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1.2.His works
From the eighteenth century to the present day, there have been speculations that Shakespeare’s poems belonged to someone else entirely. For more than two centuries, such assumptions have been based on the author's «role» of about thirty people – from Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe to the bandits Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth. There is also speculation that an entire team of authors worked under the name Shakespeare. This is due to the playwright's multifaceted work: tragedy, comedy, historical chronicles, emotional and philosophical poetry – it is enough to remember the famous sonnets. Even when one genre is taken from those listed, it becomes clear that Shakespeare is surprisingly versatile. But in any case – there is no end in sight to the personality of the playwright and poet – the writings of the Renaissance genius continue to inspire directors and actors around the world. Rowe is the first biographer to give information about Shakespeare's departure from Stratford a few years before his death. However, it was a rare event at that time that Shakespeare did not hesitate to go to London. In the last week of the playwright’s life, a man named Thomas Quinn, who married his daughter Judith, was charged with adultery. A woman named Margaret Wheeler had seen the child and told her that her father was Quinn. Soon after, the woman and the baby died. Shakespeare carefully examined the will so that Queen would not encroach on the inheritance belonging to her daughter Judith. On April 23, 1616, the most famous playwright of all time and peoples died at the age of 52. Her last generation is Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Susanna and John Hall. There are no direct descendants of the famous playwright today, but according to the memoirist John Aubrey, the baptized William Davenant considered himself the son of Shakespeare. His mother was a winemaker, and one day on her way to Oxford, she was at Shakespeare's house in London. Shakespeare is buried in the Stratford altar of Saint Troitsa. He was given this prize not because he was a great playwright, but because he had made a significant financial contribution. Shakespeare's writing can be found on a monument placed by his relatives on a nearby wall. The goose feather in Shakespeare's hand in the monument is refreshed every year on his birthday. He is the one who wrote the words on the tombstone.
Shakespeare's plays are traditionally classified as Comedy, History, Romance, and Tragedy, with several extra categories offered over time. Shakespeare comedies (or, more accurately, Shakespeare plays that are traditionally classified as comedies) are known for their wit, sarcasm, and sparkling wordplay. They're also full of disguises and misidentifications, with intricate stories that are hard to follow and contrived conclusions. Any attempt to classify Shakespeare's comedy plays as a whole can't go beyond that broad concept. Most Shakespeare comedies have very manufactured endings that reveal what these plays – all quite different – are about.
Traditionally Shakespeare play types are categorised as Comedy, History, Roman and Tragedy, with some additional categories proposed over the years. Shakespeare comedies (or rather the plays of Shakespeare that are usually categorised as comedies) are generally identifiable as plays full of fun, irony and dazzling wordplay. They also abound in disguises and mistaken identities, with very convoluted plots that are difficult to follow with very contrived endings. Any attempt at describing Shakespeare’s comedy plays as a cohesive group can’t go beyond that superficial outline. The highly contrived endings of most Shakespeare comedies are the clue to what these plays – all very different – are about.
Not one of Shakespearean comedy, no matter how full of life and love and laughter and joy, it may be, is without a darkness at its heart. Much Ado About Nothing3 , like Antony and Cleopatra (a ‘tragedy’ with a comic structure), is a miracle of creative writing. Shakespeare seamlessly joins an ancient mythological love story and a modern invented one, weaving them together into a very funny drama in which light and dark chase each other around like clouds and sunshine on a windy day, and the play threatens to fall into an abyss at any moment and emerges from that danger in a highly contrived ending once again.
Like the ‘tragedies’ Shakespeare comedies defy categorisation. They all draw our attention to a range of human experience with all its sadness, joy, poignancy, tragedy, comedy, darkness and lightness. Below are all of the plays generally regarded as Shakespeare comedy plays.
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