What type of literary work 'The Merchant of Venice' is?

The Merchant of Venice, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1596–97 and printed in a quarto edition in 1600 from an authorial manuscript or copy of one.
His other literary works are-
“Hamlet”
“The Taming of the Shrew”
“Henry IV, Part 1”
“The Merry Wives of Windsor”
“King John”
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
“Henry IV, Part 2”
“Henry VI, Part 1”
“The Tempest”
Source: britannica