The general consensus is that Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays (see list below). However, no one can know for certain because of the inexact documentation at the time the plays were first being organized and published. If we include "The Two Noble Kinsmen" and two lost plays attributed to Shakespeare, "Cardenio" and "Love's Labour's Won", then we could say he wrote, either alone or in collaboration, forty plays. Moreover, in the last few years many critics have begun to reassess a play called "Edward III", currently grouped with a collection of eleven other plays known as the Shakespeare Apocrypha. "Edward III" bears striking similarities to Shakespeare’s early histories. Another play, "Sir Thomas More" has also been under debate. Handwriting analysis has led scholars to believe that Shakespeare revised parts of "Sir Thomas More", but, like "Edward III", it is not part of the standard collection of Shakespeare's plays. For more information on "Edward III" or the Shakespeare Apocrypha, please see the links to the right.
The Plays
Comedies
"The Tempest", "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "The Merry Wives of Windsor", "Measure for Measure", "The Comedy of Errors", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Love's Labour's Lost", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "As You Like It", "The Taming of the Shrew", "All's Well That Ends Well", "Twelfth Night", "The Winter's Tale", "Cymbeline", "Pericles, Prince of Tyre", "Troilus and Cressida"
Tragedies
"Coriolanus", "Titus Andronicus", "Romeo and Juliet", "Julius Caesar", "Macbeth", "Timon of Athens", "Hamlet", "King Lear", "Othello", "Antony and Cleopatra"
Histories
"1,2, and 3 Henry VI", "1 and 2 Henry IV", "King John", "Richard II", "Richard III", "Henry V", "Henry VIII"
Shakespeare wrote 28 plays in a 14 year span,(1594 to 1608). Two plays a year.
1590-94: He wrote comedies, histories, and tragedies
The Comedy of Errors, Henry VI(parts I,II,II)
Richard III, The Taming of the Shrew, Titus
Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and
King John.
1595-1600: He wrote historical drama and romantic comedies
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II, Love's
Labour's Lost, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant
of Venice, Henry IV(parts I and II), As You
Like It, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About
Nothing, Twelfth Night, and The Merry Wives
of Windsor.
1601-1608: He wrote of his greatest tragedies
Hamlet, All's Well That End's Well, Measure
for Measure, Othello, King Lear, Troilus and
Cressida, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Pericles,
Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus.
1609-1613: He wrote 3 comedies and a history
Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest,
and Henry VIII.
He wrote a total of 152 poems. 126 are addressed to a young nobleman and the remaining 26 are addressed to a young woman with whom he may have had a love affair.
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The general consensus is that Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays (see list below). However, no one can know for certain because of the inexact documentation at the time the plays were first being organized and published. If we include "The Two Noble Kinsmen" and two lost plays attributed to Shakespeare, "Cardenio" and "Love's Labour's Won", then we could say he wrote, either alone or in collaboration, forty plays. Moreover, in the last few years many critics have begun to reassess a play called "Edward III", currently grouped with a collection of eleven other plays known as the Shakespeare Apocrypha. "Edward III" bears striking similarities to Shakespeare’s early histories. Another play, "Sir Thomas More" has also been under debate. Handwriting analysis has led scholars to believe that Shakespeare revised parts of "Sir Thomas More", but, like "Edward III", it is not part of the standard collection of Shakespeare's plays. For more information on "Edward III" or the Shakespeare Apocrypha, please see the links to the right.
The Plays
Comedies
"The Tempest", "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "The Merry Wives of Windsor", "Measure for Measure", "The Comedy of Errors", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Love's Labour's Lost", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "As You Like It", "The Taming of the Shrew", "All's Well That Ends Well", "Twelfth Night", "The Winter's Tale", "Cymbeline", "Pericles, Prince of Tyre", "Troilus and Cressida"
Tragedies
"Coriolanus", "Titus Andronicus", "Romeo and Juliet", "Julius Caesar", "Macbeth", "Timon of Athens", "Hamlet", "King Lear", "Othello", "Antony and Cleopatra"
Histories
"1,2, and 3 Henry VI", "1 and 2 Henry IV", "King John", "Richard II", "Richard III", "Henry V", "Henry VIII"
By my count, 38
Comedies (16)
The Tempest
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Measure for Measure
The Comedy of Errors
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
Taming of the Shrew
All's Well That Ends Well
Twelfth Night or What You Will
The Winter's Tale
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Histories (10)
King John
Richard II
Henry IV, part 1
Henry IV, part 2
Henry V
Henry VI, part 1
Henry VI, part 2
Henry VI, part 3
Richard III
Henry VIII
Tragedies (12)
Troilus and Cressida
Coriolanus
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Hamlet
King Lear
Othello
Antony and Cleopatra
Cymbeline
Shakespeare wrote 28 plays in a 14 year span,(1594 to 1608). Two plays a year.
1590-94: He wrote comedies, histories, and tragedies
The Comedy of Errors, Henry VI(parts I,II,II)
Richard III, The Taming of the Shrew, Titus
Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and
King John.
1595-1600: He wrote historical drama and romantic comedies
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II, Love's
Labour's Lost, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant
of Venice, Henry IV(parts I and II), As You
Like It, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About
Nothing, Twelfth Night, and The Merry Wives
of Windsor.
1601-1608: He wrote of his greatest tragedies
Hamlet, All's Well That End's Well, Measure
for Measure, Othello, King Lear, Troilus and
Cressida, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Pericles,
Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus.
1609-1613: He wrote 3 comedies and a history
Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest,
and Henry VIII.
He wrote a total of 152 poems. 126 are addressed to a young nobleman and the remaining 26 are addressed to a young woman with whom he may have had a love affair.
In just 23 years, between approximately 1590 and 1613, he is attributed with writing 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 5 other poems.
I believe he was credited with 38 plays
a billion... no prolly like 7