Comedy

How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers

Read by Andrea L


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 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 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…

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 Glugs of Gosh

Read by Chris Goringe


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 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;…

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)

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 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 …

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 …

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…

Quem casa, quer casa

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Luis Carlos Martins Pena and Luís Carlos Martins Pena


Comedia dramática que descreve as confusões e as brigas de uma família onde mais de um casal vive na mesma casa. Retrat…

Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Thomas Lodge


This novel, which Shakespeare adapted in his pastoral comedy As You Like It, is the archetypal pastoral adventure. Two young persons of high…

Measure For Measure

Read by Tony Addison


William Shakespeare


Described as a "problem play" Measure for Measure is only as much a problem as life itself is- that is, are there any easy answers…

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