Comedy Quote by Mariette Hartley

I love how Shakespeare can really rip your heart out one second and then make you laugh the next. He's a master writer.

— Phoebe Robinson

“His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language, and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action. His tragedy seems to…

— Samuel Johnson

The nice thing with Shakespeare from a modern point of view is that a lot of stuff that was tragic for him can read…

— Ryan North

I'm going to be criticized by lots of "scholars," but I think Shakespeare's best comedy often appears in his tragedies, actually. Not necessarily in…

— Chukwudi Iwuji

“A few people have ventured to imitate Shakespeare's tragedy. But no audacious spirit has dreamed or dared to imitate Shakespeare's comedy. No one has…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind, but in one composition.”

— Samuel Johnson

I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between the actor and the audience.

— Trevor Nunn

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he…

— Stephen Greenblatt

Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some…

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

Oh how Shakespeare would have loved cinema!

— Derek Jarman

“I've been hearing about Shakespeare all my life, but I had no idea he really wrote so well; I always suspected him of going…

— Jean Webster

If Shakespeare thought comedy worthwhile, that means the rest of us can take a break from tragedy now and then without betraying our calling,…

— Mark Helprin