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Shakespeare’s PlaysAllison Lee
Most of the plays were produced at 1590~1613
Formed one of literature’s greatest legacies Wrote comedies, histories, tragedies Made a wide social mix of people Was very popular from the old days Some people were skeptical to
Shakespeare’s work
General
Based on classical models Richard III and Henry VI were the first
recorded works
Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII King John Richard II, Richard III
Histories
in mid 1590s, wrote comedies based on Roman and Italian models
Later plays were mainly romantic and comical
Also mixed comedies to history
The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, etc
Comedies
Wrote tragedies until 1608 Mostly about love, fatal errors Sometimes also added supernatural
elements Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Julius Caesar,
Macbeth, etc
Tragedies
"Shakespeare Birthplace Trust." Shakespeare Houses Website. 25 Aug. 2008 <http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/15/15/>.
"Shakespeare plays at AbsoluteShakespeare.com." Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays.... 25 Aug. 2008 <http://absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/plays.htm>.
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