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Q: Which of the following plays of Shakespeare is not a comedy?
  • A. As You Like It
  • B. Twelfth Night
  • C. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • D. Antony and Cleopatra
Correct Answer: Option D - Antony and Cleopatra (1607) is the most spacious of Shakespeare’s tragedies. The plot of this play is based on Thomas North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra’s suicide during the final war of the Roman Republic. So Antony and Cleopatra is not a comedy but a tragedy (Roman Play).
D. Antony and Cleopatra (1607) is the most spacious of Shakespeare’s tragedies. The plot of this play is based on Thomas North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra’s suicide during the final war of the Roman Republic. So Antony and Cleopatra is not a comedy but a tragedy (Roman Play).

Explanations:

Antony and Cleopatra (1607) is the most spacious of Shakespeare’s tragedies. The plot of this play is based on Thomas North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra’s suicide during the final war of the Roman Republic. So Antony and Cleopatra is not a comedy but a tragedy (Roman Play).