The last play written by William Shakespeare is 'The Two Noble Kinsmen', from 1613, and it's based on a story from Geoffrey Chaucer and is defined as a Jacobean tragedy.
It depends whether you count collaborations. At the end of his career, Shakespeare was breaking in the new house playwright for the King's Men, John Fletcher. He and Fletcher collaborated on a number of plays, among which are believed to be Pericles, Henry VIII, and Cardenio. The Two Noble Kinsmen is probably the last play Shakespeare had a hand in, and was credited explicitly to both Shakespeare and Fletcher.
Most everyone agrees that the last play Shakespeare wrote entirely on his own was The Tempest.
The last play that Shakespeare wrote entirely on his own without any collaboration is thought to have been The Tempest. His last play altogether may have been the collaboration The Two Noble Kinsmen or the lost play Cardenio.
We cannot know exactly, but a good guess is the play the Two Noble Kinsmen, which he co-wrote with John Fletcher. It is usually accepted that The Tempest was the last play he wrote entirely on his own.
It could be "Henry VIII" or "The Two Noble Kinsmen" or "Cardenio" which is now lost. All of these late plays were written with John Fletcher.
The Tempest
The Tempest. One of Shakespeare's last play.
The Tempest was his last play he wrote entirely by himself.
The Tempest
The Tempest is considered to be the last play by William Shakespeare written alone by himself.
The last play performed at the Globe theater was in 1613. It was a play by Shakespeare called Henry Vlll.
The Tempest. One of Shakespeare's last play.
The Tempest was his last play he wrote entirely by himself.
The Tempest
The Tempest is considered to be the last play by William Shakespeare written alone by himself.
The last play performed at the Globe theater was in 1613. It was a play by Shakespeare called Henry Vlll.
It is generally accepted that Shakespeare's last play was the rarely-performed Henry VIII, written around 1612 or 1613.
He was about 49 or 50.
We don't know exactly which play was Shakespeare's last, but in any case all of the plays have been played many many times in theatres all over the world.
The Tempest. Scholars think this was the last play Shakespeare wrote without a collaborator. The idea that it was Shakespeare's "farewell to the stage" is somewhat fanciful.
If I remember correctly, 'The Tempest' was Shakespeare's last play, so James the First (of England, Sixth of Scotland) was on the throne of England when Shakespeare wrote it.
a disguised criticism of britain’s imperialist activities. APEXX
Leaving aside the issue of which play was Shakespeare's first, I can get a brand new and totally perfect copy of one of Shakespeare's plays, printed last week, for about three bucks.