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Ocelot II

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4. Shakespeare wrote many comedies:

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 08:29 PM

Jun 2021

All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Noble Kinsmen
The Winter's Tale
Cymbeline

The Taming of the Shrew (which is actually horribly sexist) was also adapted as a Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate, in 1948. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Me,_Kate

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There is a COMEDY written by Shakespeare..."TAMING OF THE SHREW" 1966 [View all] Stuart G Jun 2021 OP

And THEN - - - elleng Jun 2021 #1

And the musical version, piddyprints Jun 2021 #2

Welcome to the party, pal! Anon-C Jun 2021 #13

Terrific movie. I saw it in the theater when it came out.been a fan of Shakespeare since 7th grade. Walleye Jun 2021 #3

Shakespeare wrote many comedies: Ocelot II Jun 2021 #4

more... Directed by the great Franco Zeffirelli! FalloutShelter Jun 2021 #5

;-{) Goonch Jun 2021 #6

A Wonderful and Happy Film..Please Watch if You haven't seen it before... Stuart G Jun 2021 #7

The 1993 Much Ado About Nothing has an incredible cast... RockRaven Jun 2021 #10

There's a 80s-ish version around somewhere with John Cleese as the male lead eShirl Jun 2021 #8

There is a British sitcom called Upstart Crow that I really enjoy. tanyev Jun 2021 #9

very funny show for those who studied Shakespeare The Wizard Jun 2021 #12

A Midsummer's nights dream Casady1 Jun 2021 #11

Even the most tragic tragedies and most historical histories Harker Jun 2021 #14