Estimated years when Shakespeare wrote each play.
Though the exact dates when Shakespeare wrote his plays is unknown, but the below dates are scholars' best estimates.
Play
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Edward III
Richard III
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Taming of the Shrew
Titus Andronicus
Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
Merchant of Venice
Richard II
Love's Labour's Lost
King John
Midsummer Night's Dream
Henry IV, Part I
Merry Wives of Windsor
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Much Ado About Nothing
As You Like It
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
All's Well That Ends Well
Measure for Measure
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
Coriolanus
Antony and Cleopatra
Timon of Athens
Pericles
Cymbeline
Winter's Tale
The Tempest
Henry VIII
Two Noble Kinsmen
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Period written
1589-1590
1590-1591
1590-1591
1590-1594
1592-1593
1592-1594
1593-1594
1593-1594
1593-1594
1594-1596
1594-1597
1595
1595
1595-1596
1595-1596
1596-1597
1597
1598
1598-1599
1598-1599
1599
1599
1600-1601
1600-1608
1601-1602
1602-1603
1604
1604
1605
1605-1606
1607-1608
1607-1608
1607-1608
1607-1608
1609-1610
1610-1611
1611
1612-1613
1613-1614
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