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How many and what types of plays did Shakespeare write?

William Shakespeare wrote a total of 37 plays, which can be categorized into four genres:

1. Histories(11):

- King John

- Richard II

- Henry IV, Part 1

- Henry IV, Part 2

- Henry V

- Henry VI, Part 1

- Henry VI, Part 2

- henry VI, Part 3

- Richard III

- King Henry VIII

- Edward III (attributed)

2. Comedies (17):

- The Comedy of Errors

- The Taming of the Shrew

- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

- Love's Labour's Lost

- A Midsummer Night's Dream

- The Merchant of Venice

- As You Like It

- Twelfth Night

- Measure for Measure

- All's Well That Ends Well

- The Merry Wives of Windsor

- Troilus and Cressida

- Pericles, Prince of Tyre

- The Winter's Tale

- The Tempest

- The Two Noble Kinsmen (attributed)

3. Tragedies (9):

- Titus Andronicus

- Romeo and Juliet

- Coriolanus

- Timon of Athens

- King Lear

- Macbeth

- Hamlet

- Othello

-Antony and Cleopatra

4. Romances(3):

- Cymbeline

- The Tempest

- The Winter's Tale

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