Voices In Time Comedy 1452 | Florence Have You Heard the One About the Doltish Venetian? Situational comedy from the Pope’s secretary.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1748 | Bath Low and Unbecoming Philip Dormer Stanhope recommends to his son to never laugh, ever.More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 1555 | Paris Merry Pranksters A prank-war between a nobleman and the court fool escalates out of control. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1882 | San Francisco The Reply Churlish Ambrose Bierce is not amused with Oscar Wilde.More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 1940 | Ireland Flann O’Brien Splits the Atom Atomic theory is beyond the reach of the third policeman. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1921 | Baltimore H.L. Mencken on Balder and Dash A newspaperman takes down the enemy: “He writes the worst English I have ever encountered.”More
Voices In Time Comedy 1225 | France Goodbye to All That A wife takes a priest as her lover and hides him in an unfortunate place.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1456 | Paris Last Testament François Villon writes his will and burns a few bridges.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1963 | Los Angeles Lenny Bruce Loses the Crowd “Do you mind being called a sick comic?”More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 1592 | Padua Wordplay William Shakespeare gives a lesson in taming a shrew. More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 330 BC | Athens Categorical Imperatives Aristotle explains that the aim of comedy is to show men as more terrible than they really are.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1688 | France Character Study A man of sense should learn to jest gracefully and to not be obscene.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1791 | Steventon Briefly Noted Fifteen-year-old Jane Austen is unimpressed with the kings and queens of England. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1895 | London Oscar Wilde Arranges an Interview Lady Bracknell is not impressed with her future son-in-law.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1860 | London Roots of Laughter Laughter is an uncontrolled discharge of energy that commands the entire body.More