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Shakespeare wrote eighteen plays which are classified as comedies. There is no consensus that four of them are "great". The four most popular are probably A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing.
The plays As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night are sometimes called the "Golden Comedies" because there is very little dark or disturbing material in them. On the other hand The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure and All's Well that Ends Well have significantly dark plotlines in them, which gets them called "Problem Plays". The late comedies The Tempest, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale and Pericles have a folktale element about them, and so some people call them Romances.
Shakespeare's comedies often share elements with other comedies and even with the tragedies, but they are so diverse in their style that it is well nigh impossible to pick four "greatest" ones.
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∙ 10y agoComedies: As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, All's Well that Ends Well, Love's Labour's Lost, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors, Two Noble Kinsmen, Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and usually Troilus and Cressida. The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, Pericles and The Tempest are sometimes called comedies and sometimes romances.
Tragedies: Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus. Also Hamlet.
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∙ 14y agoWilliam Shakespeare wrote more than four comedies and tragedies.
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∙ 12y agoShakespeare wrote more than four tragedies beside Romeo and Juliet. Some of his most popular are Othello, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and Titus Andronicus.
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∙ 13y agotragedy, comedy romance
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How many plays were in the first folio?
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, often called The First Folio, contained 36 plays.
What were the first plays to be called comedies and tragedies?
the first plays to be called comedies or tragedies would be the greek plays
What are the 3 categories that Shakespeare's plays are split into?
The First Folio is really entitled "Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies Published according to the true originall copies." The division made in that book became traditional.
Last play of Shakespeares 4 great tragedies?
The last play of Shakespeare's four great tragedies is "Macbeth" and it was written in 1606. He wrote the first of the great tragedies, "Hamlet" in 1600.
Shakespeares comedies the happy comedies the romances and the problem plays always feature a?
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Was the large collection of plays published by shakespeares partners was called the first folio?
That's what it is called now. The name on the title page is "Mr William Shakespeares Comedies Histories & Tragedies".
What genres did William shakesspeare write?
Comedies and tragedies. Comedies and tragedies.
How many plays were in the first folio?
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, often called The First Folio, contained 36 plays.
What were the first plays to be called comedies and tragedies?
the first plays to be called comedies or tragedies would be the greek plays
What are the 3 categories that Shakespeare's plays are split into?
The First Folio is really entitled "Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies Published according to the true originall copies." The division made in that book became traditional.
Last play of Shakespeares 4 great tragedies?
The last play of Shakespeare's four great tragedies is "Macbeth" and it was written in 1606. He wrote the first of the great tragedies, "Hamlet" in 1600.
How did tragedies drift into comedies form ancient Greece?
Tragedies did not drift into comedies. The were performed at separate festivals: the tragic in the spring and the comic in the winter.
Which plays did Shakespeare write the most?
If we divide Shakespeare's plays into comedies, histories and tragedies, the comedies outnumber the others almost two to one. There are ten histories and ten tragedies and eighteen comedies.
Shakespeares comedies the happy comedies the romances and the problem plays always feature a?
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What was the difference between Shakespeare's comedies and his tragedies?
Comedy plays of shakespeare have a happy ending while tragedies, the hero of the play will end up brokend or defeted mentally or physicaly
Which were the first plays to be called comedies and tragedies?
roman drama
What 2 plays were performed in Greek drama?
Tragedies and Comedies
