Life of William Shakespeare of his plays, presumably as a selling point. There is a tradition that Shakespeare, in addition to writing many of the plays his company enacted and concerned with business and financial details as part-owner of the company, continued to act in various parts, such as the ghost of Hamlet's father, Adam in "As You Like It", and the Chorus in "Henry V". He appears to have moved across the River Thames to Southwark sometime around 1599. In 1604, Shakespeare acted as a matchmaker for his landlord's daughter. Legal documents from 1612, when the case was brought to trial, show that
Chronology of Shakespeare's plays Classic Shakespeare, the Dover Wilson Shakespeare, the Shakespeare Folios and the Folger Shakespeare Library all publish scholarly editions of individual plays, although none have issued a complete works volume. "Arden" presents the plays alphabetically without any attempt to construct an overall chronology. "Oxford", "Riverside", "Norton" and "RSC" all present chronologies which differ from one another and which attempt to construct only approximate dating. The following list is based on that of "The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works" (2nd ed.) and the accompanying "William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion" (Revised ed.), edited by Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor. However, none of the