Comedy
Drama that laughs at us, and sometimes forgives us.
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The TempestWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1611On 6 lists
Jane Austen Pride and PrejudicePride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1813On 5 listsThe Great BooksThe CloudsAristophanesThe CloudsAristophanes · 423 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksThe BirdsAristophanesThe BirdsAristophanes · 414 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe FrogsAristophanesThe FrogsAristophanes · 405 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 1William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 1William Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 3 listsThe Great BooksTartuffeMolièreTartuffeMolière · 1664On 3 lists
Jane Austen EmmaEmmaJane Austen · 1815On 3 lists
LysistrataAristophanes · 411 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 listsThe Great BooksAs You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareAs You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1599On 2 lists
Twelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1601On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe School for WivesMolièreThe School for WivesMolière · 1662On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe MisanthropeMolièreThe MisanthropeMolière · 1666On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe MiserMolièreThe MiserMolière · 1668On 2 listsThe Great BooksDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus MozartDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1787On 2 lists
The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1590-1592On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Comedy of ErrorsWilliam ShakespeareThe Comedy of ErrorsWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1594On 1 list
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595-1596On 1 list
The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 2William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 2William Shakespeare · c. 1597-1598On 1 listThe Great BooksMuch Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1598-1599On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Shoemaker's HolidayThomas DekkerThe Shoemaker's HolidayThomas Dekker · 1599On 1 listThe Great BooksMeasure for MeasureWilliam ShakespeareMeasure for MeasureWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1603-1604On 1 listThe Great BooksThe AlchemistBen JonsonThe AlchemistBen Jonson · 1610On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Winter's TaleWilliam ShakespeareThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1610-1611On 1 listThe Great BooksA New Way to Pay Old DebtsPhilip MassingerA New Way to Pay Old DebtsPhilip Massinger · c. 1625On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Critique of the School for WivesMolièreThe Critique of the School for WivesMolière · 1663On 1 listThe Great BooksDon JuanMolièreDon JuanMolière · 1665On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Would-Be GentlemanMolièreThe Would-Be GentlemanMolière · 1670On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Imaginary InvalidMolièreThe Imaginary InvalidMolière · 1673On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Way of the WorldWilliam CongreveThe Way of the WorldWilliam Congreve · 1700On 1 listThe Great BooksJoseph AndrewsHenry FieldingJoseph AndrewsHenry Fielding · 1742On 1 listThe Great BooksTom JonesHenry FieldingHenry Fielding Tom JonesTom JonesHenry Fielding · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim LessingMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1767On 1 listThe Great BooksShe Stoops to ConquerOliver GoldsmithShe Stoops to ConquerOliver Goldsmith · 1773On 1 listThe Great BooksThe School for ScandalRichard Brinsley SheridanThe School for ScandalRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777On 1 list
Lord Byron Don JuanDon JuanLord Byron · 1819-1824On 1 list
Charles Dickens The Pickwick PapersThe Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens · 1836-1837On 1 list
Uncle VanyaAnton Chekhov · 1897On 1 listThe Great BooksMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard ShawMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksMajor BarbaraGeorge Bernard ShawMajor BarbaraGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1905On 1 listThe Great BooksPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawPygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1912On 1 list
Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett · 1952On 1 list