List of Shakespeare's works
This article is about standardized titles of Shakespeare's works. For related articles, please see William Shakespeare's works (disambiguation).
This table lists various standard forms of the titles of Shakespeare's works.
Folger Editions | Hamnet* | Cat. vol. no.** | Cat. abbrev.*** |
---|---|---|---|
All's Well That Ends Well | All's well that ends well | 1 | AllsWell |
Antony and Cleopatra | Antony and Cleopatra | 2 | Ant. |
As You Like It | As you like it | 3 | AYLI |
The Comedy of Errors | Comedy of errors | 4 | Com.Err. |
Coriolanus | Coriolanus | 5 | Cor. |
Cymbeline | Cymbeline | 6 | Cymb. |
Hamlet | Hamlet | 7 | Ham. |
Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | 8 | Jul.Caes. |
Henry IV, Part 1 | King Henry IV. Part 1 | 9 | 1Hen.IV |
Henry IV, Part 2 | King Henry IV. Part 2 | 10 | 2Hen.IV |
Henry V | Henry V | 11 | Hen.V |
Henry VI, Part 1 | King Henry VI. Part 1 | 12 | 1Hen.VI |
Henry VI, Part 2 | King Henry VI. Part 2 | 13 | 2Hen.VI |
Henry VI, Part 3 | King Henry VI. Part 3 | 14 | 3Hen.VI |
Henry VIII | King Henry VIII | 15 | Hen.VIII |
King John | King John | 16 | John |
King Lear | King Lear | 17 | Lear |
Richard II | King Richard II | 18 | Rich.II |
Richard III | King Richard III | 19 | Rich.III |
Love's Labor's Lost | Love's labour's lost | 20 | L.L.L. |
Macbeth | Macbeth | 21 | Mac. |
Measure for Measure | Measure for measure | 22 | Meas. |
The Merchant of Venice | Merchant of Venice | 23 | Merch. |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | Merry wives of Windsor | 24 | M.W. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Midsummer night's dream | 25 | M.N.D. |
Much Ado About Nothing | Much ado about nothing | 26 | Mu.Ad. |
Othello | Othello | 27 | Oth. |
Pericles | Pericles | 28 | Per. |
Romeo and Juliet | Romeo and Juliet | 29 | Rom. |
The Taming of the Shrew | Taming of the shrew | 30 | Shrew |
The Tempest | Tempest | 31 | Temp. |
Timon of Athens | Timon of Athens | 32 | Tim. |
Titus Andronicus | Titus Andronicus | 33 | Tit. |
Troilus and Cressida | Troilus and Cressida | 34 | Troil. |
Twelfth Night | Twelfth night | 35 | T.N. |
Two Gentlemen of Verona | Two gentlemen of Verona | 36 | 2Gent. |
The Winter's Tale | Winter's tale | 37 | Wint.T. |
Poems | 38 | Poems | |
Sonnets | 39 | Sonnets | |
Two Noble Kinsmen | Two noble kinsmen | 40 | 2 Nob. |
* These forms come from the Library of Congress Authorities, so are the same across all American library collections.
** For call numbers created by Folger catalogers when individual volumes in sets of Shakespeare's collected works weren't numbered by the publisher.
*** For "PROMPT" call numbers created by Folger catalogers.
Standard Shortened Forms of Shakespeare's Play Titles
All’s Well That Ends Well | All’s Well |
Antony and Cleopatra | |
As You Like It | |
The Comedy of Errors | Comedy |
Coriolanus | |
Cymbeline | |
Hamlet | |
Henry IV, Part 1 | 1 Henry IV |
Henry IV, Part 2 | 2 Henry IV |
Henry V | |
Henry VI, Part 1 | 1 Henry VI |
Henry VI, Part 2 | 2 Henry VI |
Henry VI, Part 2 | 3 Henry VI |
Henry VIII | |
Julius Caesar | |
King John | |
King Lear | Lear |
Love’s Labor’s Lost | |
Macbeth | |
Measure for Measure | Measure |
The Merchant of Venice | Merchant |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | Wives |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Dream |
Much Ado About Nothing | Much Ado |
Othello | |
Pericles | |
Richard II | |
Richard III | |
Romeo and Juliet | |
The Taming of the Shrew | Shrew |
The Tempest | Tempest |
Titus Andronicus | Titus |
Troilus and Cressida | |
Twelfth Night | |
Two Gentlemen of Verona | Two Gentlemen |
Two Noble Kinsmen | Kinsmen |
The Winter’s Tale | Winter’s Tale |