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Coppee, Henry

"English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction"


20. Much Ado About Nothing 1600 Source unknown.
21. Hamlet 1601 From the Latin History of Scandinavia,
by Saxo, called Grammaticus.
22. Merry Wives of Windsor 1601 Said to have been suggested by
Elizabeth.
23. Twelfth Night 1601 From an old tale.
24. Troilus and Cressida 1602 Of classical origin, through Chaucer.
25. Henry VIII. 1603 From the chronicles of the day.
26. Measure for Measure 1603 " an old tale.
27. Othello 1604 " " " "
28. King Lear 1605 " Holinshed.
29. Macbeth 1606 " "
30. Julius Caesar 1607 " Plutarch's Parallel Lives.
31. Antony and Cleopatra 1608 " " " "
32. Cymbeline 1609 " Holinshed.
33. Coriolanus 1610 " Plutarch.
34. Timon of Athens 1610 " " and other sources.
35. Winter's Tale 1611 " a novel by Greene.


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