Comedy

19 works

19 works of Comedy in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Comedy, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 11A Midsummer Night’s Dream~1595William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·66 pagesInfluence24Popularity81ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  2. 22The Clouds423 BCAristophanesModerate·Short·50 pagesInfluence66Popularity4Ancient GreeceComedyAncient Greek
  3. 41Twelfth Night~1601William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·79 pagesInfluence20Popularity59ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  4. 56Love's Labour's Lost~1594William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·86 pagesInfluence8Popularity18ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  5. 67All's Well That Ends Well~1604William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·92 pagesInfluence15Popularity19ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  6. 69Much Ado About Nothing~1598William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·85 pagesInfluence19Popularity60ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  7. 78The Merchant of Venice~1596William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·85 pagesInfluence21Popularity60ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  8. 79Measure for Measure~1604William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·87 pagesInfluence19Popularity19ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  9. 90As You Like It~1599William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·87 pagesInfluence20Popularity58ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  10. 117Wasps422 BCAristophanesModerate·Short·51 pagesInfluence26Popularity3Ancient GreeceComedyAncient Greek
  11. 122Lysistrata411 BCAristophanesModerate·Quick·44 pagesInfluence65Popularity52Ancient GreeceComedyAncient Greek
  12. 132The Frogs405 BCAristophanesModerate·Short·64 pagesInfluence67Popularity4Ancient GreeceComedyAncient Greek
  13. 134The Taming of the Shrew~1591William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·84 pagesInfluence16Popularity59ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  14. 145The Comedy of Errors~1594William ShakespeareHard·Short·59 pagesInfluence16Popularity20ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  15. 164The Acharnians425 BCAristophanesModerate·Quick·42 pagesInfluence25Popularity2Ancient GreeceComedyAncient Greek
  16. 168The Two Gentlemen of Verona~1590William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·69 pagesInfluence9Popularity20ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  17. 172The Merry Wives of Windsor~1597William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·87 pagesInfluence12Popularity21ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  18. 192The Birds414 BCAristophanesModerate·Short·58 pagesInfluence26Popularity3Ancient GreeceComedyAncient Greek
  19. 194Peace421 BCAristophanesModerate·Short·45 pagesInfluence25Popularity2Ancient GreeceComedyAncient Greek