Comedies by , Aristophanes

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Comédies. by De Banville, Théodore

Table of Contents: “…LE COUSIN DU ROISCÈNE PREMIÈRE; SCÈNE II; SCENE III; SCENE IV; SCÈNE V; SCENE VI; SCENE VII; SCÈNE VIII; SCÈNE IX; SCENE X; SCÈNE XI; DIANE AU BOIS -- COMÉDIE HÉROÏQUE EN DEUX ACTES; ACTE PREMIER; SCÈNE PREMIÈRE; SCÈNE II; SCÈNE III; SCÈNE IV; SCÈNE V; SCÈNE VI; SCÈNE VII; SCENE VIII; ACTE DEUXIÈME; SCENE PREMIÈRE; SCÈNE II; SCÈNE III; SCÈNE IV; SCÈNE V; SCÈNE VI; LES FOURBERIES DE NÉRINE; SCENE PREMIERE; SCENE II; SCENE III; LA POMME; SCENE PREMIÈRE; SCÈNE II; SCÈNE III; SCÈNE IV; FLORISE -- COMÉDIE EN QUATRE ACTES; ACTE PREMIER; SCENE PREMIÈRE; SCÈNE II; SCENE III; SCÈNE IV; SCENE V.…”
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Comedy : American Style / by Fauset, Jessie Redmon

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- Comedy: American Style -- Selected Essays -- Yarrow Revisited -- Nostalgia -- This Way to the Flea Market -- Selected Poems -- Oriflamme -- Touché -- Rencontre -- La Vie C'est La Vie -- Explanatory Notes.…”
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Comedy : American Style / by Fauset, Jessie Redmon

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- Comedy: American Style -- Selected Essays -- Yarrow Revisited -- Nostalgia -- This Way to the Flea Market -- Selected Poems -- Oriflamme -- Touché -- Rencontre -- La Vie C'est La Vie -- Explanatory Notes.…”
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The comedies / by Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

“…comedy (general genre) aat…”
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Playboys and Killjoys : an Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy.

Table of Contents: “…From Play to Plays; B. Notes on City Comedy; C. Veins of Humor; D. The Wages of Satire; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.…”
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Comedy Dave.

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Comedy warriors / by Wager, John

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The comedy of errors / by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

“…Comedy of errors…”
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The infernal comedy : a drama for one actor, two singers, and orchestra /

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Adventures in comedy /

Subjects: “…Comedy.…”
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Writing Comedy. by Byrne, John

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Can I Learn to Write Comedy from a Book?; 2 Finding Your Comedy Direction; 3 Basic Joke Writing; 4 Writing Comedy Routines; 5 Sketches, Sitcoms and Scripted Comedy; 6 Your Comedy Writing Career; Appendix: The Comedy Writer's Resource Kit; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y.…”
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The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare, William

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The Comedy Of Errors by Shakespeare, Wiliam

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Shakespeare's Comedies A Guide to Criticism. by Smith, Emma

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Shakespeare's Comedies -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare's Comedies -- 2 Genre -- Marriage as Comic Closure -- False Immortality in Measure for Measure -- 3 Language -- Here Follows Prose -- Transfer of Title in Love's Labour's Lost -- 4 Gender and Sexuality -- Helena's Bed-trick -- The Homoerotics of Shakespearian Comedy -- 5 History and Politics -- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? …”
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Three comedies : Behind the scenes in Eden, Rigmaroles, the other William / by Salom, Jaime, 1925-2013

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Five comedies / by Sand, George, 1804-1876

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The comedy of errors / by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries; table of contents; Preface: No Experience Necessary; Characters in the Play; Scene 1; Scene 2; Scene 3; Scene 4; Scene 5; Performing Shakespeare; Performance Notes: The Comedy of Errors; Set and Prop List; Additional Resources.…”
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The Undivine Comedy : Detheologizing Dante. by Barolini, Teodolinda

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Four comedies / by Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681

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The comedy of philosophy : sense and nonsense in early cinematic slapstick / by Trahair, Lisa, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Restricted and General Economy: Narrative, Gag and Slapstick in One Week -- 3. The Machine of Comedy: Gunning, Deleuze and Buster Keaton -- 4. Fool's Gold: Metamorphoses in Sherlock Jr. -- 5. …”
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The idea of comedy : history, theory, critique / by Hokenson, Jan

Table of Contents: “…The contemporary retrospective -- The idea of comedy -- Comedy as an idea.…”
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The comedy of errors / by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- EDITORIAL PROCEDURES -- THE COMEDY OF ERRORS -- THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY -- INDEX.…”
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The Comedy of Errors : "We came into the world like brother and brother, And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.". by Shakespeare, Willam

“…Comedy of Errors…”
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Shakespearian comedy / by Charlton, H. B. (Henry Buckley), 1890-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Shakespearian Comedy; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; I Preliminary; II Romanticism in Shakespearian Comedy; III The Recoil from Romanticism; IV The Taming of the Shrew; V A Midsummer Night's Dream; VI Shakespeare's Jew; VII Falstaff; VIII The Dark Comedies; IX The Consummation; Index.…”
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Lyric as comedy : the poetics of abjection in postwar America / by McRae, Calista, 1986-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Consider What That Feels Like -- Comedy in an Age of Close Reading: John Berryman's Dream Songs -- The Noise of Robert Lowell's Own Voice -- A. …”
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Romantic Comedy. by Mortimer, Claire

Table of Contents: “…BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CREDITS; 1 THE ROMANTIC COMEDY: An introduction; 2 THE HEROINE OF THE ROMANTIC COMEDY; 3 THE HERO OF THE ROMANTIC COMEDY; 4 THE COMEDY OF ROMANCE; 5 THE BRITISH ROMANTIC COMEDY; 6 THE STARS OF THE ROMANTIC COMEDY; 7 HAPPILY EVER AFTER?…”
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Sketch comedy : identity, reflexivity, and American television / by Marx, Nick

Table of Contents: “…Sketch comedy and reflexive flexibility -- From radio voices to variety choices : The Colgate Comedy Hour and sketch comedy in early television -- " ... and you're not" : Saturday Night Live in the network era and beyond -- Brand X : MTV's the State and Generation X in the multi-channel transition -- Sketch comedy's identity (post- )politics : Inside Amy Schumer, Key & Peele, -- and Comedy Central in the post-network era -- Sketch comedy and cultural cohesion.…”
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Three comedies / by Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681

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Sketch comedy : identity, reflexivity, and American television / by Marx, Nick

Table of Contents: “…Sketch comedy and reflexive flexibility -- From radio voices to variety choices : The Colgate Comedy Hour and sketch comedy in early television -- " ... and you're not" : Saturday Night Live in the network era and beyond -- Brand X : MTV's the State and Generation X in the multi-channel transition -- Sketch comedy's identity (post- )politics : Inside Amy Schumer, Key & Peele, -- and Comedy Central in the post-network era -- Sketch comedy and cultural cohesion.…”
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The road to comedy : the films of Bob Hope / by McCaffrey, Donald W.

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The Craft of Comedy. by Seyler, Athene

Table of Contents: “…Just do it; Stephen to Athene, July 20, 1939; Reply, July 21; Summary; Concepts: comedy essentials, national humor, farce, high comedy, comedy vein; Exercises: Delicate to broad, Sitting in fear, Bubblingwith pleasure; 4. …”
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Shakespeare and comedy / by Maslen, R. W.

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Slapstick Comedy /

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Restoring slapstick to the historiography of american film; Part One: Originality and adaptation; One: The good thieves: on the origins of situation comedy in the british music hall; Two: D.W. Griffith shapes slapstick; Three: Genre parody and comedic burlesque: keystone's meta-cinematic satires; Four: Both sides of the camera: roscoe "fatty" arbuckle's evolution at keystone; Five: Mud pies and tears: little mary's funny side; Part Two: Mechanics and modernity; Six: Mack sennett vs. henry ford.…”
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Women and comedy : history, theory, practice /

Table of Contents: “…Pierre, Diana Solomon, Sean Zwagerman -- Laughing Aphrodite / Laurie O'Higgins -- Comedy in Ancient Greece and Rome: What Was Funny, Whose Humor Was It, and How Do We Explain the Jokes Without Killing Them? …”
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Comedy Of Errors, the / by Shakespeare, William

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The Divine Comedy ""Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied"". by Alighieri, Dante

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Renaissance Comedy : the Italian Masters - Volume 2. by Beecher, Don

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: From Italy to England: The Sources, Conventions, and Influence of 'Erudite' Comedy -- The Calandria / La calandria -- The Mandragola / La mandragola -- The Moscheta / La moscheta -- The Horned Owl / L'assiuolo -- Frate Alberigo / Il frate -- The Candlebearer / Il candelaio.…”
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Comedy and culture : England 1820-1900 / by Henkle, Roger B.

Table of Contents: “…Peacock, Thackeray, and Jerrold: The Comedy of "Radical" Disaffection --…”
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The death of comedy / by Segal, Erich, 1937-2010

Table of Contents: “…-- Plautus makes an entrance -- A Plautine problem play -- Terence: the African connection -- The mother-in-law of modern comedy -- Machiavelli: the comedy of evil -- Marlowe: Schade and Freude -- Shakespeare: errors and Erōs -- Twelfth night: dark clouds over Illyria -- Molière: the class of '68 -- The fox, the fops, and the factotum -- Comedy explodes -- Beckett: the death of comedy.…”
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