Outline of William Shakespeare
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the life and legacy of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright, and actor who lived during the 17th century. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".
Works
- Shakespeare bibliography
- Chronology of Shakespeare's plays
- William Shakespeare's collaborationsComplete Works of Shakespeare
- Early texts of Shakespeare's works
- Shakespeare's late romances
- [List of Shakespeare (book)|Shakespeare plays in quarto|Shakespeare plays in quarto]
- Shakespearean problem play
- Translations of works by William Shakespeare
- Shakespearean characters
- * List of Shakespearean characters (A–K)
- * List of Shakespearean characters (L–Z)
- * List of historical figures dramatised by Shakespeare
- * Women in Shakespeare's works
Plays
Tragedies
Antony and CleopatraCoriolanusHamletJulius CaesarKing LearMacbethOthelloRomeo and JulietTimon of AthensTitus AndronicusComedies
All's Well That Ends WellAs You Like ItThe Comedy of ErrorsCymbelineLove's Labour's LostMeasure for MeasureThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorA Midsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado About NothingPericles, Prince of TyreThe Taming of the ShrewThe TempestTwelfth NightThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Noble KinsmenHistories
The Life and Death of King JohnEdward III (play)Richard II (play)Henry IV, Part 1Henry IV, Part 2Henry V (play)Henry VI, Part 1Henry VI, Part 2Henry VI, Part 3Richard III (play)Poetry
- Shakespeare's sonnets – 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 • 153 • 154A Lover's ComplaintVenus and AdonisThe Rape of LucreceThe Phoenix and the Turtle
- ''The Passionate Pilgrim''
Apocrypha
Plays
Sir Thomas MoreThe History of Cardenio Love's Labour's Won The Birth of MerlinLocrineThe London ProdigalThe PuritanThe Second Maiden's TragedyDouble FalsehoodThomas of WoodstockSir John OldcastleThomas Lord CromwellA Yorkshire TragedyFair EmMucedorusThe Merry Devil of EdmontonArden of FavershamEdmund IronsideVortigern and RowenaPoetry
To the Queen- ''A Funeral Elegy''
Analyses
- Shakespeare's editors
- Shakespeare attribution studies
- Shakespeare authorship question
- Shakespeare's writing style
Life
- Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)
- Shakespeare's Birthplace
- Shakespeare garden
- Shakespeare's Globe
- Shakespeare's handwriting
- Shakespeare in performance
- Portraits of Shakespeare
- Religious views of William Shakespeare
- Shakespeare's reputation
- Sexuality of William Shakespeare
- Spelling of Shakespeare's name
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Shakespeare's will
Associated people
- Robert Armin
- Matteo Bandello
- Cuthbert Burbage
- Richard Burbage
- Robert Chester (poet)
- Henry Condell
- The Dark Lady
- Leonard Digges (writer)
- Fair Youth
- Richard Field (printer)
- John Fletcher (playwright)
- Archibald Dennis Flower
- Samuel Gilburne
- John Heminges
- Ben Jonson
- William Kempe
- Edward Knight (King's Men)
- Emilia Lanier
- John Manningham
- Mr W.H.
- Augustine Phillips
- Rival Poet
- Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
- Nahum Tate
- Anne Whateley
- George Wilkins
- Henry Willobie
Legacy
Shakespeare's influence – in addition to his works, Shakespeare's legacy includes the ongoing performance of his plays, and his influence upon culture and the arts, extending from theatre and literature to present-day movies and the English language itself.- :Category:Adaptations of works by William Shakespeare
- List of titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases
- Cultural references to Hamlet
- Cultural references to Ophelia
- Cultural references to Othello
Memorials and monuments
- Memorials to William Shakespeare
- * Shakespeare's funerary monument
- Statue of William Shakespeare, Leicester Square
- Shakespeare's Way
Shakespearean phrases
- Phrases from Hamlet in common English
- "All that glitters is not gold"
- "All the world's a stage"
- "All's Well That Ends Well"
- "Band of brothers"
- "Beast with two backs"
- "Between you and I"
- "Brave new world"
- "By the pricking of my thumbs"
- "The dogs of war"
- "Et tu, Brute?"
- "Even a worm will turn"
- "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"
- "Hoist with his own petard"
- "Honorificabilitudinitatibus"
- "Ides of March"
- "The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
- "Let's kill all the lawyers"
- "Mortal coil"
- "Much Ado About Nothing"
- "Once more unto the breach"
- "The quality of mercy"
- "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
- "Salad days"
- "Star-crossed"
- "There's the rub"
- "Thy name is"
- "To be, or not to be"
- "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow"
- "What a piece of work is a man"
- "What's past is prologue"
- "Winter of Discontent"
Shakespearean theatre
- Shakespeare festivals
- * Shakespeare in the Park festivals
- List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations
- * BBC Television Shakespeare
- * Shakespeare: The Animated TalesShakespeaRe-Told
- Shakespearean theatres
- * Shakespeare's Globe Centres
- :Category:Shakespearean theatre companies
- Shakespeare Theatre Association
Works about Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to ShakespeareComplete WorksTimeline of Shakespeare criticismThe Herbal BedLear, Tolstoy and the FoolNothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love LifeThe Quest for ShakespeareShakespeareShakespeare's KingsShakespeare's PoliticsShakespeare: The World as StageFictional works about Shakespeare
Shakespeare in Love- ''Upstart Crow''