Cover of The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)
Magicians & IllusionistsClassic FantasyClassic Love Stories

The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)

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  • 1847 first published
  • 872 pages
  • 61 editions
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William Shakespeare's The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) (1847) is a stage-magic fiction and classic fantasy play. The story is set in Italy and Naples. It features Prospero, Miranda and Ariel. It deals with mistaken identities, performing arts, Comedy and Drama.

14 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 61 editions across 4 languages.

At about 872 pages, most readers finish it in 15–16 hours.

About The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)

Contains: All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Comedy of Errors Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream [Much Ado About Nothing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362691W) Taming of the Shrew [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale
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“SCENE I.-A Hall in the DUKE'S Palace.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Humorous plays
  • Early modern and Elizabethan English drama
  • Mistaken identities
  • Performing arts
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Conspiracies
  • Rejection, Psychology
  • Courtship
  • Juvenile drama
  • Plays
  • English drama
  • Classic Literature
  • English drama, Comedy
  • Classics
  • Tragicomedy

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Who wrote The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)?

The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) was written by William Shakespeare and first published in 1847.

What genre is The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)?

It is usually shelved as Magicians & Illusionists, Classic Fantasy and Classic Love Stories.

How long is The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)?

The median edition has 872 pages, about 15–16 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)?

Readers who like it often enjoy World Literature, The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus and Faust.

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