Comedy

Our Mr. Wrenn

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Sinclair Lewis



"At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at…

The American Claimant

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectatio…

Ozzie & Harriet




"The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" is a beloved situation comedy that features many reused scripts and actual repeat shows. T…

Mark Twain's Autobiography and First Romance

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, published by Sheldon & Co., NY in 1871, is Mark Twain's third …

Scènes de la vie de province

Read by Bernard


Honoré de Balzac



Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…

Hero and Leander

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Christopher Marlowe



Two young people, the epitome of young masculine and feminine beauty, fall in love at first sight, but their union is forbidden by the tyran…

Porcelain and Pink

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F. Scott Fitzgerald



"Porcelain and Pink" is a comic one-act play from the 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. The plot involves a youn…

Mama Bloom's Brood - Single Episodes


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MAMA BLOOM'S BROOD This early series (circa 1934) combines elements of the soap opera with those of the situation comedy. The episodes are f…

The Strange Gentleman

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Charles Dickens



Before he became a novelist, Dickens wrote several successful plays. This one from 1836, his first, he called, “A Comic Burletta in Two Acts…

Laurel and Hardy




Enjoy a delightful collection of 11 episodes featuring the comedic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. This compilation includes a mix of skit…

Lysistrata

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Aristophanes



Lysistrata read by a group of college students.First performed in classical Athens c. 411 B.C.E., Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” is the original…

The Gentle Grafter

Read by Leslie Walden


O. Henry



If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…

The Tempest

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William Shakespeare



Few plays have been seen as a more fitting conclusion to a playwright's career than Shakespeare's The Tempest. Focusing on the aging sorcere…

Gentle Julia

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Booth Tarkington



Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkingt…

La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas

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Molière



La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas est une comédie-ballet de Molière (musique de Charpentier et ballets de Beauchamp), commandée…

The Merchant of Venice

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William Shakespeare



Perhaps the most controversial of Shakespeare's comedies, The Merchant of Venice tells the tale of a man, Bassanio, who has a crazy plan to …

Duffy's Tavern


Ed Gardner



"Duffy's Tavern" was a wartime situation comedy that aired for a decade on several different radio networks, including CBS from 19…

The Aldrich Family


Clifford Goldsmith



The Aldrich Family is one of the greatest and most timeless Old Time Radio sitcoms that never fails to make you laugh. The main characters, …

The School For Scandal

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan



Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy was first performed in 1777 and focuses on the intrigues and scandals of the British upper classes. Lady …

The Genial Idiot

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John Kendrick Bangs



John Kendrick Bangs once again takes us on a journey with the loveable, but somewhat self-opinionated and irritating Mr Idiot. (Summary by M…

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