There is usually a line that goes with the image. It is Prince Hamlet, dressed in mourning for his recently deceased father. The young man could be wearing a suit in the fashion of any of the past four centuries but it will always be black. It is one of the most recognisable images in modern civilization. You can bet that it’s either a notice for a performance of Hamlet somewhere nearby or that you have landed on the book’s chapter about Hamlet.

You will quite often come across a poster, or a picture in a book, of a young man, dressed in black, looking at a skull, which he holds up in front of his eyes. Want to understand more about who Yorick was in Hamlet, and his significance to the play? Read our primer below. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.

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