While Shakespeare is famous for his tragedies, the Bard had a wicked sense of humor — sharp, cheeky, and often full of clever wordplay, innuendo, and satire.
Here are the funniest sides of Shakespeare:
1. Wordplay and Puns Galore
Shakespeare was the OG pun master. He loved twisting words to create double meanings, often with a saucy edge.
From Romeo and Juliet:
“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.”
Said by Mercutio — even as he’s dying, he’s making a pun on “grave.” That’s dark comedy at its finest!
2. Bawdy Jokes (Yep, He Was Kinda Naughty)
A lot of Shakespeare’s humor was naughty, hidden in elegant Elizabethan language. He knew how to keep the groundlings (those standing in the cheap seats) laughing with innuendos and sexual jokes.
From Twelfth Night:
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
— spoken by Feste the jester, who roasts everyone with style.
3. Hilarious Characters
- Sir Toby Belch (Twelfth Night): A drunken uncle who plots pranks.
- Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream): A fool who literally turns into a donkey.
- Dogberry (Much Ado About Nothing): A constable so incompetent, he invents new words by mistake.
4. Comedy of Mistaken Identity
In plays like The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night, twins get mixed up, people disguise themselves as the opposite gender, and romantic chaos ensues.
Even His Serious Stuff Has Humor
Take Hamlet — a tragedy, yes, but Hamlet’s sarcastic banter and mockery of Polonius
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