The plays in First Folio:

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histories

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tragedies comedies Shakespearean comedy:

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written in Iambic pentameter

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happy ending involving marriages cheerful imaginary country

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true characters “green world’’ strain between Dionysian and Apollonian values

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A struggle of old haters Separation and re-unification Mistaken identities A clever servant Heightened tensions One plot Frequent punning

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Foreshadowing Foreboding human faults and mistakes: lack of generosity inability to share in the pleasures of others combination of tragedy and humour use of the lower class music

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All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Taming of the Shrew Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale Pericles, Prince of Tyre The Two Noble Kinsmen

(not included in the First Folio) (not included in the First Folio)

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written in1600-01 Twelfth Night's entertainment mistaken identity The main characters:

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Lady Olivia Orsino Viola as Cesario