In Shakespeare's Comedies: All That Matters, Mike Scott explores and explains the secrets that have made Shakespeare's comedies so enduring that they continue to be performed, watched and studied by millions of people every year.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1 Introduction: Shakespeare and comedy
• 2 The Comedy of Errors (1592–4)
• 3 A Midsummer's Night's Dream (1595–6)
• 4 As You Like It (1599–1600)
• 5 Twelfth Night or What You Will (1601)
• 6 The Taming of the Shrew (1592?)
• 7 The Merchant of Venice (1596–8)
• 8 Conclusion: Language and song
• 100 Ideas
• Suggested further reading
• Answers to 20 Questions
• Acknowledgements