The Works of Shakespeare PLAYS - William Shakespeare (Part 3)

William Shakespeare

PLAYS

Before 1594    - Henry VI three parts  (printed year 1623)

                        -Richard III ( printed year 1597)

                        -Titus Andronicus (printed year 1594)

                        -Love’s Labour’s Lost (printed year 1598)

                        -The Two Gentlemen Of Verona

                        -The comedy of Errors

                        -The Taming of The Shrew

1594-1597       -Romeo And Juliet (pirated 1597)( printed year 1599)

                        -A Midsummer Night’s Dream (printed year 1600)

                        -Richard II (printed year 1597)

                        -King John

                        -The Merchant Of Venice (printed year 1600)

1597-1600       -Henry  IV part I (printed year 1598)

                        -Henry IV part II (printed year 1600)

                        -Henry V

                        -Much Ado About Nothing (printed year 1600)

                        -Merry Wives of Windsor(pirated 1602)

                        -As You Like It

                        -Julius Caesar

                        -Troylus  And Cressida  (Printed year 1609)

1601-1608      -Hamlet (printed year  1604)

                       -Twelfth Night

                       -Measure For Measure

                       -All’s well That Ends well

                       -Othello (printed year 1622)

                       -Lear(printed 1608)

                       -Macbeth

                       -Timon Of Athen

                       -Antony And Cleopatra

                       -Coriolanus

After 1608      -Pericles (printed year 1609)

                       -Cymbeline

                       -The Winter’s Tale

                       -The Tempest

                       -Henry VII

POEMS

Venus And Adonis-(printed year 1593)

The Rape Of The Lock (printed year1594)

Sonnets (printed year 1609)

A Lover’s Complaint (printed year 1609)

The phoenix And The Turtle (printed year 1601)

William Shakespeare (Part 2)

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare was introduced as the greatest of* English Dramatists by the Summer of 1598. At that times booksellers were printing his famous plays and even pirated and stolen. Shakespeare was more prominence in a long catalog of Meres. Afterwards he completed the cycle of plays dealing with the whole story of the Wars of the Roses with Henry V, As You like It, and Julius Caesar, the First of the maturer tragedies. After that, in the next three years he wrote Troylus and Cressida, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet and Twelfth Night.

Some of Shakespeare’s comedies are All’s well that Ends well, and Measure for Measure, followed by Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. Then he wrote about Roman themes.

Since 1601 he wrote less, and there were many dramatist rivals who were introducing new styles of drama. After 1607, he was regarded as one of the most important citizens. He still wrote some plays and tried tragi-comedy. Pericles, Cymbeline, the winter’s Tale, and The Tempest were wrote by him and was acted in 1611. For the last four years he lived a life of retirement. Shakespeare died in April, 23 ,1616 at stratford upon Avon.   He was buried in the chancel of the church, before the high altar.

When he died fourteen of his plays were published in Quarto booklets separately. From all his dramas and poems, he showed the readers about his long lasting creativity. He used many literary techniques in his works.  It is said that he had many audience for his dramas and many readers at that time and still do exist. Shakespeare was such an immortal writer in the world. His great works will be remain for more than hundred years. As human beings we should pray to have such great artists to the future world.

William Shakespeare (Part 1)

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in 23 April 1564 at Stratford upon Avon. He was the third child and the eldest son of the family. The names of his mother and father are Mary Arden and John Shakespeare. His father was a prosperous glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon. His mother was the daughter of Robert Arden of Wilmcote.  William Shakespeare was educated at the town’s grammar school.

Shakespeare first became a school teacher and then set off for London.  He married Ann Hathaway in December 1582. They had three children. Their first child was Susanna and then they had twins, Hamnet and Judith.

 In March, 1592, Harry the sixth, probably the first part of Henry VI became a very successful play.  Shakespeare published his poem Venus and Adonis in April, 1593. That was the poem dedicated to the young Earl of South-ampton. It was a great and lasting success and had to reprinted nine times in the next few years. His second poem, The Rape of Lucrece was also dedicated to South-ampton and was published in May, 1594. By 1595, he was a member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, as well as being a playwright and actor.When playing companies were reorganized , Shakespeare became a sharer in the Lord Chamberlain’s company.At that  time he was already written the three parts of Henry VI , Richard III, Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love’s Labour’s Lost , The comedy of Errors , and The Taming of the Shrew . Afterwards he wrote Romeo and Juliet, Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, Richard II ,  and The Merchant of Venice. The two parts of Henry IV and most of his comic characters were written in 1597-8.