Comedy
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
Various
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
Unknown
The Mighty Allen Art Players perform a hillbilly feud skit. A failed escape artist is given one more chance.
18 New Years OTR Classics
PDGazette2
18 New Year OTR Shows, 1944-1958 Comedy, science fiction, horror, detective, and variety shows from the first week (12/31 - 1/7) of the new …
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…
Protesting Too Much
BBC Radio 4
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…
A Woman is a Weathercock
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Nathan Field
A Woman is a Weathercock is the first play by the former child star of the Jacobean stage, Nathan Field. The action takes place over a singl…
A Country Mouse
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Arthur Law
You could be forgiven upon reading that title, not to mention auditing the opening scene, for thinking that this is a play of a simple count…
The Love Chase
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James Sheridan Knowles
In this romantic comedy from 1837, three sets of mismatched lovers bicker, woo, spar, and scheme on their way to matrimonial bliss. James Sh…
Duffy's Tavern
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Fred Allen visits the Tavern, where Duffy and Archie scheme to get Fred to MC a pig roast.
Abbott And Costello
Bud and Lou agree to help out at a charity circus. The manager tries to get Costello to use his head as a baseball target, but he refuses. I…
Lobby Land
BBC Radio 4
A satirical comedy drama about life and work in the journalists' Westminster bubble. It centres on political editor Samantha Peakes of ficti…
Gush
BBC Radio 4
An epic tale of power, love, passion and oil – from the minds of comedy greats Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. Gush is the stunning saga of the …
Seven Keys to Baldpate
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George M. Cohan
Betting that he can write 10,000 words in 24 hours, a novelist locks himself into a snowbound summer resort on Baldpate Mountain with what h…
The Freaks
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Arthur Wing Pinero
When Mrs. Herrick's brother Charlie dies, he leaves his money in trust for members of the circus he used to own under the name of "Sega…