Comedy Books

Les alegres comares de Windsor

William Shakespeare

Les alegres comares de Windsor is the Catalan language version of The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or..

Candida

George Bernard Shaw

Candida, a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw, was first published in 1898, as part of his Plays Pleasant. The central characters are clergyman James Morell, his wife Candida and a youthful poet..

Le songe d'une nuit d'été

William Shakespeare

Le songe d'une nuit d'été is the French version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke o..

Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 02 of 10 - The Humourous Lieutenant

Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher

Beaumont and Fletcher were the English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated in their writing during the reign of James I (1603-25).They became known as a team early in their..

Arms and the Man

George Bernard Shaw

Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque cano. The play takes place in 1885, during the Serbo-Bulg..

Die zärtlichen Schwestern

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

Die zärtlichen Schwestern is a French comedy by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, a German poet, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing...

Helden

George Bernard Shaw

Helden is a German drama translated from the English title Arms and the Man, a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque ..

The Jewel Merchants - A Comedy in One Act

James Branch Cabell

The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act is a comedy drama written by James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporar..