Comedy

Comic History of the United States

Read by Allyson Hester


Bill Nye


This text takes the reader on a comical journey from the time of the first European settlement through the Civil War. The author's caustic w…

Love Among the Chickens

Read by Mark Nelson


P. G. Wodehouse


Jeremy Garnet, a second-rate novelist, gets talked into joining his old pal Stanley Featheringstonehaugh Ukridge in an insane plan to start …

The Canterville Ghost

Read by David Barnes


Oscar Wilde


The American Minister and his family have bought the English stately home Canterville Chase, complete with the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterv…

The Taming of the Shrew

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William Shakespeare


The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies, and was inspired by classical Roman comedy and the Italian commedia dell'…

The Alchemist

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Ben Jonson


An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country, leaving his house under the sole charge of …

The Awful German Language

Read by Rainer


Mark Twain


If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix…

The Merchant of Venice

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William Shakespeare


William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Foli…

The Tempest

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William Shakespeare


Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until …

Pygmalion

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George Bernard Shaw


Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor…

The Idiot

Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)


John Kendrick Bangs


The Idiot is anything but, yet his fellow boarders at Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog’s home for single gentlemen see him as such. His brand of creati…

Emma (version 7 Dramatic Reading)

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Jane Austen


Emma is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance....As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and dif…

Much Ado About Nothing

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William Shakespeare


Written around the middle of his career, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's great festive comedies. The men are back from the w…

Eve’s Diary

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Mark Twain


Eve’s Diary is a humorous monologue about Eve’s experiences at the dawn of creation. She is fascinated by every aspect of the new world arou…

Twelfth Night

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William Shakespeare


Hidden and mistaken identities, requited and unrequited loves, pranks and jokes abound in this romantic comedy. (Summary by Karen Savage)Cas…

La Dama Duende

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Pedro Calderón De La Barca


Entre las comedias del fecundo y elegante Calderón merecía, sin duda, uno de los lugares mas distinguidos la que se conoce con…

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)

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Jerome K. Jerome


Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Th…

Irish Wit and Humor

Read by James E. Carson


Various


Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th ce…

A Tramp Abroad

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by th…

Les Précieuses ridicules

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Molière


Madelon et Cathos, deux jeunes provinciales, arrivent à Paris en quête d'amour et de jeux d'esprit. Gorgibus, père de Ma…

Jack Benny 143 Eps


OTR Jack Benny (The Lucky Strike Program)


(143 Episodes) Update: ** Episode information added to all uploads prior to Jan 05, 2011 JACK BENNY (Feb 14, 1894 – Dec 26, 1974): Jack Benn…

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