Comedy Books

The Rivals - A Comedy

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The Rivals is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The story has been updated in numerous adaptions, inc..

King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays

Floyd Dell

King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is a collection 11 one act plays written by Floyd Dell, an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. The..

The Blunderer

Molière

The Blunderer is an Italian comedy drama written by Molière, a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language. The plot is carried o..

The Clouds

Aristophanes

Athens playwright Aristophanes' comedy play The Clouds is a lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens. The play begins with Strepsiades suddenly sitting up in bed whi..

The Wrong Box

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tont..

The McNaughtens

Jean François Regnard

Spruce Oh, if I gamble a little it's only to spend the time while you are spending the night in certain black gambling dens. I hear you swearing right up to the door. I swear, too, when luck is agains..

Moral

Ludwig Thoma

Dr. Ludwig Thoma, perhaps better known to his Bavarian countrymen as Peter Schlemiehl, was born in Oberammergau on January 21, 1867. After graduating from a gymnasium in Munich, he studied at the Scho..

The Lucky Man

Monsieur Baron

The Lucky Man is a French comedy drama by Michel Baron.Olivia: Yes, I ought to, Laura. Don't I have an interest in everything that touches you? Do you imagine I can watch with pleasure as people abuse..