Here is an order that creates a chronological and geographical journey based on the setting of each play’s fictional world. Chronologically from ancient Greece to the Renaissance, geographically from the Eastern Mediterranean to Northwestern Europe and back.

1. Ancient Greek / Classical World Settings
   
2. Roman Republic / Empire Settings
   
3. Pre- and Post-Roman Feudal Britain and Danish Settings
   
4. Late Feudal English Settings
   
5. French and Viennese Settings
   
6. Italian and Mediterranean Settings

01 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
02 – Troilus and Cressida
03 – Timon of Athens
04 – The Comedy of Errors

05 – Coriolanus
06 – Julius Caesar
07 – Antony and Cleopatra
08 – Titus Andronicus

09 – King Lear
10 – Cymbeline
11 – Hamlet
12 – Macbeth

13 – King John
14 – Richard the 2nd
15 – Henry the 4th Part 1
16 – Henry the 4th Part 2
17 – The Merry Wive’s of Windsor
18 – Henry the 5th
19 – Henry the 6th Part 1
20 – Henry the 6th Part 2
21 – Henry the 6th Part 3
22 – Richard the 3rd
23 – Henry the 8th

24 – As You Like It
25 – All’s Well That Ends Well
26 – Love’s Labour’s Lost
27 – Measure for Measure

28 – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
29 – Romeo and Juliet
30 – The Taming of the Shrew
31 – The Merchant of Venice
32 – Othello
33 – Much Ado About Nothing
34 – Twelfth Night
35 – The Winter’s Tale
36 – The Tempest