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Can you name the plays of Shakespeare in order of their existence?
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As with many things with Bill, these dates are relatively approximate. The dates can be print or performance, which may not even be the first. But crucify me if you will.
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Chronology of Shakespeare's Plays Quiz
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Created Mar 20, 2010 in
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Aaron_Kashtan
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Mar 21st, 2010 at 03:47 GMT
3 points
Julius Caesar is spelled wrong.
angevin
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Mar 21st, 2010 at 05:58 GMT
2 points
While Troilus and Cressida and Cymbeline are placed with the tragedies in the First Folio, modern scholarship tends to consider them comedies (although the generic status of the former is less than clear). Their placement in the Folio has largely to do with the fact that the publishers had trouble securing the rights, and the book was prepared for the press while it was assumed they wouldn't be included.
tulliuscicero
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Aug 9th, 2010 at 02:04 GMT
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All in all, you made a pretty good quiz. However, it's impossible to know for sure when each play was written, as some peg Errors, for instance, as being written as early as 1589. Also, as angevin so astutely pointed out, several are debatable as to which genre they come from. Finally, you left out TNK and EIII, as well as Cardenio
everymanmeets
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Mar 23rd, 2011 at 22:55 GMT
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The source link in the header explains the discrepancies. The quiz is based on a specific list that has been made available to the quiz-taker. Many plays that have shadowy attribution or that were written collaboratively weren't included, but the quiz isn't called "The List of Shakespeare's Plays as You Know Them"- you're being asked to recreate Penguin's list.
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