Comedy
Simon Evans Goes To Market
BBC Radio 4
Simon Evans sets himself the challenge to make economics funny in this comprehensive guide to global markets. In each episode, Simon t…
Sweethearts (Version 2)
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W. S. Gilbert
Subtitled "An Original Dramatic Contrast", the play presents two neighbors, Harry and Jenny, parting in Act 1 and then meeting aga…
Christopher Junior
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Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Having accidentally placed himself in a compromising situation, Christopher Jedbury, Jr. is forced to marry a woman without ever seeing her.…
The Stolen Heiress
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Susanna Centlivre
Claiming that his son has died while away, Lord Gravello makes it appear that his daughter is now "the Heir to all [his] vast Revenues,…
The Beau's Duel, or A Soldier for the Ladies
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Susanna Centlivre
A comedy, this was Centlivre's second play, first presented in 1702, and in her prologue she has made a big deal of the fact that this play …
Amphitryon; or, Jupiter in Disguise
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Titus Maccius Plautus
The gods Jupiter and Mercury take the forms of Amphitryon and Sosia to visit Alcmena just before her husband Amphitryon returns from the war…
A Pleasant Commodie of Faire Em, the Miller's Daughter of Manchester, with the …
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William Shakespeare
By Shakespeare? Almost certainly not, but 1) it was found in a volume labeled Shakespeare in the library of Charles II, and 2) C. F. Tucker …
Great Gildersleeve 41 08 31 ( 001) Arrives At Summerfield
Gildersleeve leaves Wistful Vista for Summerfield for a business trip, and immediately gets into an argument with a stranger, who later turn…
Jack Benny Program 37 04 04 Back From New York
The gang has returned from New York just in time for spring, and talk about their gardening. Phil gets Jack upset up about Fred Allen,…
Abbott And Costello Show 44 04 06 Guest Cary Grant
Costello needs talent for his new radio station, and Cary Grant tries to help by bringing in a man who he claims is "the most talented …
Abbott And Costello Show 45 01 11 Lou's House Needs A Bathtub
Costello has bought a house out in the country without a bathtub, and has trouble trying to get one.
Abbott & Costello 44 11 09 Lou's Race Horse, Peanut Butter
Costello has bought a horse and plans to enter it in a race, and Mr. Kitzel wants to be the jockey.
Abbott & Costello 45 04 26 Making A Movie With The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters threaten to sue Bud and Lou, but the boys get out of it by agreeing to appear in a movie with the Sisters.
Abbott & Costello 48 12 23 Sam Shovel I'm All Yours In Buttons And Bows
Bud and Lou go Christmas shopping for presents for the cast. Lieutenant Abbott asks Detective Sam Shovel to help him guard a department stor…
Abbott & Costello Show 44 01 20 Football Game With Harold Peary
Costello fires a BB gun out the window and hits Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. To satisfy Gildersleeve's honor, Costello agrees to play a gam…
Aldrich Family 52 11 23 The Thanksgiving Turkey
It's the day before Thanksgiving, and a feud develops between Henry's and Homer's families when the store only has one turkey left, and both…
Bing Crosby Show 49 11 02 Guest Bob Hope
Bing sings "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" then "That Lucky Old Sun." Bing and Bob Hope trade jokes and insults an…
Burns And Allen 40 04 17 All Promises Are Fictitious
George claims he's not cheap. Gracie promises not to talk about her campaign but it keeps coming up. Gracie rehearses the speech she'll give…
Burns And Allen 40 05 15 Rah, Rah In Omaha
George and Gracie have arrived in Omaha so Gracie can appear at the political convention for her presidential campaign. Omaha mayor Dan Butl…
Burns And Allen 40 12 23 Christmas Show
Gracie loses the script while Christmas shopping by accidentally sending it to the post office along with the presents, so George, Gracie, a…