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2007 Reading List

SEPT: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
OCT: The Taming of The Shrew
NOV: The First Part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster (Henry VI part 2)
DEC: Love's Labour's Lost

2008 Reading List

JAN: The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York (Henry VI part 3)
FEB: Titus Andronicus
MARCH: King Henry VI part 1
APRIL: The Comedy of Errors
MAY: Richard III
JUNE: Shakespeare's poems Part 1: The Phoenix and The Turtle, Venus and Adonis
JULY: Richard II
AUG: Romeo and Juliet
SEPT: Shakespeare's poems Part 2: The Rape of Lucrece
OCT: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
NOV: King John
DEC: The Merchant of Venice

2009 Reading List

JAN: King Henry IV Part 1
FEB: The Merry Wives of Windsor
MARCH: King Henry IV Part 2
APRIL: Much Ado About Nothing
MAY: Shakespeare's poems Part 3: The Sonnets
JUNE: Henry V
JULY: Julius Caesar
AUG: Shakespeare's poems Part 4:The Lovers Complaint
SEPT: As You Like It
OCT: Hamlet
NOV: Troilus and Cressida
DEC: Measure for Measure

2010 Reading List

JAN: Twelfth Night
FEB: Othello
MARCH: All’s Well That Ends Well
APRIL: Timon Of Athens
MAY: King Lear
JUNE: Macbeth
JULY: Antony and Cleopatra
AUG: Pericles
SEPT: Coriolanus
OCT: The Winter’s Tale
NOV: Cymbeline
DEC: The Tempest

2011 Reading List

JAN: All Is True (Henry VIII)

FEB: The Two Noble Kinsman

The Extended Canon:
MARCH: Edward III
APRIL: Sir Thomas More

Of course, this list is subject to change, and is just to give an idea of how long this task could take!



"Cardiff Shakespeare Readers" is a group for people to get together and experience ALL the great playwright's works as they were intended - spoken aloud!	SCHEDULE The Chronology of the Plays Our chronology is based on the official "Oxford Shakespeare" list, with a few important changes. The three parts of Henry VI have been interspersed with other plays from around the same period, to maintain variety in the running order. It is also worth noting that Henry VI parts 2 and 3 were written before part 1. (i.e. Part 1 is a prequel.) Love's Labour's Lost has been included early to allow for a special guest. Sir Thomas More has been removed and placed in the "extended canon" section, since only very small parts are considered to be by Shakespeare and I feel it will be hard for readers to find a copy. The poems and sonnets will be interspersed to maintain variety in the running order. See the Schedule below:
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