From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Brian M. Scott presented the following explanation :   
   > On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:25:00 -0500, William Vetter   
   >  wrote in   
   >  in   
   > rec.arts.sf.composition:   
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   >> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote :   
   >   
   >>> On 11/29/14, 4:54 PM, William Vetter wrote:   
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   > [...]   
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   >>>> Do you think _Romeo and Juliet_ sucks?   
   >   
   >>> Yep. As RAH said, "Even the immortal Will had his   
   >>> off-days."   
   >   
   >> Unless I'm mistaken, he wrote more tradgedies than   
   >> comedies.   
   >   
   > Nope: 12 tragedies, 11 histories, 13 comedies   
      
   I looked this up.  It seems there are 18 comedies, and 10 each of the   
   others, although I think that all histories except Henry IV have sad   
   endings.  So happy vs. sad endings are about equal.   
      
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