First Performed
|
Plays
|
First Printed
|
1590-91
|
Henry VI,
Part I (H)
|
1594?
|
1590-91
|
Henry VI,
Part II (H)
|
1594?
|
1591-92
|
Henry VI,
Part III (H)
|
1623
|
1592-93
|
Richard III (T)
|
1597
|
1592-93
|
Comedy of
Errors (C)
|
1623
|
1593-94
|
Titus
Andronicus (T)
|
1594
|
1593-94
|
1623
|
|
1594-95
|
1623
|
|
1594-95
|
1598?
|
|
1594-95
|
Romeo and
Juliet (T)
|
1597
|
1595-96
|
Richard II (T)
|
1597
|
1595-96
|
1600
|
|
1596-97
|
King John (H)
|
1623
|
1596-97
|
1600
|
|
1597-98
|
Henry IV,
Part I (H)
|
1598
|
1597-98
|
1600
|
|
1598-99
|
1600
|
|
1598-99
|
Henry V (H)
|
1600
|
1599-1600
|
Julius
Caesar (T)
|
1623
|
1599-1600
|
As You Like
It (C)
|
1623
|
1599-1600
|
Twelfth
Night (C)
|
1623
|
1600-01
|
Hamlet (T)
|
1603
|
1600-01
|
1602
|
|
1601-02
|
1609
|
|
1602-03
|
1623
|
|
1604-05
|
1623
|
|
1604-05
|
Othello (T)
|
1622
|
1605-06
|
King Lear (T)
|
1608
|
1605-06
|
Macbeth (T)
|
1623
|
1606-07
|
1623
|
|
1607-08
|
Coriolanus (T)
|
1623
|
1607-08
|
Timon of
Athens (T)
|
1623
|
1608-09
|
Pericles (R)
|
1609
|
1609-10
|
Cymbeline (T)
|
1623
|
1610-11
|
1623
|
|
1611-12
|
The Tempest (R)
|
1623
|
1612-13
|
Henry VIII (H)
|
1623
|
1612-13
|
1634
|
This chart shows samples of the changes in English.
#1 is Old English or Anglo-Saxon (circa 450-1066 CE).
#2 is Middle English (circa 1066-1450 AD).
#3 is Modern English from about the time of Shakespeare.
#4 is another sample of Modern English, but it is more recent than #3.
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
Bassianus, brother to Saturninus, in love with Lavinia
Titus Andronicus, a Roman, general against the Goths
Marcus Andronicus, tribune of the people, and brother to Titus
Lucius, Quintus, Martius, Mutius, sons to Titus Andronicus
Lavinia, daughter to Titus Andronicus
Young Lucius, a boy, son to Lucius
Tamora, queen of the Goths
Alarbus, Demetrius, Chiron, sons to Tamora
Aaron, a Moor, beloved by Tamora