Category: Shakespeare’s Plays

Two Noble Kinsmen

The play bears similarities to other late Shakespearean plays such as Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, and The Tempest. It was entered

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Henry VIth Part One

The fact that Shakespeare’s history play, Henry VIth Part One was never registered at the Stationer’s Office is partially overlooked by academics. A good deal

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Merchant of Venice

While the title of this play is generally misconstrued today as referring to Shylock, it should be pointed out that is actually refers to the

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A Comedy of Errors

The first anonymously recorded performance of “A Comedy of Errors” was at Gray’s Inn on the 28th December 1594 so the play must have been

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Henry IVth Part One

Literary sources for this history play include Edward Hall (1498-1547) from his “The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and Yorke”

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Two Gentlemen of Verona is possibly the earliest of Shakespeare’s plays although not entered into the Stationer’s Office it was probably written in 1590-1

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The Taming of a Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew is similar in style and narrative to “Taming of a Shrew” which was anonymously registered at the Stationer’s Office on

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King John

The history play King John originated from an early manuscript or foul papers dated from 1596 and then copied by two different scribes from 1609-1623.

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Julius Caesar

One of Shakespeare’s early Roman Plays, Julius Caesar was partly derived from an anonymous play: “The Tragedy of Caesar and Pompey, or Caesar’s Revenge” (c.

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