Comedy
Marge Askinforit
Read by Nigel Boydell
Barry Pain
A rollicking parody of the Margot Asquith memoirs, in which Pain's character, Marge, beguiles us with the most personal details of her dysfu…
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
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Stephen Leacock
"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follo…
An Ideal Husband
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Oscar Wilde
The "Ideal Husband" of the title is Sir Robert Chiltern, with his equally upright wife Lady Chiltern. He has never committed a cri…
The Pirates Of Penzance
Read by David Wales
W. S. Gilbert
In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’…
Life with the Lyons
"Life With The Lyons" was a British radio and television domestic sitcom that debuted in 1950. Uniquely, it featured real-life Ame…
The Tempest
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John Dryden
John Dryden and William D'Avenant's Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest preserves the main plot and characters of the origin…
Moms Mabley
'Moms Mabley' was a very popular and hilarious stand-up comedienne during the late 1960s. Known for her bold and unapologetic style, Moms al…
The Foolish Dictionary
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Charles Wayland Towne
"The Foolish Dictionary" was written by "Gideon Wurdz" (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne) and was published in 190…
Whittington and his Cat
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E. L. Blanchard
Whittington and his Cat, or Harlequin Lord Mayor of London was the 26th Grand Comic Christmas Annual, written by E. L. Blanchard for perform…
The Anderson Family
"The Anderson Family" is a delightful situation comedy radio program that was syndicated and broadcast from 1947 to 1948. Produced…
The Wit and Humor of America
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fifth volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 32 authors…
Mary Broome
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Allan Monkhouse
Before Downton Abbey, there was Mary Broome. In Allan Monkhouse's 1911 satire, when the son of a middle-class household gets their housemaid…
The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
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William Mountfort
First produced between 1684-1688, this - as the title says - is Faust played as a comedy. Angels to go along with Mephistopholis and Lucife…
The Alan Young Show
The Alan Young Show was a 30-minute situation comedy that ran from 1944 through 1949. In 1944, Canadian actor Alan Young was hired away from…
The Skin Game
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John Galsworthy
A small play in three acts. A kind of comic tragedy. The plot tells the story of the interaction between two very different families in rura…
Easy Aces
Enjoy the classic radio series Easy Aces, a delightful blend of humor and charm that has entertained audiences for years. With a total of 15…
Mr H
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Charles Lamb
Mr H is a farce that was first performed at Drury Lane in 1806. The plot is slender and revolves around a single rather feeble joke, but the…