Will Morrisey again considers the political dimensions of literary classics, as previously seen in Melville's Ship of State (2019). His attention to Shakespeare's comedies is a reader's and playgoer's delight. INTRODUCTORY NOTE: The Politic Character of Shakespeare s ComedyPART ONE: THREE REGIMES: OLIGARCHY, ARISTOCRACY, MONARCHYChapter One: Shakespearean Comedy: Two Points on the CompassChapter Two: Gentlemen and GentlemanlinessChapter Three: Royal DreamingPART TWO: THE RULE OF LAWChapter Four: Comic Errors, Legal SlapstickChapter Five: What Will You?PART THREE: THE COMEDY OF MORALSChapter Six: Taming Our ShrewishnessChapter Seven: What Does Shakespeare Mean When He Says, As You Like It ?PART FOUR: THE COMEDY OF POLITICSChapter Eight: Is All Well That Ends Well?Chapter Nine: The Geopolitics of LoveChapter Ten: The Wisest BeholderSHAKESPEARE S POLITIC MERRIMENT