il Giardino Romantico

I. Early Comedy & Tragedy
1. Comedy of Errors - Farce Comedy (c. 1590~93)
2. The Two Fair Gentlemen of Verona - Romantic Comedy (c. 1590~94)
3. Love Labour's Lost - Romantic Comedy (c. 1590~94)
4. The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus - Revenge Tragedy (c. 1592~94)

II. Early Chronicle Plays [History]
1. The First Part of King Henry VI - Chronicle Play (c. 1591)
2. The Second Part of King Henry VI - Chronicle Play (c. 1590)
3. The Third Part of King Henry VI - Chronicle Play (c. 1590)
4. The Tragedy of King Richard III - Chronicle Play (c. 1592)

III. The Great Chronicle Plays [History]
1. The Life and Death of King John - Chronicle Play, 'Fall of Princes' Tragedy (c. 1595~96)
2. The Tragedy of King Richard II - Chronicle Play 'Fall of Princes' (c. 1595~96)
3. The First Part of King Henry IV - Chronicle Play, Realistic Comedy (c. 1597)
4. The Second Part of King Henry IV - Chronicle Play, Realistic Comedy (c. 1598)
5. The Life of King Henry V - Chronicle Play, Historic Epic (c. 1599)

IV. Fantasy & Serious Comedy
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream - Masque Fantasy (c. 1591~96)
2. The Merchant of Venice - Romantic Comedy (c. 1596~97)

V. Romantic & Historical Tragedy
1. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet - Romantic Tragedy (c. 1595)
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - 'Fall of Princes' Tragedy (c. 1598~1601)

VI. Farce Comedy
1. The Taming of the Shrew - Romantic Farce Comedy (c. 1594~97)
2. The Merry Wives of Windsor - Romantic Farce Comedy (c. 1598~1600)

VII. The Great Comedies
1. Much Ado about Nothing - Romantic Comedy (c. 1598~1600)
2. As You Like It - Romantic Pastoral Comedy (c. 1599~1600)
3. Twelfth Night, or What You Will - Romantic Comedy (c. 1600~01)

VIII. The Problem Comedies
1. All's Well that Ends Well - Tragicomedy (c. 1595~1603)
2. Measure for Measure - Tragicomedy (c. 1604)
3. Troilus and Cressida  (c. 1598~1602)

IX. The Great Tragedies
1. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - Revenge Tragedy (c. 1601)
2. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice - Domestic Tragedy (c. 1604)
3. The Tragedy of Macbeth - 'Fall of Princes' Tragedy (c. 1606)
4. The Tragedy of King Lear - 'Fall of Princes'' Tragedy (c. 1605~06)

X. Later Tragedies
1. Antony and Cleopatra - 'Fall of Princes' Tragedy (c. 1607)
2. The Life of Timon of Athens - 'Fall of Princes' Tragedy (c. 1605~8)
3. The Tragedy of Coriolanus - 'Fall of Princes' Tragedy (c. 1607~8)

XI. The Late Romances and Fantasy
1. Pericles, Prince of Tyre - Dramatic Romance (c. 1608)
2. Cymbeline - Tragicomedy (c. 1609~10)
3. The Winter's Tale - Dramatic Romance (c. 1610~11)
4. The Tempest - Dramatic Romance (c. 1611)

Total: 36

Source: Day, Martin. History of English Literature to 1600. Double Day & Company, 1963. Taipei: Bookman, 2002.

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