About Comedy
Comedy as a working theatrical form has, for two and a half millennia, used the apparatus of misunderstanding to clarify the rules of a society. Whether the means are mistaken identities, marriage plots, social satire, or the older tradition of rough physical farce, comedies in this collection earn their laughs by paying close attention to manners. The form is harder to write than tragedy, harder still to perform, and remains the genre most stubbornly capable of telling a community something true about itself without setting off the defences truth normally activates.
All comedys in the archive (62)
- Mr. Pim Passes By: A Comedy in Three Acts — by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
- The Clouds — by Aristophanes
- Peace — by Aristophanes
- The Acharnians — by Aristophanes
- The Birds — by Aristophanes
- Lysistrata — by Aristophanes
- The Frogs — by Aristophanes
- The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 — by Aristophanes
- The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 — by Aristophanes
- Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy — by Ben Jonson
- Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy — by Bernard Shaw
- The Inca of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta — by Bernard Shaw
- Three Comedies — by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
- The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts — by Edmond Rostand
- Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts — by Edmond Rostand
- Hobson's Choice: A Lancashire Comedy in Four Acts — by Harold Brighouse
- Love's Comedy — by Henrik Ibsen
- The Resources of Quinola: A Comedy in a Prologue and Five Acts — by Honoré de Balzac
- Quality Street: A Comedy — by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
- A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy — by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
- The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts — by J. M. (John Millington) Synge
- The Well of the Saints: A Comedy in Three Acts — by J. M. (John Millington) Synge
- The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act — by James Branch Cabell
- The Master of Mrs. Chilvers: An Improbable Comedy — by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
- The Spanish Curate: A Comedy — by John Fletcher
- Beggars Bush: A Comedy From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10) — by John Fletcher
- The Silver Box: A Comedy in Three Acts — by John Galsworthy
- The Skin Game (A Tragi-Comedy) — by John Galsworthy
- New Comedies — by Lady Gregory
- Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus — by Ludvig Holberg
- Tartuffe; Or, The Hypocrite — by Molière
- Amphitryon — by Molière
- The Middle-Class Gentleman — by Molière
- The Pretentious Young Ladies — by Molière
- The Blunderer — by Molière
- The Love-Tiff — by Molière
- The Bores: A Comedy in Three Acts — by Molière
- Sganarelle, or, the Self-Deceived Husband — by Molière
- Don Garcia of Navarre; Or, the Jealous Prince. A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts. — by Molière
- The School for Husbands — by Molière
- The Miser — by Molière
- Monsieur De Pourceaugnac — by Molière
- The Magnificent Lovers (Les Amants magnifiques) — by Molière
- The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman — by Molière
- The Countess of Escarbagnas — by Molière
- The Learned Women — by Molière
- The Impostures of Scapin — by Molière
- The Imaginary Invalid — by Molière
- The Flying Doctor (Le Médecin Volant) — by Molière
- The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé) — by Molière
- She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy — by Oliver Goldsmith
- The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — by Oscar Wilde
- The Rivals: A Comedy — by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Miss Civilization: A Comedy in One Act — by Richard Harding Davis
- Duty, and Other Irish Comedies — by Seumas O'Brien
- The Captivi and the Mostellaria — by Titus Maccius Plautus
- The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts — by Upton Sinclair
- The Double-Dealer: A Comedy — by William Congreve
- The Old Bachelor: A Comedy — by William Congreve
- Love for Love: A Comedy — by William Congreve
- The Comedy of Errors — by William Shakespeare
- The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] — by William Shakespeare