Comedy
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
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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
Read by Bellona Times
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…
Old Time Radio
Experience the charm of 1940s British radio with this collection of BBC comedies. Featuring iconic shows like "Band Waggon," starr…
Twelfth Night
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's great festive comedy, probably written and first performed around 1601, follows the adventures of twins Viola and Sebastian, w…
The Way of the World
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William Congreve
The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields i…