i finished Macbeth last night. I did it for GCSE English years ago and know it quite well, plus it’s really quite short, so it wasn’t that hard to follow.

not sure what to tackle next. I think it might have to be one from the histories list, which feels like a much harder kettle of fish! suggestions? 8 months ago

I’ve finished Twelfth Night and quite enjoyed it. I’ve bought secondhand copies of Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing that have study notes included – Macbeth next I think. 8 months ago

I’m partway through Twelfth Night, the first play on my list. I downloaded the complete works of Shakespeare for my Kindle and am finding that “little but often” is the way to do it. 8 months ago

Here’s a list of all of Shakespeare’s plays, split into genre. There are 37 in total. I read a few (probably the “easiest” ones) at school, and have seen dramatisations of others. Some of them I’ve never heard of!

I’m going to attempt to read all of them over the next year, starting with the ones I already know and switching between the genres. I think the historical plays will be the hardest, but time will tell.

COMEDIES

All’s Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night’s Dream – saw the play
Much Ado about Nothing
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Twelfth Night – read at school
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter’s Tale

HISTORIES

Cymbeline
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Henry VIII
King John
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III

TRAGEDIES

Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth – read at school & saw the play
Othello
Romeo and Juliet – read at school, watched the film, saw the ballet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida 9 months ago