comedy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Love, illusion, and fairy mischief
1595–1596
12 productions
As You Like It
Escape, disguise, and self-discovery
1599–1600
7 productions
Love's Labour's Lost
Wit, folly, and love's humbling power
1594–1595
1 production
Much Ado About Nothing
Wit, deception, and reluctant love
1598–1599
7 productions
The Comedy of Errors
Twin chaos and mistaken identity
1594
2 productions
The Merchant of Venice
Justice, mercy, and moral compromise
1596–1598
1 production
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Scheming wives and Falstaff's downfall
1597
6 productions
The Taming of the Shrew
Courtship, power, and contested will
1590–1592
3 productions
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Friendship tested by love and betrayal
1589–1593
4 productions
Twelfth Night
Mistaken identity and unrequited longing
1601–1602
2 productionstragedy
Coriolanus
Pride, politics, and self-destruction
1608–1609
2 productions
Hamlet
Revenge, madness, and mortality
1600–1601
5 productions
Julius Caesar
Idealism, betrayal, and political chaos
1599
2 productionsKing Lear
Power, madness, and the failure of love
1605–1606
2 productions
Macbeth
Ambition and the cost of power
1606
8 productions
Othello
Jealousy, manipulation, and ruin
1603
3 productions
Romeo and Juliet
Star-crossed love and fatal consequence
1594–1596
5 productions
Timon of Athens
Generosity, ingratitude, and misanthropy
1605–1606
Titus Andronicus
Revenge, violence, and cascading ruin
1588–1593
1 productionTroilus and Cressida
War, love, and disillusionment
1602
1 productionhistory
romance
Cymbeline
Jealousy, exile, and tangled reunion
1609–1611
1 production
Pericles
Loss, wandering, and wonder-filled reunion
1607–1608
1 production
The Tempest
Magic, forgiveness, and letting go
1610–1611
5 productions
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Two knights, one woman, impossible loyalty
1613–1614
1 productionThe Winter's Tale
Jealousy, loss, and miraculous reunion
1610–1611
2 productions