SHAKESPEARE PLAYS AND POEMS TIMELINE

      1589-90                  Henry VI Part 1 (often dated as 1592)                                         

      1591                      Henry VI Part 2                                                                         1591          A Lover's Complaint

                                   Henry VI Part 3 (often dated as 1592)                                          1592          Venus and Adonis (often dated as 1593)

      1593                      Richard III (often dated as 1592)                                                 1593          The Rape of Lucrece (often dated as 1594)

      1594                      Titus Andronicus (often dated as 1590-1593)                                1594           The Sonnets (often dated from 1591-4)

                                   The Comedy of Errors (often dated as 1589-1590)

                                   The Taming of the Shrew (often dated as 1591-1593)

                                   The Two Gentlemen of Verona (often dated as 1589-1593)

      1595                       Love's Labour's Lost (often dated as 1593-1594)

                                    Richard II

      1596                       King John (often dated as 1590-1595)

                                    Romeo and Juliet (often dated as 1594-1595)

                                    A Midsummer Night's Dream (often dated as 1594-1595)

      1597                       The Merchant of Venice (often dated as 1596)

                                    The Merry Wives of Windsor

                                    Henry IV Part 1 (often dated as 1596)

      1598                       Henry IV Part 2 (often dated as 1597)

      1599                       Much Ado About Nothing (often dated as 1598)                           1599           The Passionate Pilgrim

                                    As You Like It (often dated as 1598)

                                    Julius Caesar

                                    Henry V

                                    Hamlet (often dated as 1600-1601)                                               1601          The Phoenix and the Turtle

      1602                       Twelfth Night (often dated as 1600-1601)

      1603                       All's Well That Ends Well (often dated as 1601-1602)

      1604                       Othello (often dated as 1602-1603)

                                    Measure for Measure (often dated as 1603)

      1605                       King Lear

      1606                       Macbeth

      1608                       Pericles (often dated as 1607)

                                    Coriolanus

                                    Timon of Athens (often dated as 1604-1606)

                                    Troilus and Cressida (often dated as 1600-1602)

                                    Antony and Cleopatra (often dated as 1606-1607)

      1610                       Cymbeline (often dated as 1609)

      1611                       The Winter's Tale (often dated as 1609-1610)

                                    The Tempest (often dated as 1610)

      1613                       Henry VIII                                                                                1614           The Two Noble Kinsmen (often dated as 1611)