Here is a selection of links to all of William Shakespeare‘s play scripts in PDF with line numbers. Plays include comedies such as All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Two Noble Kinsmen. History plays include Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, Henry VIII, King John, Richard II and Richard III. Tragedies include Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus and Troilus and Cressida. Romances include Cymbeline, Pericles, The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale. – Justin Cash
Scripts to Plays Written by William Shakespeare
Comedies
All’s Well That Ends Well. First performed 1602-1603.The Comedy of Errors. First performed 1594.Measure for Measure. First performed 1604.The Merry Wives of Windsor. First performed c.1600-1601.Much Ado About Nothing. First performed 1598-1599.Twelfth Night. First performed 1604.The Two Noble Kinsmen. First performed c.1612-1614.
As You Like It. First performed 1598-1600.Love’s Labour’s Lost. First performed c.1597-1598.The Merchant of Venice. First performed 1605.A Midsummer Night’s Dream. First Performed 1605.The Taming of the Shrew. First performed 1593-1594.The Two Gentlemen of Verona. First performed 1594-1595.
Histories
Henry IV Part 1. First performed 1596-1597.Henry V. First performed 1599.Henry VI Part 2. First performed 1591.Henry VIII. First performed 1613.Richard II. First performed 1595.
Henry IV Part 2. First performed 1592?Henry VI Part 1. First performed 1592.Henry VI Part 3. First performed UNKNOWNKing John. First performed UNKNOWN.Richard III. First performed 1600-1601.
Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra. First performed c.1607.Hamlet. First performed 1600-1601.King Lear. First performed 1606.Othello. First performed 1604.Timon of Athens. First performed 1607-1608.Troilus and Cressida. First performed 1604.
Coriolanus. First performed 1609-1610.Julius Caesar. First performed 1599.Macbeth. First performed 1606.Romeo and Juliet. First performed 1597.Titus Andronicus. First performed 1594.William Shakespeare. 1564-1616.
Romances
Cymbeline. First performed 1611.The Tempest. First performed 1611.
Pericles. First performed 1619.The Winter’s Tale. First performed 1611.
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