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All's Well That Ends Well
1623
24 May 1811
12 October 1832
Henry VIII
1623
23 April 1806
9 December 1807
28 February 1809
15 April 1809
5 May 1810
22 May 1822
22 January 1823
25 January 1823
29 October 1823
24 October 1831
Romeo and Juliet
1597
25 April 1796
2 November 1797
7 October 1799
20 September 1802
4 March 1805
14 January 1806
16 November 1809
20 November 1809
10 October 1814
10 January 1815
19 September 1818
1 November 1820
3 May 1821
18 November 1822
23 December 1822
16 February 1824
27 September 1824
10 October 1826
7 February 1827
22 December 1828
5 October 1829
9 November 1829
11 October 1830
The Comedy of Errors
1623
17 April 1811
13 December 1819
King Richard III
(
1597
)
9 November 1796
19 November 1798
23 September 1800
17 November 1800
11 May 1801
19 October 1801
16 November 1801
18 October 1802
27 November 1802
24 January 1803
21 March 1803
8 May 1805
6 April 1807
19 December 1808
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1 April 1811
30 November 1812
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24 September 1816
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28 October 1819
8 November 1819
29 November 1819
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17 June 1824
21 February 1825
7 March 1825
13 October 1825
15 January 1827
28 June 1827
2 December 1829
29 August 1831
2 July 1832
16 October 1834
Richard II
(
1597
)
11 March 1815
13 April 1815
12 January 1829
13 December 1834
1 Henry IV
(
1598
)
16 January 1802
26 February 1802
7 October 1802
21 September 1805
5 April 1810
9 March 1819
11 October 1819
3 October 1823
3 May 1824
13 May 1824
24 October 1825
11 May 1826
10 December 1827
12 November 1830
2 Henry IV
(
1600
)
17 January 1804
30 April 1819
2 July 1821
31 May 1834
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(
1600
)
17 January 1816
Henry V
(
1600
)
31 December 1801
11 March 1811
25 November 1813
8 March 1830
1 November 1830
Much Ado About Nothing
(
1600
)
2 February 1799
7 November 1804
21 January 1806
16 April 1823
27 January 1824
23 June 1832
The Merchant of Venice
(
1600
)
16 December 1796
28 August 1797
13 November 1798
21 April 1800
13 November 1800
2 January 1801
15 December 1803
11 December 1806
12 March 1808
11 October 1813
11 February 1817
31 January 1824
22 November 1827
27 March 1830
29 March 1830
30 September 1834
Merry Wives of Windsor
(
1602
)
14 October 1802
2 November 1802
26 January 1803
18 April 1804
21 February 1824
2 March 1824
8 March 1824
14 January 1825
17 November 1825
Hamlet
(
1603
)
19 October 1795
26 October 1795
31 October 1796
27 November 1797
3 September 1798
4 October 1798
16 October 1798
11 February 1799
19 September 1799
20 November 1801
27 September 1802
4 October 1802
2 February 1803
14 February 1803
7 March 1803
12 March 1803
16 March 1805
23 March 1805
31 December 1805
6 July 1807
19 March 1814
26 October 1815
17 February 1817
21 May 1817
23 October 1822
20 June 1823
25 October 1823
23 February 1824
28 November 1825
22 March 1830
12 September 1831
18 June 1832
15 October 1835
King Lear
(
1607
)
3 January 1801
13 April 1820
27 April 1820
9 December 1820
10 February 1823
24 February 1823
5 April 1824
20 June 1832
Othello
(
1622
)
4 October 1799
10 February 1801
24 January 1803
10 June 1803
19 December 1803
20 January 1804
29 January 1808
4 April 1808
6 November 1809
13 October 1813
19 May 1814
20 February 1817
14 July 1817
1 November 1817
1 October 1818
1 October 1819
7 July 1820
28 August 1820
26 January 1822
13 November 1822
9 December 1822
18 December 1822
21 April 1823
26 February 1825
26 March 1825
17 October 1825
7 June 1827
21 December 1827
6 November 1828
11 December 1829
21 June 1830
2 September 1831
8 June 1832
20 December 1832
25 March 1833
10 April 1833
15 December 1834
Antony and Cleopatra
(
1623
)
29 November 1813
21 November 1833
As You Like It
(
1623
)
9 February 1798
21 February 1799
18 October 1815
3 May 1823
25 January 1825
1 October 1828
18 November 1830
Coriolanus
(
1623
)
27 February 1797
3 November 1806
14 December 1811
22 January 1814
22 February 1820
18 June 1834
Cymbeline
(
1623
)
12 February 1801
18 November 1803
28 September 1807
15 March 1817
24 January 1823
Julius Caesar
(
1623
)
29 February 1812
3 March 1812
7 May 1812
7 December 1820
10 May 1822
23 May 1825
26 September 1825
King John
(
1623
)
18 December 1795
29 November 1800
28 May 1810
27 October 1810
8 June 1812
1 June 1818
10 March 1823
24 April 1823
24 November 1823
19 January 1824
13 December 1824
23 April 1827
13 April 1831
Macbeth
(
1623
)
23 December 1788
30 November 1795
11 April 1796
15 December 1798
5 December 1800
6 December 1802
17 March 1803
28 November 1803
8 May 1804
2 January 1806
4 January 1806
30 April 1807
12 September 1808
18 January 1809
24 April 1810
29 June 1812
10 November 1814
7 September 1818
8 December 1819
19 December 1821
7 April 1823
14 April 1823
2 February 1824
15 November 1824
4 February 1825
7 February 1825
18 April 1825
17 December 1827
5 October 1831
19 October 1835
31 October 1835
Measure for Measure
(
1623
)
5 November 1796
17 January 1799
30 November 1803
13 November 1811
26 June 1812
1 May 1824
The Taming of the Shrew
(
1623
)
14 May 1828
The Tempest
(
1623
)
2 November 1801
8 December 1806
27 March 1826
The Winter's Tale
(
1623
)
25 March 1802
19 May 1802
7 December 1802
11 November 1807
20 December 1811
7 January 1819
14 November 1823
4 December 1823
18 November 1824
19 April 1826
Timon of Athens
(
1623
)
28 October 1816
Twelfth Night
(
1623
)
19 March 1789
8 May 1804
19 January 1811
7 January 1818
8 November 1820
5 October 1822
Two Gentleman of Verona
(
1623
)
21 April 1808
26 April 1808
Coriolanus
[
The Roman Matron
] (
1755
)
Adaptation by Thomas Sheridan.
1 June 1831
Richard, Duke of York
[
The Contention of York and Lancaster
] (
1817
)
This is an adaptation by Edmund Kean of Shakespeare's
Henry VI
.
22 December 1817
Name:
Shakespeare, William
Death Date:
23 April 1616