Comedy- Midsummer's Night Dream

The entire plot of Midsummer's Night Dream is a convoluted mess that could easily be fixed at numerous times throughout the play. One of those times is the very first scene of the play, in which there are two people in love and a third wheel. Only, instead of allowing the two lovers to be together, the father of the girl insists she marry the third wheel against her will. This scene serves as a foreshadowing to the entire play- nobody takes the easy way out in any of the messes occurring throughout.
Comedies by Shakespeare are very much written to be performed and viewed rather than read. No matter how good the comedies are- and this and others are wonderfully comedic- the full effect cannot be had without viewing all the physical humour as well.
Having seen both Taming of the Shrew and this play performed before, I think I was able to go into reading both with a different perspective that allowed me to enjoy both more. Had I not previously seen the fools scenes in Midsummer or the wedding scene in Taming of the Shrew, I do not think I would have appreciated either nearly as much because of how much visual humour is required to truly bring about the comedy.