Traditionally, the plays of William Shakespeare have been grouped into three categories: tragedies, comedies, and histories.
"Comedy", in its Elizabethan usage, had a very different meaning from modern comedy. A Shakespearean comedy is one that has a happy ending, usually involving marriages between the unmarried characters, and a tone and style that is more light-hearted...
Shakespearean comedy
Literary Series
Works in this series:
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Measure for Measure
- All's Well That Ends Well
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will