Comedy
The Rocket
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Gentlemen out away from London, looking for wives. "I'm going to settle down, hearthrug and slippers and all that sort of thing." …
The Double Dealer
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William Congreve
"This remarkable melodrama [The Double Dealer] - for a comedy it can scarcely be called... Is it possible to imagine a more inextricabl…
The Follies of a Day; OR, The Marriage of Figaro (English)
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Pierre Beaumarchais
This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its origina…
A Bold Stroke for a Husband
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Hannah Cowley
"Plays, where the scene is placed in a foreign country, particularly when that country is Spain, have a license to present certain impr…
A Wife Without A Smile
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Rippingill can not get his wife to relax her stony features and smile. Maybe even laugh. "Avis - Lady Whitstable and the pickled sa…
Point Sublime
Various
Starring Cliff Arquette as storekeeper and mayor of Point Sublime, Ben Willet, and Mel Blanc as August Moon and Ben Willet's side-kick, the …
Fred Allen Town Hall Tonight 37 03 17 St Patrick's Day Show
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The Mighty Allen Art Players perform a hillbilly feud skit. A failed escape artist is given one more chance.
18NewYearsOTRClassics
PDGazette2
18 New Year OTR Shows, 1944-1958 Comedy, science fiction, horror, detective, and variety shows from the first week (12/31 - 1/7) of the new …
Jack Benny Program 37 04 11 Guests Burns And Allen
Gracie arrives to deliver a message from George, but George has to deliver it himself. The cast performs another episode of Buck Benny…
We’re in Business: A BBC Radio Comedy Series
BBC Radio 4
Eight episodes from the vintage radio comedy starring Peter Jones and Harry Worth. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service, We’re in Busines…
Protesting Too Much: BBC Radio Comedy
BBC Radio 4
Set on the eve of the 1997 general election, bumbling Conservative MP George Dank climbs a tree in protest at the building of a new bypass t…
Cupid's Whirligig
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Edward Sharpham
Cupid's Whirligig is a city comedy: a play in colloquial language dealing with the everyday life of London's citizens. A knight, Sir Timothy…
A Woman is a Weathercock
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Nathan Field
A Woman is a Weathercock is the first play by the former child star of the Jacobean stage, Nathan Field. The action takes place over a singl…
Princess of Elis
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Molière
In the month of May 1664, Louis XIV entertained the Queen-mother, Anne of Austria, and his own wife , Maria Theresa, with a brilliant and su…
Miles Gloriosus; The Braggart Captain
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Titus Maccius Plautus
Pleusicles loves Philocomasium, but she is kidnapped by Pyrgopolinices. Palaestrio, faithful servant to Pleusicles, witnesses this and goes …
A Country Mouse
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Arthur Law
You could be forgiven upon reading that title, not to mention auditing the opening scene, for thinking that this is a play of a simple count…
The Love Chase
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James Sheridan Knowles
In this romantic comedy from 1837, three sets of mismatched lovers bicker, woo, spar, and scheme on their way to matrimonial bliss. James Sh…
Duffy's Tavern 44 01 04 Fred Allen
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Fred Allen visits the Tavern, where Duffy and Archie scheme to get Fred to MC a pig roast.
Fibber Mc Gee And Molly 39 01 24 Missing Shirt Collar Button
McGee spends the entire show trying to get a button sewed onto his shirt.
Abbott And Costello 43 03 16 At The Circus With Alan Hale
Bud and Lou agree to help out at a charity circus. The manager tries to get Costello to use his head as a baseball target, he refuses,…