List of plays

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The following is a partial chronological list of plays with entries in Wikipedia.

[edit] 500 BC-451 BC

The Suppliants by Aeschylus. c. 490 BC (Greek title: Hiketides)
The Persians by Aeschylus. 472 BC (Greek title: Persai)
Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus. 467 BC (Greek title: Hepta epi Thebas)
Oresteia by Aeschylus. 458 BC. Trilogy consisting of:
- Agamemnon
- The Libation Bearers (Greek title: Choephori)
- The Eumenides
Achilles by Aeschylus. Date unknown. Only fragments remain. The trilogy consisted of:
- Myrmidions
- Nereids
- Phrygians
Prometheus Bound, author unknown, date unknown, formerly attributed to Aeschylus.

[edit] 450 BC-401 BC

Antigone by Sophocles. 442 BC
Alcestis by Euripides. 438 BC
Medea by Euripides. 431 BC
Hippolytus by Euripides. 428 BC
Oedipus the King by Sophocles. 427 BC (Greek title: Oedipus Tyrannos; Latin title: Oedipus Rex)
The Acharnians by Aristophanes. 425 BC
The Knights by Aristophanes. 424 BC
The Clouds by Aristophanes. 423 BC
The Wasps by Aristophanes. 422 BC
Electra by Euripides. C. 420 BC
Trojan Women by Euripides. 415 BC
Iphigeneia in Tauris by Euripides. C. 414 BC
The Birds by Aristophanes. 414 BC
Helen by Euripides. 412 BC
Lysistrata by Aristophanes. 411 BC
Electra by Sophocles. 410 BC (Also spelled: Elektra)
Thesmophoriazusae by Aristophanes, 410 BC (Title in English: The Festival Women)
Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles. C. 407 BC
The Bacchae by Euripides. 405 BC
The Frogs by Aristophanes. 405 BC
Iphigeneia at Aulis by Euripides. 405 BC

[edit] 400 BC-301 BC

Assemblywomen by Aristophanes. 392 BC (Greek title: Ecclesiazousae)
Plutus by Aristophanes. 380 BC. (Title in English: Wealth)

[edit] 301 BC-100 BC

Aulularia by Plautus. Date unknown.
Captivi by Plautus. Date unknown.
Poenulus by Plautus. Date unknown.
Miles Gloriosus by Plautus. Date unknown.

[edit] 900-999

Quem Quaeritis?. Tenth century.

[edit] 1520-1589

The World and the Child, anonymous. Printed 1522
Tamburlaine (play) by Christopher Marlowe. C. 1587
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. C. 1589, revised c. 1592

[edit] 1590-1599

Henry VI, Part I, by William Shakespeare. 1590, printed in 1598.
Henry VI, Part II, by William Shakespeare. 1590, Printed in 1594.
Henry VI, Part III, by William Shakespeare. 1590, Printed in 1595.
Edward II by Christopher Marlowe. C. 1592
Richard III, by William Shakespeare. 1592, printed in 1602.
Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare. 1592, printed in 1623.
Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare. 1593, printed in 1594.
Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare. 1593, printed in 1623.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, by William Shakespeare. 1594, printed in 1623.
Love's Labour's Lost, by William Shakespeare. 1594, printed in 1598.
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. 1594, printed in 1597.
Richard II, by William Shakespeare. 1595, printed in 1597.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare. 1595, printed in 1600.
John a Kent and John a Cumber, by Anthony Munday. 1595
King John, by William Shakespeare. 1596, printed in 1622.
The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare. 1596, printed in 1600.
Henry IV, Part I, by William Shakespeare. 1597
The Valiant Welshman, by Michael Drayton and Henry Chettle (apparently a different play from that of the same name by Robert Armin), 1597, printed in 1615.
Mother Redcap, by Anthony Munday and Michael Drayton. December 1597. Not printed.
The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington, by Anthony Munday. 1597. Printed in 1601.
The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington, by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle. 1597. Printed in 1601.
Henry IV, Part II, by William Shakespeare. 1598, printed in 1600.
Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Parts I and II, by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598. Not printed.
Piers of Exton, by the same authors, same date. Not printed.
Black Batman of the North, Part I., by Henry Chettle, April 1598. Not printed.
Black Batman of the North, Part II., by Henry Chettle and Robert Wilson. Same date. Not printed.
The Play of a Woman, by Henry Chettle, July 1598. Not printed.
The Conquest of Brute with the first finding of the Bath, by John Day, Henry Chettle, and John Singer. Same date. Not printed.
Hot Anger soon Cold, by Henry Porter, Henry Chettle, and Ben Jonson, August 1598. Not printed.
Catiline's Conspiracy (lost), by Robert Wilson and Henry Chettle. Same Date. Not printed.
'Tis no Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver, by Henry Chettle, September 1598. Not printed.
Aeneas' Revenge, with the Tragedy of Polyphemus, by Henry Chettle, 1598. Not printed.
The Funeral of Richard Cordelion, by Robert Wilson, Henry Chettle, Anthony Munday, and Michael Drayton. May 1598. Not printed.
Valentine and Orson, by Richard Hathwaye and Anthony Munday. July 1598. Not printed.
Chance Medley, by Robert Wilson, Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, and Thomas Dekker. August 1598. Not printed.
Every Man in His Humour. By Ben Jonson. 1598, printed 1601.
Henry V, by William Shakespeare. 1599, printed in 1600.
Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. 1599, printed in 1623.
Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare. 1599, printed in 1600.
As You Like It, by William Shakespeare. 1599, printed in 1623.
Agamemnon, by Henry Chettle and Thomas Dekker, June 1599. Not printed. Malone thought that this was the same play as "Troilus and Cressida" before mentioned.
The Stepmother's Tragedy (lost), by Henry Chettle, August 1599. Not printed.
Patient Grissel, by Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and William Haughton, December 1599. Printed in 1603.
The Arcadian Virgin (lost), by Henry Chettle and William Haughton. Same date. Not printed.
Damon and Pithias, by Henry Chettle, 1599. Not printed.
The Seven Wise Masters, by Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, William Haughton, and John Day, 1599. Not printed.
Owen Tudor, by Michael Drayton, Richard Hathwaye, Anthony Munday, and Robert Wilson. 1599. Not printed.

[edit] 1600-1609

(note: the dating of Shakespeare's plays is under considerable debate. See Chronology of Shakespeare's Plays - Oxfordian for a dissenting view to the standard orthodox chronology)