Comedy
The Law Against Lovers
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William Davenant
The Law Against Lovers was a dramatic adaptation of Shakespeare, arranged by Sir William Davenant and staged by the Duke's Company in 1662. …
How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers
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Robert Williams Wood
How do you tell apart a parrot from a carrot? A plover from a clover? A bay from a jay? Although there are several ways of differentiating, …
The Smiths of Hollywood 28 Eps
Various
(28 Episodes - 1 Audition & 27 EPs) "The Smiths of Hollywood," broadcast in 1947, was a 27 episode, syndicated, situation come…
The Amazons: A Farcical Romance
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Arthur Wing Pinero
This 1895 farce inspired by the outlandish idea of women wearing pants, centers around the predicament of the three daughters of the eccentr…
The Leopard in Autumn
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio comedy about the ruling family of Renaissance Italy's most inconsequential city-state. In Monte Guano, a ridiculously small and pe…
The Taming of the Shrew (version 2)
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William Shakespeare
When local drunkard Christopher Sly walks into a tavern, the last thing he expects is a complex trick where, to the amusement of many others…
Fibber Mc Gee And Molly 39 03 07 Mc Gee's Hamburger Joint
Unknown
McGee tries to make a few bucks by opening a new hamburger joint.
The Glugs of Gosh
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C. J. Dennis
First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…
The Witch-Wife
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Henry Spicer
Matthew Hopkins, a renowned witch-hunter, has his sights set on the quiet village near Pendell Manor. However Cecile Howard and her friends …
The Misadventures of Si & Elmer 41 Eps
Various
(41 Episodes: 1st 3 Cases) "The Misadventures of Si & Elmer" (aka "Si & Elmer") was a daily 15 minute comedic so…
The Woman's Prize, or the Tamer Tamed
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John Fletcher
John Fletcher's comedy (probably written and performed around 1611) is a sequel to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, in which, as the t…
The Goon Show
The Goons
The Goon Show (1950s): Ultimate Goons 151 Episodes of a madcap British radio comedy, starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry …
The Beaux Stratagem
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George Farquhar
Two gentlemen of broken fortune, disguised as master and servant, and thinking that a good dowry split both ways would solve their problems;…
Burns And Allen 43 11 02 ( 10) Jack Benny In The Beauty Shop
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Gracie discovers one of Jacks' secrets, and tries to blackmail him into having George sing on his program.
Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories
Read by Philip Martin
Cal Stewart
A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. (Summary by Philip Martin)
Jack Benny Program 53 04 05 Easter Parade
Unknown
Jack and Mary meet many characters on their annual Easter stroll down the boulevard.
The Admirable Bashville
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George Bernard Shaw
The Admirable Bashville is a product of the British law of copyright. As that law stands at present, the first person who patches up a stage…
The Old Debauchees
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Henry Fielding
Young Laroon plans to marry Isabel, but Father Martin manipulates Isabel's father, Jourdain, in order to seduce Isabel. However, other chara…
Meet Corliss Archer 10 Eps
Various
(10 Episodes) “Meet Corliss Archer” The first broadcasting of CBS's “Meet Corliss Archer” (with Campbell's Soup as their sponsor) was April …
Archie Andrews - OTR
Archie Andrews was a teenage sitcom directly adapted from the very popular comic strip of Bob Montana. It began to be heard on NBC Blue on M…