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Comedic Plays

Guides for comedic plays including detailed plot summaries, character breakdowns, video examples, scenes and monologues.

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The Beaux' Stratagem

Archer and Aimwell, two recently impoverished rakes, decide to pose as a wealthy gentleman and his...

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Bedroom Farce

Bedroom Farce takes place in the bedrooms of three married couples during one, long night, Ernest...

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Director's Nightmare

It’s five days before the premiere of the non-musical version of Les Misérables, and high school...

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Enchanted April

Sweet-natured Lotty Wilton is suffering depression from the bleak London winter, and from an...

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Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels is the comedic story of Julia and Jane, two upper-class women in England in the early ...

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Fools

The town of Kulyenchikov has been cursed with stupidity for the last 200 years. The vendor sells...

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Good People

Life in Boston’s Southie neighborhood is no joke for single mother Margaret Walsh. Fired from her...

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Hay Fever

Hay Fever is one of Noel Coward’s most durable comedies, continuing to delight audiences with its...

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Idiot's Delight

At the Hotel Monte Gabriele, in the Italian Alps, the owner, Pittaluga, has hired an American,...

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The Imaginary Invalid

In Molière’s classic, The Imaginary Invalid, Argan--the eponymous hypochondriac--makes everyone in...

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Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere’s Fan is one of Oscar Wilde’s most witty and uncompromisingly satirical plays. It...

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The Liar

In Pierre Corneille’s frothy yet biting comedy of light hearts and lighter words, trouble arrives...

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