![]() ![]() Scholars continue to disagree on how to categorize some Shakespearean plays. Boas also coined a fifth category, the " problem play," for plays that do not fit neatly into a single classification because of their subject matter, setting, or ending. Almost three centuries after Shakespeare's death, the scholar F. ![]() They share some elements of tragedy, insofar as they feature a high-status central character, but they end happily like Shakespearean comedies. Shakespeare's romances ( tragicomic plays) were written late in his career and published originally as either tragedy or comedy. The Roman tragedies- Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus-are also based on historical figures, but because their sources were foreign and ancient they are almost always classified as tragedies rather than histories. Many of his history plays share the qualifiers of a Shakespearean tragedy, but because they are based on real figures throughout the history of England, they were classified as "histories" in the First Folio. Shakespearean tragedy is the designation given to most tragedies written by playwright William Shakespeare. ![]() Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) was an esteemed performer of Shakespearean tragedy. Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, Joshua Reynolds (1784). ![]()
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