All of Shakespeare's plays are divided into how many acts?
Parnassus plays Parnassus plays The Parnassus plays are three satiric comedies, or full-length academic dramas each divided into five acts. They date from between 1598 and 1602. They were performed in London by students for an audience of students as part of the Christmas festivities of St John's College at Cambridge University. It is not known who wrote them. The titles of the three plays are The second and third plays are sometimes referred to as Part One and Part Two of "The Return from Parnassus". For the most part, the plays follow the experiences of two students, Philomusus and Studioso. The
Shakespeare's plays Shakespeare's plays The plays written by English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and in Western literature. Traditionally, the plays are divided into the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy; they have been translated into every major living language, in addition to being continually performed all around the world. Many of his plays appeared in print as a series of quartos, but approximately half of them remained unpublished until 1623, when the posthumous First Folio was published. The traditional division of his plays into tragedies, comedies, and histories