The Three Reads Method

Six well chosen, carefully curated tragic masterpieces one after the other will do a world of good for anybody wanting to get better acquainted with Shakespeare the tragedy. And then when you come to the comedies, the comedies are like desert. You probably feel this huge burden from having waded through these bleak, bloody tragedies. But now coming to the comedy is like a reward and you breathe a big sigh of relief and you also understand both genres.