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Timeline of Shakespeare's plays

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Shakespeare was born in the year _______.

1564

What are the primary categories of Shakespeare’s plays according to First Folio?

Comedy, Tragedy, History Plays

Which play is considered Shakespeare’s farewell to the stage?

The Tempest

How many periods are classified in Shakespeare's productive career?

Which playwright influenced Shakespeare for writting Henry IV?

Christopher Marlowe

________ an adaptation of Latin comedy, Menaechmi of Plautus – A farcical plot about identical twins.

Comedy of Errors

Two Gentlemen of Verona – an experiment adapted from a popular novel of his times was adapted from ________ prose romance Los Siete Libros de la Diana

Spanish

Which play depicts the tragic love story - A Midsummer Night's Dream or Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo and Juliet

Which character was inspired by Marlowe’s Barabas in Jew of Malta?

Shylock

________ was dedicated to his patron, Earl of Southampton.

Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece

Who wanted to see Falstaff in love?

Queen Elizabeth I

Name any one joyous comedies of the first period?

As you Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing

Which years are called as the Early Period?

1589–1600

Shakespeare’s deepening psychological insight and his mastery of complex characters are found in his _______ plays.

Tragic plays

What are the 4 major tragedies of Shakespeare?

Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear

Name any one problem play.

All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure,