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Shakespeare's SettingsShakespeare's plays are set in many exotic locations, from Verona and Milan to Athens and Rousillon.The following is a list of the settings of Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies. Please see The Settings of Shakespeare's Plays by Date for a chronology of the content of the plays. ___ All’s Well that Ends Well Setting: Rousillon, Paris, Florence, and Marseilles Antony and Cleopatra Setting: Parts of the Roman Empire As You Like It Setting: Forest of Arden The Comedy of Errors Setting: Ephesus Coriolanus Setting: Rome, Corioli, and Antium Cymbeline Setting: Britain, Italy Hamlet Setting: Elsinore Julius Caesar Setting: Rome; afterwards, Sardis and near Philippi King Lear Setting: Britain Love’s Labour’s Lost Setting: Navarre Macbeth Setting: Scotland and England Measure for Measure Setting: Vienna The Merchant of Venice Setting: Partly in Venice, and partly at Belmont, the seat of Portia on the Continent The Merry Wives of Windsor Setting: Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Setting: Athens, and a wood nearby Much Ado about Nothing Setting: Messina Othello Setting: Venice (for first act) and a sea-port in Cyprus Pericles, Prince of Tyre Setting: various countries Romeo and Juliet Setting: Verona and Mantua The Taming of the Shrew Setting: Sometimes in Padua, and sometimes in Petruchio's home in the country The Tempest Setting: The Sea; afterwards an Island Timon of Athens Setting: Athens Titus Andronicus Setting: Rome Troilus and Cressida Setting: Troy The Two Gentlemen of Verona Setting: Verona, Milan, and the frontiers of Mantua Twelfth Night Setting: A city in Illyria, and the sea-coast nearby The Winter’s Tale Setting: Sometimes in Sicilia, sometimes in Bohemia _________ Related Articles  The Chronology of Shakespeare's Plays How Many Plays Did Shakespeare Write? Shakespeare's First Folio Just what is a quarto? Why Shakespeare is so Important Shakespeare's Language Shakespeare's Influence on Other Writers Shakespeare's Boss: The Master of Revels Shakespeare Quotations (by Play) Shakespeare Quotations (by Theme) Quotations About William Shakespeare |
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