From the Book - Compact edition
Alphabetical list of contents
Contemporary allusions to Shakespeare
Commendatory poems and prefaces
Complete works: Two gentlemen of Verona
First part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster (2 Henry VI)
True tragedy of Richard Duke of York and the good King Henry the Sixth (3 Henry VI)
Most lamentable tragedy of Titus Andronicus
First part of Henry the Sixth
Tragedy of King Richard the Third
Love's labour's won, a brief account
Most excellent and lamentable tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Tragedy of King Richard the Second
Life and death of King John
Comical history of the merchant of Venice, or otherwise called the Jew of Venice
History of Henry the Fourth
Second part of Henry the Fourth
Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Twelfth night, or what you will.
Sonnets and "a lover's complaint"
Sir Thomas More; passages attributed to Shakespeare
Tragedy of Othello, the moor of Venice
All's well that ends well
Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
Cymbeline, King of Britain
Cardenio; a brief account
From the Book - Modern Library edition, first edition
General introduction / Jonathan Bate -- Shakespeare our perennial contemporary -- Shakespeare's debut : the "Upstart crow" -- The black story : Shakespeare of Stratford -- The playhouses -- Plague and poetry -- The Lord Chamberlain's Men -- The ensemble at work -- "Dangerous matter" : politics and religion -- The King's man -- The great feast of languages -- Cult and heresy -- The first Folio restored -- Foreword / Michael Boyd -- William Shakespeare : complete works, with introductions and "key facts" / Jonathan Bate --
Comedies -- The tempest -- The two gentlemen of Verona -- The merry wives of Windsor -- Measure for measure -- The comedy of errors -- Much ado about nothing -- Love's labour's lost -- A midsummer night's dream -- The merchant of Venice -- As you like it -- The taming of the shrew -- All's well that ends well -- Twelfth night, or, What you will -- The winter's tale --
Histories -- The life and death of King John -- The life and death of King Richard the Second -- The first part of Henry the Fourth, with the life and death of Henry surnamed Hotspur -- The second part of Henry the Fourth, containing his death and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth -- The life of Henry the Fifth -- The first part of Henry the Sixth -- The second part of Henry the Sixth, with the death of the Good Duke Humphrey -- The third part of Henry the Sixth, with the death of the Duke of York -- The tragedy of Richard the Third, with the landing of Earl Richmond and the Battle at Bosworth Field -- The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eighth --
Tragedies -- The tragedy of Troilus and Cressida -- The tragedy of Coriolanus -- The lamentable tragedy of Titus Andronicus -- The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet -- The life of Timon of Athens -- The tragedy of Julius Caesar -- The tragedy of Macbeth -- The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- The tragedy of King Lear -- The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice -- The tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra -- The tragedy of Cymbeline --
Plays not in the first Folio -- Pericles, Prince of Tyre, by William Shakespeare and George Wilkins -- The two noble kinsmen, by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher --
Poems and sonnets -- Venus and Adonis -- The rape of Lucrece -- To the Queen -- "Let the bird of loudest lay" (also known as "The Phoenix and turtle") -- Shakespeare's sonnets --
A scene for Sir Thomas More / introduction, transcription, and modernized text by Eric Rasmussen.
From the Book - Compact edition
The two gentlemen of Verona
The first part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster (2 Henry VI)
The true tragedy of Richard Duke of York and the Good King Henry the Sixth (3 Henry VI)
The most lamentable tragedy of Titus Andronicus
The first part of Henry the Sixth
The tragedy of King Richard the Third
Love's labour's won: a brief account
A midsummer night's dream
The most excellent and lamentable tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
The tragedy of King Richard the Second
The life and death of King John
The comical history of the Merchant of Venice, or otherwise called the Jew of Venice
The history of Henry the Fourth (I Henry IV)
The merry wives of Windsor
The second part of Henry the Fourth.
The life of Henry the Fifth
The tragedy of Julius Caesar
The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Twelfth night, or What you will
Sonnets and 'A lover's complaint'
Sir Thomas More: passages attributed to Shakespeare
The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
All's well that ends well
The life of Timon of Athens
The History of King Lear: the quarto text
The tragedy of King Lear: the folio text
The tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
Pericles, Prince of Tyre: a reconstructed text
The tragedy of Coriolanus
Cymbeline, King of Britain
Cardenio: a brief account