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A Breath of French Air

A Breath of French Air

H. E. Bates

Absolutely fabulous

Absolutely fabulous

Jennifer Saunders

Alfie

Alfie

Bill Naughton, Bill Naughton

Allegory and mysticsm in Shakespeare

Allegory and mysticsm in Shakespeare

Sir Israel Gollancz

An Aristotelian theory of comedy

An Aristotelian theory of comedy

An essay on comedy

An essay on comedy

An essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit

An essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit

George Meredith

Artist descending a staircase

Artist descending a staircase

Tom Stoppard

Barefoot in the park

Barefoot in the park

Neil Simon

Because I tell a joke or two

Because I tell a joke or two

Stephen Wagg

Billy Liar [play]

Billy Liar [play]

Comedy

Comedy

Comedy of manners

Comedy of manners

David L. Hirst

Comoediae

Comoediae

Aristophanes

De l'art de la comédie

De l'art de la comédie

Jean François Cailhava d'Estendoux

Dead Babies

Dead Babies

Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House

Richard Gordon

Eight great comedies

Eight great comedies

Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, William Burto

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

George Meredith's essay On comedy and other New quarterly magazine publications

George Meredith's essay On comedy and other New quarterly magazine publications

Geschichte der komischen litteratur

Geschichte der komischen litteratur

Honey for the Bears

Honey for the Bears

Anthony Burgess

I Funny

I Funny

James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein

Indecent Exposure

Indecent Exposure

Tom Sharpe

Laughter

Laughter

Henri Bergson, Cloudesley Shovell Henry Brereton, Fred Rothwell

Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique

Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique

Loopholes

Loopholes

John Bruns

Menaechmi

Menaechmi

Titus Maccius Plautus

Molière: the comic mask

Molière: the comic mask

D. B. Wyndham Lewis

Mostellaria

Mostellaria

Titus Maccius Plautus

Oh! To Be in England

Oh! To Be in England

H. E. Bates

Phaedra

Phaedra

Seneca the Younger

Plays (All’s Well That Ends Well /  As You Like It /  Comedy of Errors /  King Henry IV. Part 1 /  King Henry IV. Part 2 /  King Henry V /  King John /  King Richard II /  Love’s Labour’s Lost /  Macbeth /  Measure for Measure /  Merchant of Venice /  Merry Wives of Windsor /  Midsummer Night’s Dream /  Much Ado About Nothing /  Taming of the Shrew /  Tempest /  Twelfth Night /  Two Gentlemen of Verona /  Winter’s Tale)

Plays (All’s Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry IV. Part 2 / King Henry V / King John / King Richard II / Love’s Labour’s Lost / Macbeth / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night’s Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter’s Tale)

William Shakespeare

Plaza suite

Plaza suite

Neil Simon

Porterhouse Blue

Porterhouse Blue

Tom Sharpe

Puckoon

Puckoon

Spike Milligan

Saint Jack

Saint Jack

Paul Theroux

Samia

Samia

Menander of Athens

Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Jane Wagner

Shakespeare's Principal Plays (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Cymbeline / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry IV. Part 2 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard II / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Winter's Tale)

Shakespeare's Principal Plays (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Cymbeline / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry IV. Part 2 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard II / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Winter's Tale)

William Shakespeare

Side effects

Side effects

Woody Allen

Taking humour seriously

Taking humour seriously

Jerry Palmer, Jerry Palmer, Palmer, Jerry.

Teahouse of the August Moon

Teahouse of the August Moon

Vern Sneider

Terence and the language of Roman comedy

Terence and the language of Roman comedy

Evangelos Karakasis

The Darling Buds of May

The Darling Buds of May

H. E. Bates

The Jacobean Shakespeare and Measure for measure

The Jacobean Shakespeare and Measure for measure

R. W. Chambers

The Shakspearean Reader

The Shakspearean Reader

William Shakespeare, John W. S. Hows

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'

Frank Sidgwick

The comic spirit in restoration drama

The comic spirit in restoration drama

Henry Ten Eyck Perry

The country wife

The country wife

William Wycherley