[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a BFI teacher factsheet "Shakespeare's Comedies" from Shakespeare on Film. It discusses Shakespeare's comedies and the adaptations of them.

What makes us giggle and guffaw? The inability to define comedy is its very appeal; it is defined by its defiance of definition. Addison Anderson riffs on the philosophy of Henri Bergson and Aristotle to elucidate how a definition draws...

This guide provides a general overview of comedy as an art form.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show with images and information about Ancient Greek Theatre including the masks used for comedies and tragedies.

This essay explores the origins of ancient Roman comedy came about and its masters, Plautus and Terence, whose work still influences satire to this day.

This Victorian Web essay provides insight on writer Oscar Wilde's personality and how it relates to his comedy. The article is entitled, "The Wildean Dandy, Comedy, and the Picture of Dorian Gray." This site also gives excerpts from some...

This website provides three ways to read the Shakespearean comedy, "The Comedy of Errors." You can read a "modern" version of the text, by clicking on the specific scenes of the text. Or you can read "The Comedy of Errors" as it first...

Here is a single file presenting the full-text of William Shakespeare's comedy, "The Comedy of Errors."

Here is Shakespeare's comedy, The Comedy of Errors, as it appeares in The Oxford Shakespeare. Choose the scene you want to read.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Use these resources to explore the comic traditions of Shakespeare and discover how the different plays reflect these conventions and compare with each other. The resources include videos, images,...

Read about the greatest romantic comedy films in movie history as selected by leaders in the creative community.

Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's comedy The Comedy of Errors. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Related articles are provided on the landing page.

This is the full text of the five-act comedic play Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare including a list of characters.

Congreve's first play, The Old Bachelor: A Comedy, is available here, formatted for online reading, including its dedication to the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Clifford of Lanesborough, and various other introductory material. There...

The complete text of William Congreve's play, Love for Love: A Comedy, available in multiple formats.

This is a PDF version of the First Folio edition of William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Complete with bibliographical information and advanced features. In this edition, some...

This is the full text of the epic poem The Divine Comedy by Alighieri Dante including all three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

A brief analysis of Ben Jonson's later comedies,

Read the entire Rev. H. F. Cary translation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, available in multiple formats.

A free full text of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, available in multiple formats.

Here is a single text-file with Shakespeare's comedy, "The Comedy of Errors."

This website provides plot summaries, character profiles, and theme analysis for the Shakespearean comedy, "The Comedy of Errors." The information provided by Grade Saver provides good material to accompany a reading of the play.

Dr. Raphael Lyne questions the nature of Shakespeare's comedy. Useful for students studying any of Shakespeare's comedies, but particularly 'As You Like It.' Extracts from this article can usefully be used to initiate a classroom...

Interesting site that explores the roots of comedy routines on radio. Examines major figures and their comedy/vaudeville on the airwaves through the century. Good resource site.