Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is considered a comedy. But not in a Comedy Central kind of way. Its classification, scholars have argued, is only because of its happy ending. But the play itself, which resolves around the Duke of Vienna and a nefarious judge, is full of tragic soliloquies, executions, and attempted blackmail. So it’s more like CSI than SNL. Drama or comedy, its appeal has lasted for four centuries. Locals will get a chance to see it for free at the Lake County Theatre Company’s Shakespeare at the Lake, July 29–30 at 7 p.m. at Library Park in Lakeport. It will also be staged August 4–6 at 7 p.m. in Austin Park in Clearlake. For details, see laketheatre.org/shakespeare-at-the-lake.