Mr Shallwesigh or Mr Shallwelaugh

• shall we laugh: Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i "Good signiors both, when shall we laugh? say, when?"

• "we shall laugh:" Henry Scott Holland, an Oxford professor, gave a famous sermon at St Paul’s Cathedral in May 1910 following the death of King Edward VII, which contained the often quoted line: "How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!"

• Shaw a reference here to George Bernard Shaw, with connection to other literary figures on this page. His works include both tragedy and comedy, which it seems Joyce found tedious.