbert Burbie, 1594.
- The True Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the Death of Good King Henrie the Sixt [abridged and corrupt text of Henry VI, part 3]. London: Printed by Peter Short for Thomas Millington, 1595.
- The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. London: Printed by Valentine Simmes & Peter Short for Andrew Wise, 1597.
- The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. London: Printed by Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise, 1597.
- An Excellent Conceited Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet [corrupt text]. London: Printed by John Danter [& E. Allde?], 1597)
- republished as The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet. Newly Corrected, Augmented, and Amended. London: Printed by Thomas Creede for Cuthbert Burby, 1599.
- A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. London: Printed by William White for Cuthbert Burby, 1598.
- The History of Henrie the Fourth [part 1]. London: Printed by Peter Short for Andrew Wise, 1598.
- A Midsommer Nights Dreame. London: Printed by R. Bradock for Thomas Fisher, 1600.
- The Most Excellent Historie of the Merchant of Venice. London: Printed by James Roberts for Thomas Heyes, 1600.
- The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, Continuing to His Death, and Coronation of Henrie the Fift. London: Printed by Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise & William Aspley, 1600.
- Much Adoe about Nothing. London: Printed by Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise & William Aspley, 1600.
- The Cronicle History of Henry the Fift [corrupt text]. London: Printed by Thomas Creede for Thomas Mullington & John Busby, 1600.
- A Most Pleasaunt and Excellent Conceited Comedie, of Syr John Falstaffe, and the Merrie Wives of Windsor [corrupt text]. London: Printed by Thomas Creede for Arthur Johnson, 1602.
- The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmark [abridged and corrupt text]. London: Printed by Valentine Simmes for Nicholas Ling & John Trundell, 1603)
- republished as The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. Newly Imprinted and Enlarged to Almost as Much Againe as It Was, According to the True and Perfect Coppie. London: Printed by James Roberts for Nicholas Ling, 1604.
- M. William Shak-speare: His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. London: Printed by N. Okes for Nathaniel Butter, 1608.
- The Historie of Troylus and Cresseida. London: Printed by G. Eld for R. Bonian & H. Walley, 1609.
- The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. London: Printed by W. White for Henry Gosson, 1609.
- The Tragædy of Othello, The Moore of Venice. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes for Thomas Walkley, 1622.
- Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies (The First Folio; comprises The Tempest; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Measure for Measure; The Comedy of Errors; Much Ado About Nothing; Love's Labor's Lost; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice; As You Like It; The Taming of the Shrew; All's Well That Ends Well; Twelfth Night; The Winter's Tale; King John; Richard II; Henry IV, parts 1 and 2;Henry V; Henry VI, parts 1-3; Richard III; Henry VIII; Troilus and Cressida; Coriolanus; Titus Andronicus; Romeo and Juliet; Timon of Athens; Julius Caesar; Macbeth; Hamlet; King Lear; Othello; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline}. London: Printed by Isaac Jaggard & Edward Blount, 1623.
- The Two Noble Kinsmen (by Shakespeare and John Fletcher). London: Printed by Thomas Cotes for John Waterson, 1634.
Collected editions[]
- A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare (29 volumes to date):
- (volumes 1-15, 18, edited by Horace Howard Furness; volumes 16-17, 19-20, edited by Horace Howard Furness Jr.). Philadelphia & London: Lippincott, 1871-1928,
- (volumes 1-25, general editor, Joseph Quincey Adams; volumes 26-27, general editor, Hyder Edward Rollins). Philadelphia & London: Lippincott for the Modern Language Association of America, 1936-1955
- (volumes 28- , general editors, Robert K. Turner Jr. and Richard Knowles). New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1977- .
- The Works of Shakespeare: The New Cambridge Shakespeare (39 volumes; edited by J. Dover Wilson, Arthur Quiller-Couch, and others). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1921-1967.
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare (edited by George Lyman Kittredge). Boston: Ginn, 1936
- revised (by Irving Ribner). Waltham, MA: Ginn, 1971.
- Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles (14 volumes; edited by W.W. Greg and Charlton Hinman). Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1939-1966).
- William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (edited by Peter Alexander). London & Glasgow: Collins, 1951; New York: Random House, 1952.
- The Arden Shakespeare (38 volumes to date; general editors, Harold F. Brooks and Harold Jenkins). London: Methuen, 1951- .
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare (edited by Hardin Craig). Chicago: Scott Foresman, 1961
- revised (by Hardin Craig and David Bevington). (Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 1973)
- revised (by David Bevington). Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 1980
- revised (by David Bevington). New York: Longman, 1997.
- The New Penguin Shakespeare (general editor, T.J.B. Spencer; 33 volumes to date). Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1967- .
- The Norton Facsimile: The First Folio of Shakespeare (edited by Hinman). New York: Norton, 1968.
- William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, The Complete Pelican Shakespeare (general editor, Alfred Harbage). Baltimore, MD: Penguin, 1969.
- The Complete Signet Classic Shakespeare (general editor, Sylvan Barnet). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972.
- The Riverside Shakespeare (general editor, G. Blakemore Evans). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
- Shakespeare's Sonnets (edited, with analytic commentary, by Stephen Booth). (New Haven, CT, & London: Yale University Press, 1977.
- Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto: A Facsimile Edition of Copies Primarily from the Henry E. Huntington Library (edited by Michael J.B. Allen and Kenneth Muir). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.
- The Complete Works: Original-Spelling Edition (general editors, Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor). Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1986.
- The Poems. Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix And the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, A Lover's Complaint, The New Cambridge Shakespeare (edited by John Roe). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Play productions[]
- Henry VI, part 1. London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa 1589-1592.
- Henry VI, part 2. London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa 1590-1592.
- Richard III. London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa 1591-1592.
- The Comedy of Errors. London, unknown theater (probably of Lord Strange's Men), circa 1592-1594; London, Gray's Inn, 28 December 1594.
- Titus Andronicus. London, Rose or Newington Butts theater, 24 January 1594.
- The Taming of the Shrew. London, Newington Butts theater, 11 June 1594.
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona. London, Newington Butts theater or the Theatre, 1594.
- Love's Labor's Lost. perhaps at the country house of a great lord, such as the earl of Southampton, circa 1594-1595; London, at court, Christmas 1597.
- Sir Thomas More (probably by Anthony Munday, revised by Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, Shakespeare, and possibly Thomas Heywood), evidently never produced, circa 1594-1595.
- King John. London, the Theatre, circa 1594-1596.
- Richard II. London, the Theatre, circa 1595.
- Romeo and Juliet. London, the Theatre, circa 1595-1596.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream. London, the Theatre, circa 1595-1596.
- The Merchant of Venice. London, the Theatre, circa 1596-1597.
- Henry IV, part 1. London, the Theatre, circa 1596-1597.
- Henry IV, part 2. London, the Theatre, circa 1597.
- The Merry Wives of Windsor. Windsor, Windsor Castle, 23 April 1597.
- Much Ado About Nothing. London, the Theatre, circa 1598-1599.
- Henry V. London, Globe theater(?), between March and September 1599(?).
- Julius Caesar. London, Globe theater, 21 September 1599.
- As You Like It. London, Globe theater, circa 1599-1600.
- Hamlet. London, Globe theater, circa 1600-1601.
- Twelfth Night. London, at court(?), no earlier than 6 January 1601(?); London, Globe theater(?), circa 1601-1602(?); London, Middle Temple, 2 February 1602.
- Troilus and Cressida. London, Globe theater(?), circa 1601-1602(?).
- All's Well That Ends Well. London, Globe theater, circa 1602-1603.
- Measure for Measure. London, Globe theater(?), 1604(?); London, at court, 26 December 1604.
- Othello. London, Globe theater(?), 1604(?); Westminster, Whitehall, 1 November 1604.
- King Lear. London, Globe theater(?), by late 1605 or early 1606; London, at court, 26 December 1606.
- Timon of Athens (possibly unperformed during Shakespeare's lifetime); possibly London, Globe theater, circa 1605-1608.
- Macbeth. London, Globe theater(?), 1606(?); London, at court, probably 7 August 1606.
- Antony and Cleopatra. London, Globe theater, circa 1606-1607.
- Pericles (possibly by Shakespeare and George Wilkins). London, at court, between January 1606 and November 1608; London, Globe theater, probably circa 1607-1608.
- Coriolanus. London, Globe theater, circa 1607-1608.
- Cymbeline. London, Blackfriars theater or Globe theater, 1609.
- The Winter's Tale. London, Globe theater, 15 May 1611.
- The Tempest. London, at court, 1 November 1611.
- Cardenio (probably by Shakespeare and John Fletcher). London, Globe theater(?), circa 1612-1613.
- Henry VIII (possibly by Shakespeare and Fletcher). London, Globe theater, 29 June 1613.
- The Two Noble Kinsmen (by Shakespeare and Fletcher). London, probably Blackfriars theater (possibly Globe theater), 1613.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Poetry Foundation.[4]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Schoenbaum, Samuel (1975). William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life. Oxford University Press. pp. 24–26 and 296. ISBN 0195051610.
- ↑ The exact figures cannot be known. See Shakespearean authorship, Shakespeare's collaborations and Shakespeare Apocrypha for further details.
- ↑ Shakespeare's Sonnets, Internet Archive. Web, July 29, 2019.
- ↑ William Shakespeare 1564-1616, Poetry Foundation. Web, Dec. 3, 2012.
External links[]
- Shakespeare biography and poems on the Literature Network
- Open Source Shakespeare complete works, with search engine and concordance
- Open Shakespeare complete works, search engine, stats and more all as open content/open source
- Internet Shakespeare Editions
- Works by William Shakespeare at Project Gutenberg
- First Four Folios at Miami University Library, digital collection
- Shakespeare's Will from The National Archives
- Works by or about Shakespeare bibliography in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Shakespeare bibliography at the Open Directory Project
- World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
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