http://www.feedbooks.com/list/244 "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 marriage for all the unmarried characters, and a tone and style that is more lighthearted than Shakespeare's other plays. (From Wikipedia) The Tempest William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000 urn:isbn:0521618789 en 1611 Plays The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him, although some scholars have argued for an earlier dating. While listed as a comedy in its initial publication in the First Folio of 1623, many modern editors have relabelled the play a romance. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000.mobi The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3009 urn:isbn:1903436958 en 1598 Plays The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare from early in his career. It has the smallest cast of any of Shakespeare's plays, and is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. It deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity. The highlight of the play is considered by some to be Launce, the clownish servant of Proteus, and his dog Crab, to whom "the most scene-stealing non-speaking role in the canon" has been attributed. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3009.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3009.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3009.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3009.mobi Twelfth Night William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008 urn:isbn:0199536090 en 1601 Plays Twelfth Night, Or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich. It is named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The main title is believed to be an afterthought, created after John Marston premiered a play titled What You Will during the course of the writing. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008.mobi The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973 urn:isbn:0486424618 en 1594 Plays The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-incestuous seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession. (From Wikipedia) http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973.mobi As You Like It William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2972 urn:isbn:0192834193 en 1600 Plays As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare based on the novel Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge, believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600. It features one of Shakespeare's most famous and oft-quoted lines, "All the world's a stage", and has been adapted for radio, film, and musical theatre. (From Wikipedia) http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2972.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2972.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2972.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2972.mobi All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2970 urn:isbn:0199537127 en 1608 Plays All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608, and was first published in the First Folio in 1623. The name of the play comes from the proverb All's well that ends well, which means that problems do not matter so long as the outcome is good. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2970.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2970.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2970.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2970.mobi Love's Labours Lost William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2986 urn:isbn:0192838806 en 1598 Plays Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598. The play opens with the King of Navarre and three noble companions, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women — Berowne somewhat more hesitantly than the others. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2986.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2986.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2986.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2986.mobi Measure for Measure William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2987 urn:isbn:0198320094 en 1604 Plays Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was originally classified as a comedy, but is now also classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play deals with the issues of mercy, justice, truth and their relationship to pride and humility: "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall" http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2987.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2987.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2987.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2987.mobi The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2988 urn:isbn:0199536821 en 1602 Plays The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It has been adapted for the opera on occasions. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2988.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2988.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2988.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2988.mobi The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989 urn:isbn:0521618754 en 1598 Plays The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio, and while it shares certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps more remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for the character of Shylock. The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and more famous villain. Though Shylock is a tormented character, he is also a tormentor, so whether he is to be viewed with disdain or sympathy is up to the audience (as influenced by the interpretation of the play's director and lead actors). As a result, The Merchant of Venice is often classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989.mobi A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2990 urn:isbn:1903436605 en 1596 Romance Plays A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2990.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2990.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2990.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2990.mobi The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2999 urn:isbn:0451526791 en 1594 Plays The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It was one of his earlier plays, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594. The play begins with a framing device in which a drunkard is deceived into thinking he is a nobleman who then watches the "play" itself, which depicts a nobleman, Petruchio, who marries an outspoken, intelligent, and bad-tempered shrew named Katherina. Petruchio manipulates and "tames" her until she is obedient to his will. The main subplot features the courting of Katherina's more conventional sister Bianca by numerous suitors. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2999.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2999.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2999.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2999.mobi Pericles, Prince of Tyre William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998 urn:isbn:019953683X en 1609 Plays Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a play written (at least in part) by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite some questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Many modern editors believe that Shakespeare is responsible for the main portion of the play after scene 9 that follows the story of Pericles and Marina, and that the first two acts, detailing the many voyages of Pericles, were written by a relatively untalented reviser or collaborator, possibly George Wilkins. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998.mobi The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3010 urn:isbn:0199535914 en 1611 Romance Plays The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, first published in the First Folio in 1623. Although it was listed as a comedy when it first appeared, some modern editors have relabeled the play a romance. Some critics, among them W. W. Lawrence (Lawrence, 9-13), consider it to be one of Shakespeare's "problem plays", because the first three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy ending. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3010.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3010.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3010.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3010.mobi