Comedies II Author:William Shakespeare This Great Illustrated Classics edition contains four of Shakespeare's comedies. Of these, three are among his earliest works; The Comedy of Errors, a farce of mistaken identity; The Two Gentlemen of Verona, on two subjects of concern to the young, love and friendship; and The Taming of the Shrew, whose theme is the war between the sexes. The fo... more »urth play, Much Ado About Nothing, was written when Shakespeare was at the height of his skill in comedy and concerns two contrasting love affairs.« less