Elizabethean drama flourished in England during the late 16th century. The plays of this period were mostly comedies or tragedies and highlighted by the works of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries like Christopher Marlowe. Shakespeare's famous plays included tragedies like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello as well as comedies like A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merchant of Venice. Other notable playwrights of the time included Marlowe, Ben Johnson, and John Webster.