Comedy
The Frogs
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Aristophanes
Athens is in a sorry state of affairs. The great tragedian, Euripides, is dead, and Dionysus, the god of the theater, has to listen to third…
Bob Hope
Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope) was born on May 29, 1903, in Eltham, London, England. He emigrated to America with his family in 1908, becomin…
She Stoops to Conquer
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Oliver Goldsmith
In She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night, a young lady pretends to be a servant in order to win the notice of a young man who is…
Free Air
Read by Hollis Hanover
Sinclair Lewis
This road trip novel is set in the early twentieth century and follows the experiences of an aristocratic New Englander and her father as th…
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures
Read by Martin Clifton
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) was the son of an actor manager. After some time in the Navy and as an apprentice printer he became a pl…
Bright Star
Bright Star, also known as The Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show, featured big film stars to enhance its appeal and attract listeners. Ire…
The Halls of Ivy
Don Quinn
The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that aired from 1949 to 1952. Created by Don Quinn, known for his work on Fibber McGee and Molly, t…
Love Conquers All
Read by Ted Delorme
Robert C. Benchley
Robert Benchley, 1889-1945, was a writer, humorist and actor of note during the 1920s through the early 1940s. Born in Massachusetts, he spe…
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Edith Œnone Somerville
This is the first of three novels which Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin wrote about the English Major Sinclair Yates who leave…
Our Mr. Wrenn
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Sinclair Lewis
"At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at…
The American Claimant
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectatio…
Ozzie & Harriet
"The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" is a beloved situation comedy that features many reused scripts and actual repeat shows. T…
Mark Twain's Autobiography and First Romance
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, published by Sheldon & Co., NY in 1871, is Mark Twain's third …
Porcelain and Pink
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Porcelain and Pink" is a comic one-act play from the 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. The plot involves a youn…
Mama Bloom's Brood - Single Episodes
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
MAMA BLOOM'S BROOD This early series (circa 1934) combines elements of the soap opera with those of the situation comedy. The episodes are f…
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
Enjoy a delightful collection of 11 episodes featuring the comedic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. This compilation includes a mix of skit…
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
Read by Leslie Walden
O. Henry
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…
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