Part 15 (2/2)
1. Henry VI., first part 1589 Denied to Shakspeare; attributed to Marlowe or Kyd.
2. Pericles 1590 From the ”Gesta Romanorum.”
3. Henry VI., second part 1591 ” an older play.
4. Henry VI., third part 1591 ” ” ” ”
5. Two Gentlemen of Verona 1591 ” an old tale.
6. Comedy of Errors 1592 ” a comedy of Plautus.
7. Love's Labor Lost 1592 ” an Italian play.
8. Richard II. 1593 ” Holinshed and other chronicles.
9. Richard III. 1593 From an old play and Sir Thomas More's History.
10. Midsummer Night's Dream 1594 Suggested by Palamon and Arcite, The Knight's Tale, of Chaucer.
11. Taming of the Shrew 1596 From an older play.
12. Romeo and Juliet 1596 ” ” old tale. Boccaccio.
13. Merchant of Venice 1597 ” Gesta Romanorum, with suggestions from Marlowe's Jew of Malta.
14. Henry IV., part 1 1597 From an old play.
15. Henry IV., part 2 1598 ” ” ” ”
16. King John 1598 ” ” ” ”
17. All's Well that Ends Well 1598 ” Boccaccio.
18. Henry V. 1599 From an older play.
19. As You Like It 1600 Suggested in part by Lodge's novel, Rosalynd.
20. Much Ado About Nothing 1600 Source unknown.
21. Hamlet 1601 From the Latin History of Scandinavia, by Saxo, called Grammaticus.
22. Merry Wives of Windsor 1601 Said to have been suggested by Elizabeth.
23. Twelfth Night 1601 From an old tale.
24. Troilus and Cressida 1602 Of cla.s.sical origin, through Chaucer.
25. Henry VIII. 1603 From the chronicles of the day.
26. Measure for Measure 1603 ” an old tale.
27. Oth.e.l.lo 1604 ” ” ” ”
28. King Lear 1605 ” Holinshed.
29. Macbeth 1606 ” ”
30. Julius Caesar 1607 ” Plutarch's Parallel Lives.
31. Antony and Cleopatra 1608 ” ” ” ”
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