Comedy
London Assurance
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Dion Boucicault
This fast-paced Victorian farce is at heart a comedy of manners. Dion Bouciault’s witty dialogue ridicules the pretensions of society as the…
Civil Service
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Walter Ben Hare
Subtitled "An American Drama in Three Acts. A Play with a Punch." "A comedy drama of American life depicting the joys and sor…
The Wonder Show
'The Wonder Show' is Jack Haley's second radio program, featuring nearly the same cast as 'Log Cabin Jamboree'. This time, it includes the t…
Red Skelton Show
In this episode of the Red Skelton Show, Deadeye goes after the man who stole his gal and his gold claim. Meanwhile, Junior, the Mean Widdle…
The Bell
Vincent Maclnerney
In Vincent Maclnerney's Liverpudlian comedy thriller, Detective Inspector Crust, played by James Ellis, is on the trail of one of the bridge…
We’re in Business
BBC Radio 4
We’re in Business is a vintage radio comedy that aired on the BBC Home Service, featuring the hilarious antics of dodgy small-time businessm…
For the Love of Leo
BBC Radio 4
Leo Fabiani is a renowned Edinburgh artist who tragically loses his wife in a traffic accident and seems, ever since, to have become a magne…
The Rocket
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Gentlemen out away from London, looking for wives. "I'm going to settle down, hearthrug and slippers and all that sort of thing." …
Princess of Elis
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Molière
In the month of May 1664, Louis XIV entertained the Queen-mother, Anne of Austria, and his own wife , Maria Theresa, with a brilliant and su…
The Double Dealer
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William Congreve
"This remarkable melodrama [The Double Dealer] - for a comedy it can scarcely be called... Is it possible to imagine a more inextricabl…
Miles Gloriosus
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Titus Maccius Plautus
Pleusicles loves Philocomasium, but she is kidnapped by Pyrgopolinices. Palaestrio, faithful servant to Pleusicles, witnesses this and goes …
The Follies of a Day
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Pierre Beaumarchais
This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its origina…
A Bold Stroke for a Husband
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Hannah Cowley
"Plays, where the scene is placed in a foreign country, particularly when that country is Spain, have a license to present certain impr…
A Wife Without A Smile
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Rippingill can not get his wife to relax her stony features and smile. Maybe even laugh. "Avis - Lady Whitstable and the pickled sa…
Point Sublime
Starring Cliff Arquette as storekeeper and mayor of Point Sublime, Ben Willet, and Mel Blanc as August Moon and Ben Willet's side-kick, the …
Fred Allen Town Hall Tonight St Patrick's Day Show
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The Mighty Allen Art Players perform a hillbilly feud skit. A failed escape artist is given one more chance.
18 New Years OTR Classics
Enjoy a delightful collection of 18 Old Time Radio shows celebrating the New Year, featuring a mix of comedy, science fiction, horror, detec…
Jack Benny Program
Gracie arrives to deliver a message from George, but George has to deliver it himself. The cast performs another episode of Buck Benny Rides…
Protesting Too Much
Sally Phillips and Kate Brooke
Set on the eve of the 1997 general election, bumbling Conservative MP George Dank climbs a tree in protest at the building of a new bypass t…
Cupid's Whirligig
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Edward Sharpham
Cupid's Whirligig is a city comedy: a play in colloquial language dealing with the everyday life of London's citizens. A knight, Sir Timothy…