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|1 || [[The Comedy of Errors|''The Comedy of Errors'']] || Comedy || Ephesus || Turkey
|1 || [[The Comedy of Errors|''The Comedy of Errors'']] || Comedy || Ephesus || Turkey ||
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|2 || [[The Taming of the Shrew|''The Taming of the Shrew]] || Comedy || Padua || Italy
|2 || [[The Taming of the Shrew|''The Taming of the Shrew]] || Comedy || Padua || Italy ||
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| 3 || [[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' ]] || Comedy || Verona || Italy || also Milan
| 3 || [[The Two Gentlemen of Verona|''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' ]] || Comedy || Verona || Italy || also Milan
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| 4 || [[Love's Labor's Lost|''Love's Labor's Lost'']] || Comedy || Navarre || Spain
| 4 || [[Love's Labor's Lost|''Love's Labor's Lost'']] || Comedy || Navarre || Spain ||
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| 5 || [[A Midsummer Night's Dream|''A Midsummer Night's Dream'']] || Comedy || Athens || Greece
| 5 || [[A Midsummer Night's Dream|''A Midsummer Night's Dream'']] || Comedy || Athens || Greece ||
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| 6 || [[The Merchant of Venice|''The Merchant of Venice'']] || Comedy || Venice || Italy
| 6 || [[The Merchant of Venice|''The Merchant of Venice'']] || Comedy || Venice || Italy||
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| 7 || [[The Merry Wives of Windsor|''The Merry Wives of Windsor'']] ||Comedy || Windsor || United Kingdom
| 7 || [[The Merry Wives of Windsor|''The Merry Wives of Windsor'']] ||Comedy || Windsor || United Kingdom ||
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| 8 || [[Much Ado About Nothing|''Much Ado About Nothing'']] || Comedy || Messina || Italy
| 8 || [[Much Ado About Nothing|''Much Ado About Nothing'']] || Comedy || Messina || Italy||
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| 9 || [[As You Like It|''As You Like It'']] || Comedy || Arden || (Fictional country) || sometimes considered to be in France
| 9 || [[As You Like It|''As You Like It'']] || Comedy || Arden || (Fictional country) || sometimes considered to be in France
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| 10 || [[Twelfth Night|''Twelfth Night'']] || Comedy || Illyria || Yugoslavia
| 10 || [[Twelfth Night|''Twelfth Night'']] || Comedy || Illyria || Yugoslavia ||
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| 11 || [[Troilus and Cressida|''Troilus and Cressida'']] || Comedy || Troy || Turkey
| 11 || [[Troilus and Cressida|''Troilus and Cressida'']] || Comedy || Troy || Turkey ||
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| 12 || [[All's Well That Ends Well|''All's Well That Ends Well'']] || Comedy || Rossillion [Roussillion] || France || also Paris, Marseilles, and Florence
| 12 || [[All's Well That Ends Well|''All's Well That Ends Well'']] || Comedy || Rossillion [Roussillion] || France || also Paris, Marseilles, and Florence
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| 13 || [[Measure for Measure|''Measure for Measure'']] || Comedy || Vienna || Austria
| 13 || [[Measure for Measure|''Measure for Measure'']] || Comedy || Vienna || Austria ||
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| 14 || [[Henry VI, Part 1|''Henry VI, Part 1'']] || History || London || United Kingdom || also Orleans, France
| 14 || [[Henry VI, Part 1|''Henry VI, Part 1'']] || History || London || United Kingdom || also Orleans, France
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| 16 || [[Henry VI, Part 3|''Henry VI, Part 3'']] || History || London || United Kingdom || also France
| 16 || [[Henry VI, Part 3|''Henry VI, Part 3'']] || History || London || United Kingdom || also France
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| 17 || [[Richard III|''Richard III'']] || History || London || United Kingdom
| 17 || [[Richard III|''Richard III'']] || History || London || United Kingdom ||
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| 18 || [[King John|''King John'']] || History || London || United Kingdom || also France
| 18 || [[King John|''King John'']] || History || London || United Kingdom || also France
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| 23 || [[Henry VIII|''Henry VIII'']] || History || London || United Kingdom || other UK locations
| 23 || [[Henry VIII|''Henry VIII'']] || History || London || United Kingdom || other UK locations
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| 24 || [[Titus Andronicus|''Titus Andronicus'']] || Tragedy || Rome || Italy
| 24 || [[Titus Andronicus|''Titus Andronicus'']] || Tragedy || Rome || Italy ||
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| 25 || [[Romeo and Juliet|''Romeo and Juliet'']] || Tragedy || Verona || Italy || also Mantua
| 25 || [[Romeo and Juliet|''Romeo and Juliet'']] || Tragedy || Verona || Italy || also Mantua
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| 26 || [[Julius Caesar|''Julius Caesar'']] || Tragedy || Rome || Italy || other Italian locations
| 26 || [[Julius Caesar|''Julius Caesar'']] || Tragedy || Rome || Italy || other Italian locations
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| 27 || [[Hamlet|''Hamlet'']] || Tragedy || Elsinore Castle || Denmark
| 27 || [[Hamlet|''Hamlet'']] || Tragedy || Elsinore Castle || Denmark ||
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| 28 || [[Othello|''Othello'']] || Tragedy || Venice || Italy
| 28 || [[Othello|''Othello'']] || Tragedy || Venice || Italy ||
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| 29 || [[King Lear|''King Lear'']] || Tragedy || Britain || mythic pre-Christian Britain
| 29 || [[King Lear|''King Lear'']] || Tragedy || Britain || || mythic pre-Christian Britain
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| 30 || [[Macbeth|''Macbeth'']] || Tragedy || Inverness || Scotland || other Scottish locations; British locations
| 30 || [[Macbeth|''Macbeth'']] || Tragedy || Inverness || Scotland || other Scottish locations; British locations
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| 32 || [[Coriolanus|''Coriolanus'']] || Tragedy || Rome || Italy || also Corioles, Antium
| 32 || [[Coriolanus|''Coriolanus'']] || Tragedy || Rome || Italy || also Corioles, Antium
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| 33 || [[Timon of Athens|''Timon of Athens'']] || Tragedy || Athens || Greece
| 33 || [[Timon of Athens|''Timon of Athens'']] || Tragedy || Athens || Greece ||
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| 34 || [[Pericles|''Pericles'']] || Romance || Tyre || Lebanon || other Mediterannean locations including Antioch, Tharsus, Pentapolis, Mytilene, others
| 34 || [[Pericles|''Pericles'']] || Romance || Tyre || Lebanon || other Mediterannean locations including Antioch, Tharsus, Pentapolis, Mytilene, others
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| 35 || [[Cymbeline|''Cymbeline'']] || Romance || Britain || mythic pre-Christian Britain; also Italy
| 35 || [[Cymbeline|''Cymbeline'']] || Romance || Britain || ||mythic pre-Christian Britain; also Italy
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| 36 || [[The Winter's Tale|''The Winter's Tale'']] || Romance || Sicilia || Italy || also Bohemia
| 36 || [[The Winter's Tale|''The Winter's Tale'']] || Romance || Sicilia || Italy || also Bohemia
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| 37 || [[The Tempest|''The Tempest'']] || Romance || (Fictional island) || (Fictional country)
| 37 || [[The Tempest|''The Tempest'']] || Romance || (Fictional island) || (Fictional country)||
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| 38 || [[The Two Noble Kinsmen|''The Two Noble Kinsmen'']] || Romance || Athens || Greece || also Thebes
| 38 || [[The Two Noble Kinsmen|''The Two Noble Kinsmen'']] || Romance || Athens || Greece || also Thebes
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Revision as of 10:49, 2 December 2016

This article is about the settings of Shakespeare's plays, for the main article regarding this topic, see William Shakespeare's plays and William Shakespeare's works (disambiguation). This article is not to be confused with the cataloging reference article List of Shakespeare's works.

The following list of places that serve as the settings for all of Shakespeare's plays was compiled by Laura Estill, Assistant Professor at Texas A & M University.

# in Riverside Title Genre City Country (modern) Note
1 The Comedy of Errors Comedy Ephesus Turkey
2 The Taming of the Shrew Comedy Padua Italy
3 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Comedy Verona Italy also Milan
4 Love's Labor's Lost Comedy Navarre Spain
5 A Midsummer Night's Dream Comedy Athens Greece
6 The Merchant of Venice Comedy Venice Italy
7 The Merry Wives of Windsor Comedy Windsor United Kingdom
8 Much Ado About Nothing Comedy Messina Italy
9 As You Like It Comedy Arden (Fictional country) sometimes considered to be in France
10 Twelfth Night Comedy Illyria Yugoslavia
11 Troilus and Cressida Comedy Troy Turkey
12 All's Well That Ends Well Comedy Rossillion [Roussillion] France also Paris, Marseilles, and Florence
13 Measure for Measure Comedy Vienna Austria
14 Henry VI, Part 1 History London United Kingdom also Orleans, France
15 Henry VI, Part 2 History London United Kingdom other UK locations
16 Henry VI, Part 3 History London United Kingdom also France
17 Richard III History London United Kingdom
18 King John History London United Kingdom also France
19 Richard II History London United Kingdom also Wales
20 Henry IV, Part 1 History London United Kingdom also Wales
21 Henry IV, Part 2 History London United Kingdom other UK locations
22 Henry V History London United Kingdom other UK locations; also France
23 Henry VIII History London United Kingdom other UK locations
24 Titus Andronicus Tragedy Rome Italy
25 Romeo and Juliet Tragedy Verona Italy also Mantua
26 Julius Caesar Tragedy Rome Italy other Italian locations
27 Hamlet Tragedy Elsinore Castle Denmark
28 Othello Tragedy Venice Italy
29 King Lear Tragedy Britain mythic pre-Christian Britain
30 Macbeth Tragedy Inverness Scotland other Scottish locations; British locations
31 Antony and Cleopatra Tragedy Alexandria Egypt spans three continents: also Rome, Messina, Syria, other places in the Roman Empire (including the sea)
32 Coriolanus Tragedy Rome Italy also Corioles, Antium
33 Timon of Athens Tragedy Athens Greece
34 Pericles Romance Tyre Lebanon other Mediterannean locations including Antioch, Tharsus, Pentapolis, Mytilene, others
35 Cymbeline Romance Britain mythic pre-Christian Britain; also Italy
36 The Winter's Tale Romance Sicilia Italy also Bohemia
37 The Tempest Romance (Fictional island) (Fictional country)
38 The Two Noble Kinsmen Romance Athens Greece also Thebes