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The Scornful Lady

Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher

The Scornful Lady is a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, and first published in 1616, the year of Beaumont's death. It was one of the pair's most popular..

Lysistrata

Aristophanes

Aristophanes (446 - 386 BC), also known as the "Father" or "Prince" of ancient comedy, was one of ancient Athens' most famous playwrights. Only eleven of his forty plays exist in their entirety, but w..

The Playboy of the Western World

J. M. Synge

The Playboy of the Western World is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James ..

The Miser

Molière

The Miser is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris. ..

L'Avare

Molière

The Miser's original script in French is  L'Avare,  a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the theatre of the Palais-Roy..

Les Deux Gentilshommes de Vérone

William Shakespeare

Les Deux Gentilshommes de Vérone is the French version of Shakespeare's famous comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona...

Volpone

Ben Jonson

Volpone is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's mos..

The Alchemist

Ben Jonson

The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge ..