Allison Lee
Most of the plays were produced at 1590~1613 Formed one of literature’s greatest legacies Wrote comedies, histories, tragedies Made a wide social mix of people Was very popular from the old days Some people were skeptical to Shakespeare’s work
Based on classical models Richard III and Henry VI were the first recorded works Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII King John Richard II, Richard III
in mid 1590s, wrote comedies based on Roman and Italian models Later plays were mainly romantic and comical Also mixed comedies to history The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, etc
Wrote tragedies until 1608 Mostly about love, fatal errors Sometimes also added supernatural elements Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, etc
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