Works of William Shakespeare

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When shakespeare died, 21 plays existed in the manuscript. First folio (1623) is the first printed collection of his plays. It was made by two actors, Heming and Condell . This contains 36 of the 37 plays attributed to Shakespeare. Pericles being omitted.
We can divide all his works under four periods
First -
Venus and Adonis
Rape of Lucrece 1594
Titus Andronicus
Henry VI, three parts 1590-1591
Love's labour lost
Comedy of errors
Two gentleman of Verona 1591-1592
Richard III 1593
Richard II
King john 1594 - 1595

Second -
Romeo and Juliet
Midsummer night's dream 1595
The merchant of Venice
Henry IV, first part 1596
Henry IV, second part
Merry wives of Windsor 1597
Much ado about nothing 1598
As you like it
Henry V 1599

Third -
sonnets 1600-
twelfth night 1600
taming of the shrew
julius caesar
hamlet
troilus and cressida 1601-1602
all's well that ends well
measure for measure 1603
othello 1604
king Lear 1605
macbeth 1606
Antony and Cleopatra
timon of Athens 1607

fourth -
Coriolanus
Pericles 1608
cymbeline 1609
winter's tale 1610-1611
the tempest 1611
Henry VIII unfinished

titus andronicus and the first part of henry VI are doubtful of Shakespeare's authorship. shakespeare probably worked with Marlowe with the last parts of henry VI and richard III. the three plays, taming of the shrew, timon of Athens and Pericles are partly Shakespeare's works. henry VIII is the work of fletcher and shakespeare. it was later finished by fletcher. two noble kinsmen and edward III is undoubtedly not his work..
shakespeare write 154 sonnets..
only Homer and Dante are ranked alongside shakespeare. 

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