Comedy
More Magnificient Monague
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At last there are more of the Magnificient Montigue. Just thot I'd share what I have also
My Friend Irma OTR
My Friend Irma is a media franchise that was spawned by a top-rated, long-running radio situation comedy created by writer-director-producer…
The Frequency of Laughter
BBC Radio 4
The Frequency of Laughter: A History of Radio Comedy The Frequency of Laughter is a six-part history of radio comedy, covering 1975-20…
The Cat and the Canary
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John Willard
An over-the-top melodrama and murder mystery in three acts. The scene: an old haunted mansion, deliberately left standing empty for 20 years…
Fred Allen Texaco Star Theater 42 12 06 Allen's Alley Begins
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Fred and Portland take their very first trip down Allens' Alley, to ask who makes the better coffee, President Roosevelt or Mayor LaGuardia.…
Ford Theater 49 03 04 The Horn Blows At Midnight
This is the radio version of The Horn Blows at Midnight, starring Jack Benny, and Claude Rains. Jack, playing a minor angel named Athanael, …
The Life Of Riley 48 03 27 The Giant Easter Bunny Fertilizer
Riley is worried the formula of his secret fertilizer might be stolen. Riley sees Babs' boyfriend dressed up as a rabbit, but thinks the gia…
The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour
The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour A fifteen minute political/social satire radio series that revolved around Native people and Native con…
1966 and All That: BBC Radio Comedy Drama
BBC Radio 4
A BBC Radio dramatisation of Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain in the 20th Century. The 1920s and 30s King George utters some unmem…
Two Pastorals: an Heroic and a Comic
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Molière
Moliere, on the way to the Ballet of the Muses, a court festival, started to write a new Heroic Pastoral. "He chose for his subject a s…
Keep Your Own Secret
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Pedro Calderón De La Barca
"Love and perseverance will at last vanquish every obstacle. Today I have kept out of the way of every possible hindrance... and at thi…
Asinaria; or, The Ass-Dealer
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Titus Maccius Plautus
Another Plautus comedy. Not too complicated: People behaving poorly, clever slaves aiding complicated plots, gullible tradesman (the Ass-Dea…
Abbott & Costello 48 11 25 Plymouth Rock
Lou tells Bud about his Thanksgiving without a turkey. Lou has written a play about the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock.
The Big Show 50 12 17 The Big Show 50 12 17 Bob Hope Phil Harris Martin & Lewis
Bob Hope tries to gets Tallulah to appear on his show. Meredith Wilson plays "The Thing." Louis Armstrong performs "Ain't Mis…
Sunshine
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Walter Ben Hare
Ye lords and ladies who have gathered hereto see our little comedy of cheer,I bid you welcome to the Sunshine play,And hope 'twill drive you…
The Merry Devil of Edmonton
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William Shakespeare
Tucker Brooke, author of The Shakespeare Apocrypha (available separately here at Librivox), notes that "The external evidence which has…
The Town Before You
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Hannah Cowley
Impoverished Lords. Rich Lords and Ladies with no sense; other folk with Big Plans. Charlatans. Fools. Buffoons. Disguises. Clever Wives and…
Charlie Mc Carthy 41 09 21 W C Fields
Charlie is expected to apologize to Fields because of a prank. Abbott and Costello are also guests, and talk about their new jungle picture.
The Romancers
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Edmond Rostand
By the author of Cyrano de Bergerac, this comic-romance formed the basis for the long-running 1960's musical "The Fantasticks". - …