Comedy
The Strange Gentleman
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Charles Dickens
Before he became a novelist, Dickens wrote several successful plays. This one from 1836, his first, he called, “A Comic Burletta in Two Acts…
Laurel and Hardy 11 Eps
Various
(11 Episodes) Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy (Misc Works) 5 Songs/Music; 5 Skits; One Interview OTR * def gp ddh
Lysistrata
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Aristophanes
Lysistrata read by a group of college students.First performed in classical Athens c. 411 B.C.E., Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” is the original…
The Gentle Grafter
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O. Henry
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…
Gentle Julia
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Booth Tarkington
Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkingt…
The Tempest (version 2)
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William Shakespeare
Few plays have been seen as a more fitting conclusion to a playwright's career than Shakespeare's The Tempest. Focusing on the aging sorcere…
The Merchant of Venice (version 2)
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William Shakespeare
Perhaps the most controversial of Shakespeare's comedies, The Merchant of Venice tells the tale of a man, Bassanio, who has a crazy plan to …
Duffy's Tavern 118 Eps
Ed Gardner
(118 Episodes) "Duffy's Tavern" was/is a Wartime situation comedy which ran for a decade on several different radio networks: CBS,…
The Aldrich Family 97 Eps
Various
(97 Episodes) THE BEST sitcom BY FAR!! "The Aldrich Family" is one of those really GREAT and TIMELESS Old Time Radio sitcoms that …
The School For Scandal
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy was first performed in 1777 and focuses on the intrigues and scandals of the British upper classes. Lady …
The Genial Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
John Kendrick Bangs once again takes us on a journey with the loveable, but somewhat self-opinionated and irritating Mr Idiot. (Summary by M…
Old Time Radio - 1940s
Various
Old Time Radio of the 1940s, from England. This is a collection of BBC radio comedies: "Band Waggon" starring Arthur Askey and Ric…
Twelfth Night (version 2)
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's great festive comedy, probably written and first performed around 1601, follows the adventures of twins Viola and Sebastian, w…
The Way of the World
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William Congreve
The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields i…
Lysistrata (version 2)
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Aristophanes
Lysistrata has had enough. She is tired of the constant war that is ravaging Greece and has come up with a solution: Together with female fr…
As You Like It (version 2)
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's pastoral comedy was written and first performed around 1599, and presents some of his familiar motifs: a cross-dressing heroin…
The Naturewoman
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Upton Sinclair
The Mastersons, a wealthy Bostonian family, await the arrival of their cousin Anna in the wake of her grandfather's death. Though born in Bo…
Mail Call with Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx stars in this classic episode of Mail Call as heard on the Armed Forces Radio Network. Click here for the Groucho Marx Channel …
Beautiful Soup
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Lewis Carroll
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 different recordings of Beautiful Soup by Lewis Carroll. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of…
Festus Talks About 8 Eps
Various
(8 Episodes) "Festus Talks About..." Festus (from Gunsmoke fame) talks about just about anything ... OT-TV * def gp ddh