FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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histories
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tragedies
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comedies
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Between about 1590 and 1613, Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays and collaborated on several more. His 17 comedies include The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing. Among his 10 history plays are Henry V and Richard III. The most famous among his tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-2: -William Shakespeare: Four Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth (Penguin Classics)
Detailed explanation-3: -The First Folio, in 1623, categorized Shakespeare’s plays as Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Shakespeare wrote the great tragedies-excluding Romeo and Juliet, which is not, strictly speaking, a true tragedy-between 1601 and 1606, and apparently Hamlet was written first.
Detailed explanation-4: -When we think about Shakespearean tragedy, the plays we usually have in mind are Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus.