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 300 | Greece Very Old Jokes Two numbskulls trade insults in Ancient Greece.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 1456 | Paris Last Testament François Villon writes his will and burns a few bridges.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1860 | London Roots of Laughter Laughter is an uncontrolled discharge of energy that commands the entire body.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 1452 | Florence Have You Heard the One About the Doltish Venetian? Situational comedy from the Pope’s secretary.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 1731 | Dublin Parthian Shot Jonathan Swift predicts what his friends and neighbors will say about him after he is dead.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1791 | Steventon Briefly Noted Fifteen-year-old Jane Austen is unimpressed with the kings and queens of England. More