A Memo: plays to go through for the comedy course

These are 13 plays chosen by Professor Vivienne Westbrook for in-class discussion. Some of them are chosen as expected, while some, to my amazement, always seem to slip by me without a slight suggestion of humor. I'm really curious about her take and looking forward to her lectures on these plays that are seemingly tragic (I believe there's more to say than a mere focus on the comic relief).

1. The Taming of the Shrew
2. The Comedy of Errors
3. The Merry Wives of Windsor
4. Much Ado About Nothing
5. Twelfth Night
6. Measure for Measure
7. Richard III
8. Henry IV, Part 1
9. Henry IV, Part 2
10. Hamlet
11. Othello
12. King Lear
13. The Winter’s Tale