He wrote heaps of comedies whic include some clssics such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelth Night, Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of The Shrew and many more. He also wrote Poetry.
He wrote plays and poetry.
Greek tragedy
Drama - in particular performable playsPoetry - in particular sonnets
Drama was how Shakespeare made a living.
Shakespeare is only important in literary history. He is one of the most important figures to legitimize the Modern English language as a literary language. He is also very significant in the history of the development of drama, being one of the first dramatists to write character-driven drama.
William Shakespeare
Comedy and tragedy masks. Their origin is in the Greek drama, and they are used with respect to drama of all kinds, not particularly Shakespeare.
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare
No he is not.
If you mean "Did Shakespeare invent the concept of plays?" the answer is no, he sure did not. People were writing plays in Greece 1800 years and more before Shakespeare was born. They had plays in Rome too, but the Romans weren't very good at drama, and ultimately plays had to be reinvented. However, English drama was certainly reinvented by the time Shakespeare was born, although it was improving all the time. If you mean "Did Shakespeare write plays?" the answer is of course yes. If he hadn't written plays you would never have heard of him.
William Shakespeare is the father of English drama.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the most relevant and famous drama in the world