Shakespeare in a Year, 2015 Arranged by Matthew J. Franck
Oxford Shakespeare: Complete Works
(second edition) used for scene division, line numbers of poems. This edition contains two versions of King Lear; the plan below uses the later one.
JANUARY
Thu 1 Two Gentlemen of Verona, I – II.1 Fri 2 Two Gentlemen, II.2 – II.7 Sat 3 Venus & Adonis, 1 – 72 Mon 5 Two Gentlemen, III Sun 4 Sonnets 1 – 3 Tue 6 Two Gentlemen, IV Wed 7 Two Gentlemen, V Thu 8 The Taming of the Shrew, Induction 1 – 2 Fri 9 Taming, I Sat 10 Venus & Adonis, 73 – 144 Mon 12 Taming, II Sun 11 Sonnets 4 – 6 Tue 13 Taming, III – IV.1 Wed 14 Taming, IV.2 – 5 Thu 15 Taming, V Fri 16 1 Henry VI, I.1 – 5 Sat 17 Venus & Adonis, 145 – 216 Mon 19 1 Henry VI, I.6 – II.4 Sun 18 Sonnets 7 – 9 Tue 20 1 Henry VI, II.5 – III.5 Wed 21 1 Henry VI, III.6 – IV.3 Thu 22 1 Henry VI, IV.4 – V.4 Fri 23 1 Henry VI, V.5 – 7 Sat 24 Venus & Adonis, 217 – 288 Sun 25 Sonnets 10 – 12 Mon 26 2 Henry VI, I.1 – 3 Tue 27 2 Henry VI, I.4 – II.3 Wed 28 2 Henry VI, II.4 – III.1 Thu 29 2 Henry VI, III.2 – 3 Fri 30 2 Henry VI, IV.1 – 6 Sat 31 Venus & Adonis, 289 – 360
FEBRUARY
Sun 1 Sonnets 13 – 15 Mon 2 2 Henry VI, IV.7 – 9 Tue 3 2 Henry VI, V Wed 4 3 Henry VI, I.1 – 3 Thu 5 3 Henry VI, I.4 – II.1 Fri 6 3 Henry VI, II.2 – 5 Sat 7 Venus & Adonis, 361 – 432 Mon 9 3 Henry VI, II.6 – III.2 Sun 8 Sonnets 16 – 18 Tue 10 3 Henry VI, III.3 – IV.1 Wed 11 3 Henry VI, IV.2 – 10 Thu 12 3 Henry VI, V
2 Fri 13 Titus Andronicus, I Sat 14 Venus & Adonis, 433 – 504 Mon 16 Titus, II.1 – 3 Sun 15 Sonnets 19 – 21 Tue 17 Titus, II.4 – III.2 Wed 18 Titus, IV Thu 19 Titus, V Fri 20 Richard III, I.1 – 2 Sat 21 Venus & Adonis, 505 –576 Mon 23 Richard III, I.3 Sun 22 Sonnets 22 – 24 Tue 24 Richard III, I.4 – II.1 Wed 25 Richard III, II.2 – III.1 Thu 26 Richard III, III.2 – 6 Fri 27 Richard III, III.7 – IV.3 Sat 28 Venus & Adonis, 577 – 648
MARCH
Sun 1 Sonnets 25 – 27 Mon 2 Richard III, IV.4 – 5 Tue 3 Richard III, V Wed 4 Edward III, 1 – 2 Thu 5 Edward III, 3 – 4 Fri 6 Edward III, 5 – 8 Sat 7 Venus & Adonis, 649 – 720 Mon 9 Edward III, 9 – 12 Sat 8 Sonnets 28 – 30 Tue 10 Edward III, 13 – 17 Wed 11 Edward III, 18 Thu 12 Comedy of Errors, I Fri 13 Comedy of Errors, II Sat 14 Venus & Adonis, 721 – 792 Mon 16 Comedy of Errors, III Sun 15 Sonnets 31 – 33 Tue 17 Comedy of Errors, IV Wed 18 Comedy of Errors, V Thu 19 Love’s Labour’s Lost, I Fri 20 Love’s Labour’s Lost, II – III Sat 21 Venus & Adonis, 793 – 864 Mon 23 Love’s Labour’s Lost, IV.1 – 2 Sun 22 Sonnets 34 – 36 Tue 24 Love’s Labour’s Lost, IV.3 Wed 25 Love’s Labour’s Lost, V.1 Thu 26 Love’s Labour’s Lost, V.2 Fri 27 Richard II, I.1 – 3 Sat 28 Venus & Adonis, 865 – 936 Mon 30 Richard II, I.4 – II.1 Sun 29 Sonnets 37 – 39 Tue 31 Richard II, II.2 – III.1
APRIL
Wed 1 Richard II, III.2 – 3 Thu 2 Richard II, III.4 – IV Fri 3 Richard II, V Sat 4 Venus & Adonis, 937 – 1008 Sun 5 Sonnets 40 – 42
3 Mon 6 Romeo and Juliet, I.1 – 3 Tue 7 Romeo, I.4 – II.1 Wed 8 Romeo, II.2 – 5 Thu 9 Romeo, III.1 – 3 Fri 10 Romeo, III.4 – 5 Sat 11 Venus & Adonis, 1009–1080 Mon 13 Romeo, IV Sun 12 Sonnets 43 – 45 Tue 14 Romeo, V Wed 15 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I Thu 16 Midsummer, II Fri 17 Midsummer, III.1 – 2 Sat 18 Venus & Adonis, 1081–1152 Mon 20 Midsummer, III.3 – IV Sun 19 Sonnets 46 – 48 Tue 21 Midsummer, V Wed 22 King John, I Thu 23 King John, II.1 Fri 24 King John, II.2 – III.1 Sat 25 Venus & Adonis, 1153–1194 Mon 27 King John, III.2 – 4 Sun 26 Sonnets 49 – 51 Tue 28 King John, IV.1 – 2 Wed 29 King John, IV.3 – V.2 Thu 30 King John, V.3 – 7
MAY
Fri 1 The Merchant of Venice, I Sat 2 Rape of Lucrece, 1 – 70 Mon 4 Merchant, II.1 – 6 Sun 3 Sonnets 52 – 54 Tue 5 Merchant, II.7 – III.1 Wed 6 Merchant, III.2 – 4 Thu 7 Merchant, IV Fri 8 Merchant, V Sat 9 Rape of Lucrece, 71 – 140 Sun 10 Sonnets 55 – 57 Mon 11 1 Henry IV, I.1 – 2 Tue 12 1 Henry IV, I.3 – II.1 Wed 13 1 Henry IV, II.2 – 4 Thu 14 1 Henry IV, II.5 Fri 15 1 Henry IV, III.1 – 2 Sat 16 Rape of Lucrece, 141 – 210 Mon 18 1 Henry IV, III.3 – IV.2 Sun 17 Sonnets 58 – 60 Tue 19 1 Henry IV, IV.3 – V.1 Wed 20 1 Henry IV, V.2 – 5 Thu 21 2 Henry IV, Induction – I.1 Fri 22 2 Henry IV, I.2 – 3 Sat 23 Rape of Lucrece, 211 – 280 Mon 25 2 Henry IV, II.1 – 3 Sun 24 Sonnets 61 – 63 Tue 26 2 Henry IV, II.4 Wed 27 2 Henry IV, III Thu 28 2 Henry IV, IV.1 – 2 Fri 29 2 Henry IV, IV.3 Sat 30 Rape of Lucrece, 281 – 350
