While Romeo and Juliet, with its star-crossed lovers, may well be love’s greatest tragedy. King Lear is a brute of a play, so much so the title role has often been considered unplayable, such is the demand upon the actor. At just over 4,000 lines, the revenge tragedy Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play requiring more than four hours to perform uncut. Shakespeare’s tragedies include some of the greatest plays ever written. Richard III (1592-1594) Shakespeare Plays PDF by Genre.The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1589-1593).Wikipedia: About Shakespeare Plays, theatre and stage setup.Royal Shakespear Company: Shakespeare Plays by genre.NosweatShakespear: Shakespeare Plays Resources.Britannica: Shakespeare Plays and poems.

Shakespear-online: Complete Shakespeare Plays list with short notes.External Links about Shakespeare Plays for further reading: His death wish is for Emilia to marry his cousin. Palamon faces death for losing but Arcite is accidentally killed after falling from his horse. After praying to the gods, the joust ends in victory for Arcite. Theseus makes them joust each other for Emilia’s hand in marriage. After escaping they constantly feud with each other to win her affection. The cousins are imprisoned in Athens where they both fall in love with Hippolyta’s sister Emilia. Thebes helped by the two cousins is defeated. Theseus marries the Amazonian queen Hippolyta and helps three queens wage war on Creon the king of Thebes. Shakespeare play, The two noble kinsmen can also be called a tragicomedy involving the Duke Theseus of Athens, and two cousins Palamon and Arcite. The two noble kinsmen (1612-13) Scene from The two noble kinsmen The two noble kinsmen Synopsis (short summary) First Performed Anne gives birth to a daughter Elizabeth who is prophesied to be a great Queen of England. Wosley’s secretary is executed for attempting to murder the new Archbishop of Canterbury. Both Wosley and Katherine subsequently die. Both the pope and Cardinal Wosley delay permission causing Henry to initiate the divorce and marry Anne disregarding the Pope. Henry Married Katherine for 20 years wants a divorce so that he can marry her lady in waiting Anne Boleyn. Shakespeare play, Henry VIII or Henry 8th, is a historical play depicting King Henry’s courtship of Anne Boleyn and his subsequent separation from the Catholic Church.Ĭardinal Wosley head of the church had earlier instigated the execution of Henry’s Father the duke of Buckingham. Cover image of Henry VIII Henry VIII (8th) Synopsis (short summary) First Performed

Shakespeare complete plays