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Shakespearean problem plays

  • All's Well That Ends WellThe First Folio of 1623 lists All's Well That Ends Well among Shakespeare's comedies, yet scholars cannot agree on when the play was written.
  • Shakespearean problem playF. S. Boas published Shakespeare and His Predecessors in 1896, introducing a new label for three specific plays by William Shakespeare.
  • Measure for MeasureThe play Measure for Measure first appeared in print within the First Folio of 1623, though scholars believe it was written during 1603 or 1604.
  • The Winter's TaleThe play The Winter's Tale draws its main plot from Robert Greene's pastoral romance Pandosto, published in 1588. Shakespeare made uncharacteristically…
  • The Merchant of VeniceThe play The Merchant of Venice emerged between 1596 and 1598, a period when William Shakespeare was establishing his reputation in London.
  • Troilus and CressidaIn the year 1602, William Shakespeare began writing a play that would confuse audiences for four centuries. The story draws from two distinct traditions that…